Publications

Publications

All research outputs — essays, briefs, and reading lists — organised chronologically. Each serves a distinct editorial role in the platform's analytical programme.

7 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.

11 May 2026 reflections Adarsh Kumar

Can We Think in the Age of AI?

In the age of AI, everyone appears to be thinking. But are we really thinking, and what is the future of thinking? How do we maintain independent thought when algorithms shape our thinking?

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.

Publication Types

Essays

Longer-form analysis, argument, and interpretation across labour-tech questions.

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Reflections

Short reflective essays and conceptual notes on labour, technology, knowledge, and social change.

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Briefs

Shorter, decision-oriented interventions for policy, media, and institutional audiences.

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