Anindita Adhikari
@AninditaAdhik13
PhD @BrownSociology. Research x action on socio-economic rights, transparency, accountability & local governance.
@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.
#BookLaunch 📖Join us for the launch of ‘Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy’ by Prof. @louisetillin, Professor of Politics & Former Director, @KingsIndiaInst, @KingsCollegeLon. 🗓️When: Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 6:30-8 PM 📍Where: Bangalore…
Starting in ten minutes!
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: umich.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
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: nls.ac.in/news-events/co…
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: umich.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Pitch an elective, come teach a term at NLS! Details here nls.ac.in/news-events/in…
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
Join in on two Live Information Sessions about the new NLS BA (Hons) Programme! Session 1: History and Economics Feb 14, 2025 | 6 PM – 7 PM IST Session 2: Politics and Sociology Feb 15, 2025 | 6 PM – 7 PM IST Register Now: nls.ac.in/news-events/li…
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: nls.ac.in/programme/ph-d… (1)
Bangalore folks, come off!
We are having a busy week at the HUPA Chair! Thrilled to have @PatrickHeller1 speak to us on "‘Urban Governance in Brazil, India and South Africa: Can Mega Cities be more Inclusive?’" on the 19th of December, 5pm. As always, this will be open to public. nls.ac.in/news-events/ta…
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 nls.ac.in/programme/3-ye…
Public hearing on access to information and grievance redress in Telangana is now live: youtube.com/live/JWIwsFuEB…
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: tinyurl.com/mru6revc
"Cultivating Democracy makes a significant, if quieter intervention into a moment of complex crisis that Indian democracy finds itself in ... The answers are surprising" Thank you @AninditaAdhik13 for this perceptive review of my book @PacificAffairs pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/book-reviews/c…
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. theaidem.com/en-analysing-t…