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OTP Please: Online Buyers, Sellers & Gig Workers in South Asia | Book Talk

What happens when convenience becomes culture? OTP Please explores the hidden emotional, economic, and social realities behind South Asia’s booming platform economy — from food delivery apps and ride-hailing services to online marketplaces. Based on field research across India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, this conversation unpacks how algorithms shape the lives of buyers, sellers, and gig workers. Why do customers keep ordering despite frustration? How do delivery workers navigate opaque rating systems and platform control? What happens to small sellers caught in the race of algorithmic visibility? The book moves beyond technology to examine pleasure, gratitude, guilt, anger, anxiety, freedom, and courage, the human emotions embedded in platform capitalism. It reveals how centralised digital platforms are transforming neighbourhood economies, labour relations, and everyday behaviour across South Asia. This is not just a story about apps. It is a story about power, precarity, and the future of work in a platform-driven society. Digital Empowerment Foundation Website: https://www.defindia.org/ Facebook:   / defindia   Instagram:   / defindia   Twitter: https://twitter.com/DEFindia?s=20 Linkedin:   / verification