A 🧵 introducing the new volume by Sanjoy Chakravorty and me: Colossus: The Anatomy of Delhi. The book seeks to characterize social change, state interactions, and inequalities in the region surrounding Delhi (National Capital Region). Available at:

RT @SabarInstitute_: As workers strike across India today, the data tells a bleak story. Arindam Das and Jean Dreze's research tells us tha….

RT @srajagopalan: In our oped for @htTweets, @shreyasnarla and I argue that India must cut its triple digit automobile tariffs. The prize i….

RT @louisetillin: If you are in Bangalore, please do come along for the BLR launch of Making India Work: the Development of Welfare in a Mu….

RT @MilanV: 1/ Out now: the third and final installment in our @CarnegieEndow series drawing from the 2024 Indian American Attitudes Survey….

RT @Rukmini: New on @dataforin: an exhaustive look at women in India's manufacturing sector by @nileena_suresh. Here's my favourite insight….

RT @SurbhiKesar: India is not the 4th most equal country in the world. We re-did correct & comparable calculations: . India ranks 176 (& n….

RT @srajagopalan: In the latest episode of the @IdeasofIndia @mercatus, I speak with MR Sharan @sharanidli about his research on local gov….

RT @anup_malani: I am excited to announce that I am starting a new position this week as Chief Economist at the U.S. Centers for Medicare &….

RT @adam_m_auerbach: New article out w/ @tanu_kumar1 on patchwork formalization, private land developers, and public service provision at t….

RT @Roshanjnu: Is the Great Indian Household Credit Binge good or bad for the economy? Its hubris to say one knows for sure. But its defini….

RT @srajagopalan: Terrible things happen constantly in the world. But then, out of nowhere, a stranger is extraordinarily kind for no reaso….

RT @ShahanaFromBK: Thank you, Brooklyn! Getting to represent the neighborhoods that raised me is the greatest privilege of my life. https:/….

RT @p_semolina: No written word can do justice to the power and beauty of the stories I heard in Kashmir. But I tried. Thrilled to announce….

RT @ZohranKMamdani: In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the o….

RT @pramit_b: Had suggested that we need an official database on household income/wealth distribution sometime back. Am glad that @GoIStats….

RT @AbhiroopMukho: Am happy to see some familiar names. esp that of young and dynamic @Nilanjanb01 who is a visiting asst prof at @cecfee #….

RT @tanu_kumar1: Final cover. Coming out this August @CUP_PoliSci

RT @MilanV: Important new @ForeignAffairs essay by Ashley J. Tellis on India’s great power ambitions. Don’t get distracted by the headline—….

RT @sugatchaturvedi: 🚨Happy to share our #OpenAccess publication with @kanmahajan & Zahra Siddique in Labour Economics! We analyze gendered….

A little unnoticed part of the notification of the Census May have a big impact. As we await details, I unpack the implications of self-enumeration for ⁦@htTweets⁩