![]() ![]() Unlike her day job, the app doesn’t make her wait until the end of the month for payment money lands in her bank account in just a few hours. ![]() That’s roughly the same amount she makes in a month of working as a teacher at a distant school, after the cost of the three buses it takes her to get there and back. But in return for around six hours of work spread over several days in late April, she received 2,570 rupees ($31.30). At each tap, the sound of her voice speaking her mother tongue emerges from the phone.īefore she started using this app, 30-year-old Chandrika (who, like many South Indians, uses the first letter of her father's name, K., instead of a last name) had just 184 rupees ($2.25) in her bank account. As Chandrika scrolls, she clicks on several audio clips in succession, demonstrating the simplicity of the app she recently started using. It is early morning in Alahalli village in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, but the heat and humidity are rising fast. In the shade of a coconut palm, Chandrika tilts her smartphone screen to avoid the sun’s glare. ![]()
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