Caste, gig-economy, and youth: the resurgence of a new age caste politics in urban Gujarat

• Published in: South Asian history and culture Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 231 - 246
• Main Author: Banerjee, Dyotana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 02.04.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Activism; Caste; caste politics; Gig economy; Kinship networks; Neighborhoods; Occupations; Politics; precarity; urban; Youth

This article interrogates the connections between caste and gig economy, and how these connections play out in the political actions by youth in the erstwhile mill-neighbourhoods in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat. It asks, how do the gig-economy workers from the lower...