Sreedev Krishnakumar
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Data Journalist @httweets | Previously with Moneycontrol | I tell stories using numbers | Views are personal | Mastodon: @[email protected]
Mumbai, India
Joined August 2012
Part 2: BJP's the biggest party in districts that've a Muslim share >20% now, but is behind at higher thresholds. TMC is another party that has made big gains, while Congress has suffered big losses. Politics has become more bipolar in such districts, too. With @Roshanjnu 1/2
There is no religious breakup of AC pop. in India. @Roshanjnu & I use the next best thing to see if politics is changing in Muslim dominated ACs (in light of AIMIM beating RJD by count of Muslim MLAs in Bihar). This 1st part describes the ACs one could call Muslim dominated 1/2
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It is to be expected that capital would welcome the new Labour Codes and Unions would oppose it. An objective assessment requires a holistic look at Indian labour markets. Which is what we have tried to do today. With @naalmot
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How is Nitish Kumar’s current government different from his other ones? https://t.co/cnqe8fk3Nc
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what has happened in Bangladesh with Hasina's trial and death sentence is not ok. it's not justice, even if it feels like so. in my latest @htTweets column i unpack the three-body problem confronting Dhaka. 1/2
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India's juvenile justice system faces significant gaps, with high case backlogs and inadequate facilities @sreedevkkumar ✍️ Read 🔗 https://t.co/l1DnIenUnu More in today's epaper 🗞️ https://t.co/4uF3BMnqmK Stay updated with all the stories that matter — download the Hindustan
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9 lives and counting: Nitish Kumar's chief ministerial run in Bihar
9 lives and counting: Nitish Kumar's chief ministerial run in Bihar @NishantTISS ✍️ Stay updated with all the stories that matter — download the Hindustan Times App https://t.co/Dt89dpGpfD
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It is always a pleasure and privilege to be on Milan's podcast. We spoke about the Bihar results this time
New #GrandTamasha: This week, we break down the Bihar assembly elections with @htTweets Data and Political Economy editor @Roshanjnu. Brilliant insights from a journalist who knows the state inside and out. Watch: https://t.co/bowJFf8tt6 Listen: https://t.co/VECpIrEh5j
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There is no conspiracy behind NDA’s Bihar landslide. Its political economy > collapse of the fence sitters… > crushed RJD+ seat share despite it polling more vote share than some of its 1990 victories > and that’s where NDA’s shrewd class-caste strategy worked cc @naalmot
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Bihar's gone NDA's way 202-35. What led to this result? What does it entail? We explain in today's edition using numbers. Joint work with @naalmot @NishantTISS and the entire team of editors and designers in the HT newsroom 1/n
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My take on the Bihar results
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Bihar has recorded its highest ever turnout in these elections. But read this one by @naalmot to understand why it’s more statistical than political
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The 2025 Bihar elections saw a record turnout, but this is largely due to a reduction in registered voters, not increased civic engagement.
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From tariffs to visa curbs, Trump’s US has been closing its doors to goods and people, all in the name of 'making America great again'. But a new NBER paper by @econgaurav shows US growth has long been powered by Asian immigrants. Today's Number Theory explores this.
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Second Part https://t.co/Nt1ySuRaEm
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IIT Placements in Crisis: HT's anchor story reveals a sharp slide for BTech grads (2021-22 to 2023-24). 1st-gen IITs Worst drop in rates—90%+ to ~79%. 2nd-gen IITs: Steepest salary plunge amid job market woes. 3rd-gen: IIT Goa hit hardest with avg salary ↓ ₹7.63L.
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Bihar election campaign is over, but @htTweets data journalism team’s Bihar campaign is far from over. Today we launch another 2-part series which tracks the centrality of caste in AC level contests in Bihar. Based on @NishantTISS database & joint work with @naalmot 1/n
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Part 3 flags what could have been real social justice in Bihar: rejuvenating agriculture & how no major party has taken it up cc @naalmot 3/3
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Part 2 states a basic truth about Bihar’s politics: it’s a competition between 2 caste (cohorts) — Yadav’s versus upper castes — which have the economic might and therefore elites to partake in it. Chart 2 of the story says it all. 2/3
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1st of our 3-part political economy take on Bihar explains why the state which has seen pitched caste based class battles in its feudal agrarian past has seen a decoupling of caste & class from farming ( cc @NishantTISS & @naalmot ) 1/3
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Part 3 Caste and the political parties 1. The share of upper castes was the highest in the pre-Lalu years, BCs reached their peak in the Lalu era and EBCs gained some ground at the cost of BCs in the Nitish period.
Part 2:: Charting Change in the Caste composition of the Bihar assembly in the last six decades 1. The cumulative share of upper caste MLAs has fallen from 47.7% in 1962 to 34.3% by 2020, while that of BC MLAs has increased from 27.6% to 35.6% during this period.
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