Akshat Agrawal

Here because I heard people have a thing for X’s

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

Not surprised, just psychic.
#sapphire @edsheeran

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

Ed Sheeran and Arijit Singh collab.
Make it happen.

[Deepinder Goyal @deepigoyal]

@chiraggoyal28 If you add our employees, warehouse workers, and all their families, Eternal directly supports the livelihoods of well over 1% Indians 💁‍♂️.. getting this to 5% by 2030 would be damn cool.

[Deepinder Goyal @deepigoyal]

In FY2026, 31 lakh Indians chose to earn through Zomato and Blinkit as delivery partners. That’s 57% more than the previous year.

Behind every one of these numbers is a person with interests and ambitions. A student balancing classes, an entrepreneur building something of their own, a dancer pursuing their passion, and a parent juggling work and family.

We co-created this song with @ItsAmitTrivedi to celebrate our delivery partners, their many pursuits, and the journeys they’re on.

We’re proud to be a part of each and every one of them.

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

Worst streaming platform in the history of FIFA WC @ZEE5India. If your servers weren't prepared, why did you take the deal in the first place?!

@FIFAWorldCup

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

@reliancejio Do you claim free @GeminiApp AI Pro subscription with your yearly plans just as a marketing gimmick? Cus your activation links seem to be suggesting otherwise.

[Deepinder Goyal @deepigoyal]

Last one on this topic, and I have been holding this in myself for a while.

For centuries, class divides kept the labor of the poor invisible to the rich. Factory workers toiled behind walls, farmers in distant fields, domestic help in backrooms. The wealthy consumed the fruits of that labor without ever seeing the faces or the fatigue behind it. No direct encounter, no personal guilt.

The gig economy shattered that invisibility, at unprecedented scale.

Suddenly, the poor aren't hidden away. They're at your doorstep: the delivery partner handing over your ₹1000+ biryani, late-night groceries, or quick-commerce essentials. You see them in the rain, heat, traffic, often on borrowed bikes, working 8–10 hours for earnings that give them sustenance. You see their exhaustion, their polite smile masking frustration with life in general.

This is the first time in history at this scale that the working class and consuming class interact face-to-face, transaction after transaction. And that discomfort with our own selves is why we are uncomfortable about the gig economy. We want these people to look our part, so that the guilt we feel while taking orders from them feels less.

We aren't just debating economics. We are confronting guilt. That ₹800 order might equal their entire day's earnings after fuel, bike rent, and app cuts. We tip awkwardly, or avoid eye contact, because the inequality is no longer abstract. It's personal.

Pre-gig era, the rich could enjoy luxury without moral discomfort. Labor was out of sight. Now, every doorbell ring is a reminder of systemic inequality. That's why debates explode. It's not just policy. It's emotional reckoning. Some defend the system (“they choose it”), others demand change (“this isn't progress, its exploitation”).

And here’s the uncomfortable twist: the unsaid ask of clumsy ‘solutions’ isn’t dignity. It is about returning to invisibility.

Ban gig work and you don’t solve inequality. You remove livelihoods. These jobs don’t magically reappear as formal, protected employment the next day. They disappear, or they get pushed back into the informal economy where there are even fewer protections and even less accountability. Over-regulate it until the model breaks, and you achieve the same outcome through paperwork instead of slogans: the work evaporates, prices rise, demand collapses, and the people we claim to protect are the first to lose income.

And then what happens?

The rich get their old comfort back. Convenience returns without faces. Guilt dissolves. We go back to clean abstractions and moral posturing from a distance. The poor don’t become safer, they become invisible again: back in cash economies, back in backrooms, back in shadows where regulation rarely reaches and dignity isn’t even debated.

The gig economy just exposed the reality of inequality to the people who previously had the luxury of not seeing it. The doorbell is not the problem. The question is what we do after opening the door.

Visibility is the price of progress. We can either use this discomfort to build something better (which we keep doing continuously as delivery partners are our backbone), or we can ban and over-regulate our way back into ignorance. One of those choices improves lives. The other simply helps the consuming class feel virtuous in the dark.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Exactly

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

@IPL @DelhiCapitals 1. Opener - Conway
2. Opener 2 - Pathum Nissanka
3. Lower order - Livingstone
4. All rounder - Weise
5. Pacer - Coetzee

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

@IPL2025Auction RCB & RR - Since their owners might change

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

@HomesNamaste @zomato @HomesNamaste FYI, irrespective of when you place your order, Zomato relays it ahead to restaurants for food preparation shortly before train arrival time at selected station.

So don't worry, your food will arrive at your seat warm and fresh. Happy ordering!

[Indian Infra Report @Indianinfoguide]

🚨MakeMyTrip partnered with Zomato to enable train passengers to order meals directly to their seats.

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

@Sabuj90770 @Indianinfoguide Over 5 million orders delivered and counting

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

@Sanatana_Wisdom @Indianinfoguide Lol you talking about zomato or pantry food?

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

@Apple Gonna be 17 pro in approx 50 business days

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

#aurafarming 4 years ago

[9GAG ❤️ Memeland @9GAG]

Some day we'll witness an excavator boat race.

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

#Jaguar went from Luxury Motor Brand to Bathroom & Lighting company real fast.

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

#BhoolBhulaiyaa3 was always supposed to be a psychological horror-thriller.

It's so sad to see that a beautiful concept of dissociative identity disorder has been degraded to devils, ghosts, hell and the usual bollywood horror yada yada.

VFX has ruined this franchise.

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

If theres anything this week has taught us, it's to never believe in exit polls.

#INDvsPAK

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

What if Ford relaunched the 69' Mustang?

[Akshat Agrawal @akshat0717]

Spotted Howard Wolowitz playing sports at my college!
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#tbbt #TheBigBangTheory