Part 1 of a lovely Rohan Venkat interview with my good friend and collaborator Neelanjan Sircar of Centre for Policy Research about his journey as a political scientist studying Indian politics. Giving me flashbacks of 2007-8! cprindia.org/cpr-perspectiv…

Migration a bigger engine of equality than Mandal? (Abhishek Jha) 1. Avg SC incomes in TN > upper caste avg in UP-Bihar 2. Inter-caste inequality higher in urban areas but incomes rise for all from rural to urban 3. Upper castes have the highest within group inequality

Happening Tomorrow, Tuesday (6pm onwards)... For those interested in the upcoming Prayaas workshop: prayaascnes.com/courses/Undert… offered by Dr. Namesh and Dr. Shamindra Roy (Shamindra Roy (শমীন্দ্র)), the webinar will be extremely helpful in understanding the content and scope of the workshop

Darjeeling & Champagne, Crisis & Crossroads. 🧵 ⬇️ about the crisis facing India’s most recognisable export. And what can the Treaty of Versailles teach us! theprint.in/opinion/darjee…

Pleased to share my recent report on MP election. I visited MP for a month to get a sense of the electoral landscape of the state, in relation to its political history, social fabric and major electorally relevant issues of policy. datalok.in/politics/madhy……

#OPINION | Amartya Sen is, in my thinking, above everything else, a great witness to some grotesque things humans have done to themselves and to planet Earth, as well as truly wondrous things, writes Gopalkrishna Gandhi #AmartyaSen #History #birthday telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-nece…

Invented to serve the masses. Invites the ridicule of certain classes. Lightweight, not much of a looker, easy to drive, cheap of service. Environmentalists’ pet. Yes, yes, yes, that’s me #Toto #ruralIndia #Transportation telegraphindia.com/culture/electr…

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Nightlights can't accurately capture GDP in agricultural areas. Luckily, we now have better pixel-level proxies for agricultural GDP. Here's the breakdown (in simple terms):

Graduate students in the West are not inventing these extractive and neocolonial processes. They have been set in motion by their supervisors, writes @Sree_socscience Read here: theindiaforum.in/education/rese…

ANNOUNCEMENT (1/2) | Join us for an online discussion with Dr. Shamindra Nath Roy (Shamindra Roy (শমীন্দ্র)) from Centre for Policy Research. 📅 Feb. 22, 2024 (Thursday) ⏲ 11.30 a.m. - 1 p.m. IST Register now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

DIALOGUES & DISCUSSIONS | Dr. Protiva Kundu will be analysing the priorities for the #Education sector in the interim Union #Budget2024-25 at a webinar organised by EDPRg at TISS-Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education. 🗓 March 14, 2024 ⏰5-6 p.m. IST 🌐Online (Zoom) Register: zoom.us/meeting/regist… Raman VR

The latest in our Carnegie Endowment #IndiaElects2024 series: Shahana looks at the relationship between old fashioned, in-person campaigning and online, social media mobilization. The latter is a complement to, rather than a substitute for, the former carnegieendowment.org/2024/03/07/how…

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

Disastrous service by @HitachiAirConIn. Don't think they have any quality control in place.

Our detailed analysis is up spotlighting Budget 2024 on revenue, expenditure, social sectors, economic domains, & the budget's responsiveness to vulnerable groups. Read it here: cbgaindia.org/wp-content/upl… #AUB2024 #Budget2024 #UnionBudget2024 Raman VR

Excited to be part of this

There are some things which do and are proud of just because of the hard work we put in doing it. Our analysis of booth-level results for Delhi assembly in today's edition is one such example 1/n

The most idiotic, inhumane order which defies any understanding of how society works.