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Ever wondered who was India's first political consultant? A tiny excerpt from my upcoming book published in The Wire today:

A distanza di 15 anni, Limes torna a dedicare una monografia all’India (Bharat)!  Il volume, che ho avuto il piacere di curare, indaga la profondità - oltre gli stereotipi e l’ideologia - di un gigante in rapida crescita che si percepisce destinato alla grandezza…[🧵1]

#Comment | Government must ensure that cash transfers reach all marginalised populations. Chakradhar Buddha, Upasak Das, and Diego Maiorano write. trib.al/Ids3BUs

#Comment | Government must ensure that cash transfers reach all marginalised populations. Chakradhar Buddha, Upasak Das, and Diego Maiorano write. trib.al/ZMwNwWv

Despite the promise of cash transfers in Andhra, many marginalized, especially tribals, are being excluded due to complex systems and glitches. It’s time to fix these barriers and ensure everyone gets the support they deserve. Upasak Das, Diego Maiorano, and I write for The Hindu

I'm a big fan of the FT, but.. This analysis of India's low female employment is speculation, not based on rigorous comparative analysis. It blames - laws against women's night-work - care responsibilities - cooking gas subsidies - feeling unsafe ft.com/content/eb0345… 🧵🧵

Our first output of a small work on Rythu Bharosa and Ammavodi that I started some time back with Chakri and Diego Maiorano . Comments are welcome. Global Development Institute

Nella puntata di oggi del Mondo: i sikh e la crisi diplomatica tra India e Canada. Le promesse del governo Meloni si scontrano con la realtà. Diego Maiorano Stefano Feltri internazionale.it/podcast/ilmondo

Discover the potential impacts of synchronising national and state elections in India. Our expert panel will discuss the policy, political, and constitutional implications of this ambitious proposal. Register Here: eai-isas-india-china.eventbrite.sg

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Join us Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) - NUS for an online discussion on the One Nation One Election proposal, with a great line up Louise Tillin shoaib daniyal Neelanjan Sircar . 9 am UK time/2.30 pm IST/5 pm Singapore time. register here: isas-panel-one-nation.eventbrite.sg

Join us later today for an Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) - NUS online discussion on the One Nation One Election proposal with Louise Tillin shoaib daniyal and Neelanjan Sircar 9 am UK/2.30 IST/5 pm Singapore Register here: eventbrite.sg/e/isas-panel-d…

Got to hold my book is my hands for the first time - it finally feels real! 📚🥳 After years of work (and much self-doubt), it’s out in the world. Please get in touch if you’d like to review it. PS: Folks in India can buy it at a more affordable price: amzn.in/d/53QapFR

Nella puntata di oggi del Mondo: la Spagna metterà in regola quasi un milione di immigrati. In India è cominciata la stagione dello smog. Diego Maiorano internazionale.it/podcast/ilmondo

How Indian Voters Decide? very useful compendium of 10 essays as part of Carnegie Endowment's India Elect'24 series curated by Milan Vaishnav exploring the underlying drivers of political behavior in India bit.ly/4jvl5zd

The recent passing of Manmohan Singh reminded us of how he opened India's economy to trade in 1991 . . . my new paper "Dismantling the License Raj" examines how that happened 👇 1/6

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I'm recruiting a PhD student in political economy & comparative political behavior at Ahmedabad University (elections, political parties, federalism, welfare, or climate) We believe in interdisciplinary work & offer great training in models of political economy & applied stats. Pls apply!

Lets break this down. The phenomenon of husbands in India is often (not always) highlighted to throw ridicule at women politicians or to point to how gender quotas have failed. What is a representative picture? It’s complicated (1/n)

'When books come, they come not single spies but in battalions' (to misquote Hamlet). It has been a privilege to edit (w/Rob Jenkins) this festschrift to honour our guru James Manor's contributions to the study of Indian politics Orient BlackSwan orientblackswan.com/details?id=978…