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India's Labour Market in 2025

data story 8 Apr 2026 Abhinav Kumar

A scrollytelling data story built from CY2025 PLFS microdata on participation, unemployment, gender, caste, religion, education, and work quality.

4 Apr 2026 essays Abhinav Kumar

Telangana’s Gig Worker Law and the Return of the State

Telangana’s new gig worker law does not resolve the employment-status question, but it does mark a break with the long regulatory absence that allowed platforms to govern labour with minimal accountability.

2 Apr 2026 essays Abhinav Kumar

Who Pays for the AI Transition?

Oracle’s layoffs show how the AI transition is being financed: by cutting labour to fund capital-intensive cloud and data-centre buildout — with the contradiction especially sharp in India.

29 Mar 2026 essays Abhinav Kumar

Labour as Bottleneck in the Age of AI

As AI systems become increasingly capable across cognitive work, the central issue is not only automation but the changing balance of dependence between capital and labour.