Bhubaneswar's streets are best for an evening stroll 💛

I and Madhurjya Deka wrote a piece on the contemporary portrayal of the rural in the film Village Rockstars 2 for EastMojo. :) eastmojo.com/premium/2025/0…

Congratulations Ritwika Patgiri 👏 Looking forward to reading your chapter!!

Fresh veggies from our kitchen garden at home, all thanks to my father. This is just 3-day's produce. One of the reasons why I don't like to buy overpriced veggies in Delhi. #kitchengarden #villagelife

After a short break, I'm resuming my writing on Substack. Hope to share more thoughts regularly. Check out my latest piece here: madhurjyadeka.substack.com/p/3-his-drunke…

What do you get in 5 Rs in 2025? 🤯 Apparently a lot in Odisha! ✨ Somewhere near Mahanadi river, on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. (Pic from my fieldwork in Odisha.)

Just finished The Midnight Library by Matt Haig & it's my top read of 2025 so far! "Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived" #TheMidnightLibrary

Affordable public transport is the future for our cities. Will definitely try this on my next Goa trip ✨

How gig workers struggle between flexibility and insecurity? What are the challenges faced by gig workers in ensuring social security, minimum wages, and protection from exploitation? My piece for The Indian Express indianexpress.com/article/upsc-c…

+1000 My alma mater ❤️. Choosing CDS for my master's has been one of the best life decisions I've made!!

Postcards from Indian Coffee House, Kolkata; a living, breathing testament to the city's rich cultural heritage and intelligentsia!!

Tiger Day prep for my nephew's kindergarten! Had to channel my inner Picasso to make a tiger mask for his school event. Who’s your pick for king of cuteness? 🐯🧡 (P.S. he got bored using the same colour for long, so used yellow for the ear)

Exciting news! IDinsight has made its technical bootcamp publicly accessible for FREE! A goldmine of short, practical lessons on designing and running empirical studies — from theory of change and causal inference to sampling, survey tools, and data viz using STATA #econtwitter

This is so beautiful. The greatest prize, the greatest gift is always the students, the minds you get to shape and inspire. It is a privilege to be a professor.

Congratulations Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty 👏✨