Publications

16 Apr 2026 data story Abhinav Kumar

PLFS Microdata Report 2024–25

Contextual data story from 1.15 million PLFS records: participation, work, unemployment, and inequality across gender, caste, religion, education, age, and states.

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.

PLFS Microdata Report 2024–25

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

Who Pays for the AI Transition?

Labour as Bottleneck in the Age of AI

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