My take on caste census in the Hindu today.

Palestinians have many legitimate grievances BUT there can be no justification for what Hamas didon October 7. A very difficult but must read account of Hamas barbarity. unherd.com/2023/10/i-watc…

Key takeaways from Day 1 of #BengalGlobalBusinessSummit:

Action against Paytm Payments Bank Ltd under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_Pre…

From 'Party Society' to 'Bahubali society'? Sanya Dhingra analyses what has and hasn't changed in West Bengal from Left Rule to TMC -- more party control, less money politics earlier. Situation is reversed now theprint.in/india/from-par…

Make all the respective LS MP posts contesting candidates travel local trains, inter city sleeper coaches commuting their areas so that they get a first hand experience in proritising the issues when enters parliament.

Emerging outlines of a possible narrative. My take

Thank you, Sudha, for asking difficult but good questions on Modi's India & the coming elections in The Diplomat Hurst Publishers CERI Sciences Po Recherche SciencesPo Institut Montaigne King's India Institute Karthika V.K. LES FORUMS FRANCE INDE Carnegie Endowment The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2024/04/christ…

Insights from the latest Lokniti-CSDS #prepollsurvey, as discussed in The Hindu by Sandeep Shastri, reveals that the public trust in the #ElectionCommissionOfIndia has declined since five years ago.

My essay with Rishabh Kumar in The India Forum on the latest official statistics by the Indian government & what they seem to imply about the current extent of extreme poverty in India theindiaforum.in/economy/povert… LSE Department of Economics STICERD

At this stage, a majority of respondents are willing to give the #Modigovernment another chance, crucial for a third term bid. Yet, 39% oppose re-election, narrowing #BJP's cushion. Any shift in support could impact BJP's prospects. #Election2024 #ModiGovt

Mood of Indian Votes a week ahead of Voting - BJP to increase votes, Modi extremely popular - Govt approval ratings dipped from 2019 - economic anxiety, -ve perception on corruption, tainted politicians & misuse of ED - support for rising India narrative & ideological planks

Jean Dreze on the Lok Sabha elections: m.economictimes.com/news/elections…

Voter turnout till 1 pm for phase 2 of #LokSabhaElections2024 Assam 46.31% Bihar 33.80% Chhattisgarh 53.09% Jammu And Kashmir 42.88% Karnataka 38.23% Kerala 39.26% Madhya Pradesh 38.96% Maharashtra 31.77% Manipur 54.26% Rajasthan 40.39% Tripura 54.47% Uttar Pradesh

Voter turnout till 5 pm for phase 2 of #LokasabhaElection2024 Assam 70.66% Bihar 53.03% Chhattisgarh 72.13% Jammu And Kashmir 67.22% Karnataka 63.90% Kerala 63.97% Madhya Pradesh 54.83% Maharashtra 53.51% Manipur 76.06% Rajasthan 59.19% Tripura 77.53%

Congress in 2024 - party has done many things differently from 2019, can it improve its performance & by how much? - BJP has to suffer big lossed for INC to gain - what would be effects of results on INC’s future? Internally as well as in the party system?

ICSSR Call for Collaborative Empirical Research Proposals on Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) icssr.org/call-jal-jeeva… #JalJeevaan #water #research

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