Vandana Vasudevan
Writing and researching how technology and urban change are reshaping work and everyday life.
Author
Vandana Vasudevan is a writer and researcher whose work examines how technology, markets, and urbanisation are transforming everyday life across India and South Asia.
Published by Penguin Random House, 2025
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OTP Please! – Online Buyers, Sellers and Gig Workers
OTP Please! delves into the rapidly expanding world of electronic commerce and the human stories behind it. Based on extensive field research across South Asia—from Peshawar to Patna and Colombo to Kathmandu—the book brings together diverse voices from the digital marketplace: consumers, small sellers, gig workers, and the technology platforms that connect them.
Published by SAGE Publications, 2012
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Urban Villager: Life in an Indian Satellite Town
Urban Villager is a superbly etched and finely detailed representation of life in Greater Noida, which is part of the National Capital Region.
Published by Westland, 2014
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Tough Customer
Tough Customer is the 'Aam Aadmi' 's guide to consumer awareness. The book outlines consumer rights by illustrating them with daily life examples from packaged food to airlines, telecom, cosmetics and many more areas.
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Researcher
Technology and Work
Technology and Work
Research on technology, work and the changing nature of labour in contemporary India
Inclusive Urban Mobility
Inclusive Urban Mobility
Studies on gender and mobility, exploring how transport systems shape inclusion, access and opportunity in Indian cities.
Urbanisation in India
Urbanisation in India
Examining how rapid urbanisation of semi-rural regions transforms livelihoods, communities and environments.
Speaker
From literary festivals to universities and policy forums, Vandana Vasudevan speaks about the forces reshaping work, cities, and economic power in the digital age.
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The Gig economy and the future of work
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Platform power and digital markets
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Gender and mobility in Indian cities
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Technology and everyday life
Reviews & Features
OTP Please! has received wide coverage across national publications.
“She brings in engaging stories from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal to give us a glimpse of how our neighbours use app based services.”
“Compels us to pause and ask essential questions about our own choices.”
“The author delivers a deeply empathetic, multidimensional view of the shifting landscape by arranging the anecdotes around nine emotions”
“Vasudevan ensures that her tone is neutral and while laying out all the facts she leaves it to the reader to cast judgement.”
“इस किताब को पढ़िए, अगर आप एक इंसान हैं। इस किताब को पढ़िए, अगर आपको दूसरों का दर्द पराया नहीं लगता है।”
“Informative yet intimate, anecdotal yet balanced, Vasudevan’s reportage illuminates the digital age we inhabit.”
“Rigorously reported, empathetically told and disturbingly familiar, this book will make you pause before your next ‘Order Now.’”