How Loan Apps Target Vulnerable Indians
The story revolves around the harassment of lending apps in Tamil Nadu and explores how companies use technological innovation to target economically vulnerable Indians.
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Request QuoteI'm an independent journalist based out of Bengaluru, Southern India. I primarily cover issues of human rights and the environment for print, digital and visual media. I've won the South Asian Journalism Association (SAJA) award for human rights coverage in 2020 for a story on migrant workers during the lockdown for CNN; and in 2021, I was shortlisted for the SAJA Daniel Pearl Award for a story police brutality.
The story revolves around the harassment of lending apps in Tamil Nadu and explores how companies use technological innovation to target economically vulnerable Indians.
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