Bharat Bandh: Millions Challenge Modi’s Labour Agenda

Tom Barnes

Tom Barnes is an economic sociologist at the Institute for Religion, Politics, and Society at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. His research primarily focuses on insecure, precarious, and informal work in Australia and Asia (especially India and Indonesia). He has written a book, Informal Labour in Urban India: Three Cities, Three Journeys (Routledge, 2015) and is completing a second book on the Indian automotive industry with Cambridge University Press.