Recognized as crucial policy, caste census lacks political seriousness. The #NES2024 #PrePoll data reveals 57% call for expanding #SC category to include #Hindu and #Muslim for #reservation .

Dive into the perennial debate: Does economics dominate politics or vice versa? Lokniti-CSDS' latest piece in The Hindu by Sanjay Kumar, suhas palshikar, and Sandeep Shastri addresses this question for the upcoming #2024elections .

CSDS, Delhi

With Lok Sabha elections just around the corner, Muslim religious leaders from various parts of West Bengal have one major question — whom should Muslims vote for? 

My first report from West Bengal.

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'If we look back to 1989 to 2014 [in India], that period of political regionalization, in many ways, wasn’t actually years in which there was a great deal of strengthening the institutions of federalism or even really articulating the idea of federalism...' - Louise Tillin

PART 1 of IiT's CASI Election Conversations 2024: IiT Consulting Editor Rohan Venkat speaks to Louise Tillin (@KingsIndiaInst) about her research on 'How Indian Federalism Has Evolved Under the BJP' casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/election-c…

It's really saddening that 19 lakh people can't afford food in one Lok Sabha constituency. Think about over all economic situation of country as whole :(

As India’s 🇮🇳 new dominant party system coalesced after 2014, the country entered a phase of centralisation.

LOUISE TILLIN (Louise Tillin) explains why core ideas and values associated with federalism have been unsettled over the last decade.

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The ISAS ‘Indian Election Watch’ series brings together experts to examine different aspects of the elections. Join us on 17 April 2024 (Webinar).
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Thread: After more than a year of work, we have now launched dataforindia.com, a public platform that seeks to expand access to Indian data for everyone, and deepen the understanding of the country that can come from this data

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The section on the Ayodhya dispute in NCERT’s Class XII pol sc textbook has been revised to give primacy to the Ram Janmabhoomi movement – and, in AT LEAST THREE places, references to the demolition of the Babri Masjid have been deleted

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Since 2014, 25 Opposition leaders facing corruption probe crossed over to BJP, 23 of them got reprieve indianexpress.com/article/expres… via The Indian Express The washing machine at work, investigation agencies follow which washing cycle? Discerning the method in the machine.

For those interested, our latest book is finally out in paperback! h/t Meredith Weiss, Edward Aspinall , and Paul Hutchcroft! Click here: tinyurl.com/fzz94sta

India gears up for its mammoth electoral spectacle as the world watches! Join us tomorrow as we delve into identity politics with an exceptional panel! #IndiaElections #BJP #Congress

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Power, Performance, and Legitimacy

Prof. Larry Diamond writes, 'Now we are losing ground to aggressive autocracies, and to autocrats in democratic clothing.'

#OpenAccess : journalofdemocracy.org/articles/power…

Dilliwalas - a gentle reminder for the book discussion on ‘Being Hindu, Being Indian’ on 3 April (Wed) at IIC. Do join if free :)

Discussants: Profs Gurpreet Mahajan & P.K. Datta (Pradip Kumar Datta) & Dr Arudra Burra.

Chair: Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay (@NilanjanUdwin)

In this Nov 2023 video, the #GhazipurDM urges people to attend a Varanasi event of RSS front Sewa Bharti on Shivaji & says people can 'get their tickets from the RSS office'.

Prime example of 'Committed Bureaucracy' integral to #ModiToolkit for Elected Dictators

#OutlookMagazine | In this issue of Outlook, we look at some of the regional and national political parties and the shifts in their ideological stance as they strive to navigate political power, writes Chinki Sinha.

#LokSabhaElection2024 #BJP #INDIABloc

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Call for Papaers ( #cfp ) for the #workshop on ‘ #Refugees in Global Transit: Encounters, #Knowledge , and Coping Strategies in a Disrupted World, 1930s–50s’
For details click mwfdelhi.hypotheses.org/10502
Deadline: 30 April 2024 German Historical Institute London Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies Department of History and Archaeology, SNU DWIH New Delhi