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Demography, Delimitation, and Democracy

One person one vote, and other questions Indians must confront.

Jul 3 •

Shruti Rajagopalan

April 2023

A podcast with C. Rangarajan, BR Ambedkar the economist, Fellowship deadlines

Ideas of India podcast, elite imitation in policy, Ambedkar Jayanti readings, and some fellowship deadlines

Apr 14 •

Shruti Rajagopalan

March 2023

Did Modi kill India's democracy by expelling its opposition leader from Parliament?

This is not the result of an assassination, but a slow growing cancer infecting every institution of India.

Mar 27 •

Shruti Rajagopalan

January 2023

Supreme Court of India on Demonetization - A Farce in Three Acts

Vivek Narayan Sinha v Union of India

Jan 13 •

Shruti Rajagopalan

December 2022

Sorry, Wrong Number

What Crossed Connections and Wrong Numbers in Hindi Cinema (and their disappearance) Tell You About India

Dec 26, 2022 •

Shruti Rajagopalan

Altruism and Development - It's complicated.......

Effective altruism, air pollution in Delhi, Supreme Court of India, and trade off between legibility and complexity in evaluating philanthropic efforts.

Dec 12, 2022 •

Shruti Rajagopalan

November 2022

Why everyone should pay more attention to India...

And it is not for the reasons you may think.......

Nov 28, 2022 •

Shruti Rajagopalan

This is Get Down and Shruti, a newsletter by Shruti Rajagopalan about India.

Nov 8, 2022 •

Shruti Rajagopalan

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