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Abhishek Kumar

Abhishek Kumar is a freelance reporter for The Economist and writes about technology, business and social affairs. He has appeared in various podcasts for "The Intelligence", a daily show by The Economist to talk about his stories. He contributed to the reporting from India for the book titled "Give People Money: How A Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionalize Work And Remake the World" by Annie Lowery. It was shortlisted for the 2018 FY & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. More recently, he also reported for "Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse And What To Do About It" by Daniel Knowles. Abhishek is also the co-founder of theindicast.com, India's longest-running podcast series which he co-hosts with Aditya Mhatre. He loves cricket and table tennis.