A Look at Uber and Its Impact

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uber ndola has gone beyond the bigger centres to even cover what we call tirto and ter three cities, which are basically how we classify our smaller cities. They have inspired a wave of companies that use the uber or the gig logic am to deliver other services and goods. There's also this fascinating and exploitative company called dunzo who offer you is essentially a person who will do any chore that you like them to do. So it could be something like getting hungry at midnight and wanting someone to bring you food from a restaurant that isn't on a food delivery platform.

Paris Marx is joined by Noopur Raval to discuss India’s gig economy, the specific conditions of women who provide services through beauty and wellness apps, and how workers organize to improve their conditions.

Noopur Raval is a postdoctoral research fellow at the AI Now Institute at New York University. Follow Noopur on Twitter at @tetisheri.

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