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Death of an Indian Tech Worker

Summary by Longreads
Nikhil Somwanshi was a 24-year-old machine-learning engineer in southeast Bengaluru who earned $41,000 US per year—nearly 10 times what his family was able to earn farming. Somwanshi, under heavy pressure to work more and more hours under the constant threat of AI-induced layoffs, took his own life in May, 2025. As Parth MN reports for Rest of World, Indian tech employees like Somwanshi, with worries about layoffs and facing demands for unpaid o…
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Longreads broke the news in on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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