Today’s demographic dividend

Emergency by cowardice!

Happy to share my co-authored research article with Kabir Upmanyu published in the latest issue of Economic & Political Weekly. Link attached. #AcademicTwitter
#NewPublication

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'BJP’s Thirupathy told The Indian Express..., 'The ED case was registered against the brothers in connection with the killing of two bison.''

Ah, the wonderful work by India's premier and impartial investigating agency!

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“Taxpayer’s money” 🥲

Not really sure why political experts are overlooking vote shares in their stories on the 3 Hindi heartland states. Otherwise, it's just flashy writing, masquerading as analysis.

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In Gaza, Filmmakers Asked Children: What Is Your Dream? | NYT Opinion youtu.be/F3ReQ-NCNoA?si…

'Help us to stay alive' was their outcry to the world from Gaza.

Mahmoud, Al Jazeera Arabic’s Wael Dahdouh son, joined by his sister Kholoud, sent a message to the world, days before Mahmoud, his mother, and younger sister Sham were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza ⤵️

New blue ticks on Twitter have added more burdens of verification on journalists and less motivation to ‘earn’ a blue tick, find Kabir Upmanyu & Sneha Gore Mehendale in their insightful study in Western India, happening now at the media conference
Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

New building. Same old sins.

'Sedition as an offence is not present, but the introduction of 'acts endangering sovereignty' as an offence is perhaps the most draconian provision in these Bills.'

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Hours after I post about the “roaring 20s” (in another context) on my Meta-owned Instagram *private* profile, Google-owned YouTube promptly offers a “roaring 20s” beach video as a suggestion. Just a daily reminder that privacy is a myth.

This is the only thing the BJP is competent at! Fanning communal fires and watching with glee as they burn. Economic growth, rising foreign investment, global heft– they're incapable of facilitating any and use dubious claims around them as a smokescreen.

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'To equate the horror of Manipur with other states is nothing but a deflection. Even when Modi spoke, he spoke as a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, not as India’s prime minister.'

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How many times in the recent past has IMD mentioned the role of climate change in extreme weather events such as these?

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Alternating between pangs of wonder and dread while watching the unveiling of Vision Pro. #WWDC23 🥲

What really matters today…

This is how our champions are being treated. The world is watching us!
#WrestlersProtest

Down comes the curtain on the idiocy of the decade. What better way to announce it than with an equally hare-brained order. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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'Despite the bond between the bird and farmer, the zoo officials are cautiously optimistic that the Sarus will one day 'forget Arif' and 'befriend' another crane.'

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