What Delivering Food Taught Me About India’s Gig Economy

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What Delivering Food Taught Me About India’s Gig Economy

This podcast covers Kasim Saiyyad’s work at a food delivery service in India for two months in 2024, as part of his PhD research at Cornell University. A modified version of India Forum story.

Aug 22, 2025

(Photo: unemployed laborers waiting to be hired for work at a market in India. Courtesy Creative Commons.)

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