India's hungry delivery man triggers online uproar, then a shrug

The haves order meals via smartphone apps; the have-nots deliver the food

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Video footage shows a driver for a meal delivery startup eating food he was hired to deliver. The video caused India to contemplate its rich-poor divide. (Identification details blurred)

YUJI KURONUMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- India's food delivery startups are wondering what to do about a prevailing poor work ethic and how to handle other labor as well as cost woes.

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