Interested in the drivers of electoral behavior in India? Check out the 10 data-driven essays we've published in our Carnegie Endowment #IndiaElects2024 series. They run the gamut--from Muslim voting behavior to incumbency to ideology & welfare delivery carnegieendowment.org/projects/india…

Thank you to Karishma Mehrotra for joining The Election Tricyle this week to talk about voting patterns in India, America, and Indian American communities
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On how the rapid turnover of elected representatives lead to power concentration.

🚨Some news🚨 After 2.5 years, I’m leaving Rest of World! It’s been an absolute honour to edit such talented journalists globally, but I’m itching to do more of my own writing.

My last task is to hire the next Features Editor. Could it be you?

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PART 7 of IiT's CASI Election Conversations 2024: IiT Consulting Editor Rohan Venkat speaks to Neelanjan Sircar (@CPR_India) about 'the Roots of Political and Economic Centralization in India' casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/election-c…

This interview with Yamini Aiyar was part of our CASI Election Conversations 2024, where I spoke to scholars and experts on Indian politics and political economy.

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On India Inside Out, some scattered thoughts on the ongoing Indian elections, with links to interesting analysis from Mihir Sharma, Roshan Kishore, m rajshekhar, Shephali Bhatt, Neelanjan Sircar, Yamini Aiyar and more:

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Story 🚨 In Varanasi's least competitive election in decades, 14 BJP-RSS members filed nominations as independents.

Along with election officials, they deliberately delayed nominations for others, violating ECI guidelines, allege candidates. Scroll.in

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'For the rest of the world, the tariffs can present an opportunity. Exporters in countries other than China now have less competition for selling in the U.S. market: examples include Canadian and Australian mineral producers and Indian solar producers.'

After ruling party claims on 'stopping' Russia war in Ukraine, PM Modi says he sent a spl envoy (NSA Doval went in March) to tell Israel PM Netanyahu not to bomb Gaza during Ramzan, says
'You all corner me on treatment of Muslims in India, but see what I did for Muslims in Gaza'

My contribution to Carnegie Endowment 's excellent series on the 2024 Indian election : Why so few politicians last in Indian politics and what it means for political representation and democracy.

For Indian politics nerds out there, Rohan Venkat's CASI conversations with leading scholars in the field Sumitra Badrinathan, Pavithra Suryanarayan, Francesca R. Jensenius, Rachel E. Brule, Yamini Aiyar, Louise Tillin on where the discipline meets real life are a great resource casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit

there’s a genre of phrases that sound like they’re from the bible or like paradise lost, but really, really aren’t. like “there are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see” which is ofc a jordan peterson tweet about a bottle of evian. what are the others?

Interesting on MBS-Imran Khan, from Abbas Nasir: dawn.com/news/1828750/p…

'Using what technology can offer in terms of direct benefit transfers, welfare is being reframed as a gift offered by the party leader rather than as a fundamental right.'

NEW: Rohan Venkat interviews Yamini Aiyar on India's 'techno-patrimonial' state.

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This week on The Election Tricyle, we talked about the economy, of all things
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