@AninditaAdhik13 & I write in the Hindu on the risk of disenfranchisement of migrants due to the SIR. 75% not heard of online SIR. Only 2 out of 248 submitted forms online. We highlight questionable claims in the ECI affidavit. Based on survey of migrants from Bihar @manojkjhadu

“Yeh gareeb admi ko pareshan karne ke liye kiya ja raha hai. Agar document nahi hai toh kahan jaye? Gardan kaat ke de de kya?” Migrant workers are aggravated and rightly so with the the electoral list verification putting them at risk of losing their vote #BiharElections2025

This was fun. Go read @louisetillin's new book on the history of welfare in India. It's packed with surprising twists, unlikely protagonists and insights from regional dynamics to explain India's policy choices over a century. Expansive and so meticulously researched.

Starting in ten minutes!

NLSIU and @maxplanckpress are organising the 'Contours of Legal History in India' conference March 27-28, 2025. Prof. Mitra Sharafi, @UWMadison, will deliver the keynote address, which is open to public. Know more: https://t.co/TOc2tkQHBE

Presenting a chapter from my book project at @umichDemocracy (thanks to @SlaterPolitics) on the politics and practice of claim-making and accountability systems in Bihar and beyond. The inimitable @AiyarYamini will be the discussant Register here:

Pitch an elective, come teach a term at NLS! Details here

Pls share with students applying to colleges this year @NLSIUofficial has launched an exciting new undergraduate degree in the social sciences & humanities Interested in the sociology and politics majors? @debangana1992 & I will be answering your questions this Saturday at 6pm

NLSIU opens up its applications for its 2 PhD programmes (Law and Social Sciences and Humanities) this year! Join an exciting, vibrant and intellectually rigorous community of scholars. Find more about the law programme here: https://t.co/3sQ6LQlHqA (1)

Bangalore folks, come off!

NLSIU, Bengaluru on Tuesday announced its new 3-year BA (Hons.) programme with the option of an additional 4th year. The first cohort of the programme will be admitted in July 2025. Applications open in Jan 2025! To know more, visit https://t.co/jv5MhbwNSd

Public hearing on access to information and grievance redress in Telangana is now live:

The article is part of a special issue edited by @AnriaSantiago @jessicaajrich @garaycand on the policy consequences of social movements with contributions from Brazil, South Africa, Argentina, Chile amongst others. Will post these to the thread as they become available.

3. Small-scale mobilizations have strengthened through demands for NREGA work. In turn this has contributed to the program's resilience As a NREGA worker in Bihar said: We have become strong by building our union and getting work under NREGA (sangthan paa kar, NREGA paa kar)

2. Supporting an architecture for people's oversight and participation through social audits. Good, bad, ugly, social audits are conducted in an avg of 65% of 250k panchayats across the country every year. These open up spaces for democratizing information and discussion

1. Defending the law at the national level and unmasking silent budget cuts to the program. Even when civil society voices are marginalized. We highlight the work of groups like @NREGA_Sangharsh

We develop the idea of civil mobilization as distinct from a movement or specific organizations and identify conditions under which this type of mobilization succeeded and continues to matter- in initiating reform and holding govt accountable for sustaining reforms by...

New article with @PatrickHeller1 out in @WorldDevJournal. We focus on the case of #NREGA and trace civil society's role in expanding, institutionalizing and defending rights-based welfare, even as the program hangs in precarious balance today https://t.co/c8tnFIxOL7

If you haven't read it already, Cultivating Democracy by @MukulikaB offers several insights with which to reflect on the 2024 election verdict and what the cultivation of democratic values in rural India looks like Here's my review of the book:

Read this piece in the dead of the night and was instantly wide awake. @RevatiLaul piece on the subversive Uttar Pradesh voter is in a league of its own. It opened my eyes to a lot. This is the backstory that told us what the numbers didn't. https://t.co/r9pJkeakZw