Thrilled to continue the young scholar series at the Ideas of India podcast Mercatus Center, where we invite academic job market candidates working on India to talk about their research. We have a handful of 30-min slots and they fill up within the first few days of announcement.

you cannot make this up. in pune, a company called recondo did strong and lasting road work. this made local contractors unhappy because it reduced repair jobs and bribes. recondo was then blacklisted due to lobbying by locals and was never allowed to bid for new tenders 😂

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"Middle class" Indians will prefer to give up all their fundamental rights than get alarmed by even credible concerns raised by RG. The reason being they shared an "RG pappu hai" joke 10 yrs ago, and how could I admit to ever being wrong.

A half decent democracy would erupt in anger over what Rahul Gandhi has exposed in his press conference. This is too serious, and deserves a free and fair investigation, which the election commission doesn't have the integrity to do.

Always a good day to support outfits like the newslaundry and TheNewsMinute which have been doggedly doing stories before they become popular!

Many BJP IT cell members are referring to AajTak fact check which claimed that they did a "voter search" in ECI website and it didn't match Rahul Gandhi's claim. So they concluded that the data provided by Rahul Gandhi is wrong. Let me share the full screen recording of the ECI

Exactly. Plus cannot discount just bad administrative work and no clean up of rolls.

India has poverty, no jobs, SSC exam scams, caste problems, bad roads, and skyrocketing inflation. But our media? Busy talking about what Premanand Maharaj and Anirudh Acharya said. Feels less like news and more like a daily soap for bored uncles and aunties.

It's clear that majority of the country are not brainwashed by Hindutva. Joblessness is getting worse & the claims about a rising economy don't add up when you see impact on everyday lives of people. The only question is what will be tje last straw before public outrage spills

As a common Indian, you need to take permission for a public protest in a designated area to make sure privileged lot who don't care aren't inconvenienced, and if you don't take it, police justify beating you up, dragging you away & detaining you without arrest or charge for as

Interesting read. This man PhD from Georgia tech, worked at Intel corporation in semiconductor Laser R&D came back to India started a company got immediately blackpilled and moving out to east asia. What is the problem here he's facing? Can anyone explain?

Chinatown movie's final dialogue: Forget it, jack, it's chinatown.

A station master can flag off these #VandeBharatExpress trains. But no; our PM wants to enhance his P.R even if it causes inconvenience to the public. Tell me, in which democratic country would you see scheduled trains being cancelled for one man’s histrionics? Absolute madness.

Every time I see a national issue that isn’t getting enough coverage, or is starting to get a little, all I can think about is the distraction they’re gonna find. Instant thought is “well…someone random is gonna be on the news soon.”

We need (ed) decentralised urban governments (35 years ago).

The second order effects of the government releasing machine readable data as a default will unleash productivity gains for research. Imagine never having to OCR shit again.

India’s economy isn’t measured by queues outside Apple stores. It’s measured by queues outside ration shops.

Quality of life, poor infrastructure & endless bureaucracy are already driving India’s top earners out. Expecting Silicon Valley returnees to thrive here is too optimistic. Unless India cleans up, the real winners will be remote jobs in UAE & Southeast Asia.

Because of the new H1B rules, a tremendous number of talented individuals are going to be headed back to India. Hence more UPI users.