India, June 10 -- Your book is based partly on your research with Janpahal. What were your research questions? When, where and with whom did you conduct your fieldwork?

To be more precise, it is not based on that survey with Janpahal but it is informed by it. I started working towards the book in June 2024, which means I began understanding the landscape of the gig economy and speaking to workers. This led me to their most vocal union leader Shaikh Salauddin, who happens to also be in Hyderabad, where I live. He pointed me in the direction of Janpahal, a worker rights NGO in Delhi. Dharmender Kumar, who runs it, asked to lead a survey of gig workers and author the report. When we designed the research, we realized it was going to be larg...