Dr Madhusudan Nag

Happy to share our paper, co-authored with Prof. S.Irudaya Rajan, titled "Gujarat Versus Kerala: Analysing Locational Factors in Internal Migrant Labour Destination Choice" at 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮: journals.sagepub.com/home/MLA

Become a 'Nalanda Mitra' to support Nalanda Campus Construction! Since 2013, Nalanda Academy has provided free, quality education to marginalized and rural students. Over 2,000 students, trained by Nalanda, have gone on to top universities in India and abroad. Nalanda is…

Meet Nalanda alumni Varsha and Piyush. Both graduated from top universities. Both working. About to get married. Going for a simple marriage. Today came to Nalanda along with their family members and donated 2 lakh Rs for our Nalanda Campus Construction by deciding to cut all…

Took a deliberate pause from all my current readings this weekend, because when books like these arrive, everything else can wait. 📘 Meet the Savarnas by @ProfRavikantK 📗 Caste: A Global Story by @surajyengde Two powerful voices, two urgent interventions.

Become a Nalanda Mitra (Monthly Donor)! For 13 years, Nalanda Academy, Wardha has empowered thousands of rural and marginalized students with free, quality education—all without institutional funding, thanks to small, regular donations from supporters like you. (1/2)

an honor to share this with you all. you’ll get many things in this hefty tome—the history of the caste system, dalit-black archives, migrant laborers in the ME, castes of trinidad, anti-caste activism overseas and 18 original photographs. order here: amzn.in/d/f8iHBe3

Can anyone measure colonial drain, the tribute the British Empire extracted from India? There is nothing wrong with the concept of drain (payment without return). But there is no credible measure. There are no numbers to show the drain was large, as some people claim.

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality. 🧵A thread on a NEW STUDY written with @gatonievas [1/9] 🔗 wid.world/news-article/u…

Applications to our PhD are now open at iihs.ac.in. Personally look fwd to proposals on urban inequalities in all dimensions, social protection, housing, urban theory. Email me if thinking of applying! PhD Info Webinar on June 11, updates at @Iihs_uni /@iihsin.

‘Water and Development: The Troubled Economic History of the Arid Tropics’ will be published on 4 June from OUP USA. Appears in rest of the world in September. Offers a new reading of the economic history of arid and semi-arid regions of the world, mainly in Asia and Africa.

Excited to share details about workshop on “Labour, Informal Economy, and Structural Transformation under Post-Colonial Capitalism”, Anush Kapadia & I are organising. Fantastic scholars join us on June 4-5 at @SOASEconomics, supported by @SOAS & New Political Economy initiative.

The richest municipality doesn’t even provide gloves to its workers…Such a shame BMC… #Mumbai #MumbaiRains

Economics is fundamentally political. Economics is shaped by ideologies, human values, competing interests, social norms, and political priorities. Be sceptical of economists who tell you that their field free from politics.

Anti caste discourse would not be where it is if wasn't for the prolific Dalit Bahujan publication, Round Table India, which was among the earliest spaces to challenge mainstream media's lack of attention to caste. Kuffir da started a movement when it wasn't thought possible.

youtu.be/m2wPA8VQBVc?si… Wishing you all a very happy 134th Birth Anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar! Please take a moment to watch this short video on the upcoming *Nalanda Abhiyan Campus, Wardha* – a unique, community-led initiative.

𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗸𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 Ambedkar must be invoked not as memory, but as method. Jai Bhim—not as slogan, but as method. 🔗 Read the full reflection: shorturl.at/CrpL1 A Happy Ambedkar Jayanti!🙏

All are invited to the seminar titled "Social Mobility of Scheduled Castes (SCs) in Tamil Nadu: A Jati-wise Analysis" to be delivered by Prof. Thiagu Ranganathan, Professor, CDS today at Baker Auditorium from 03:30 pm onwards.

A website dedicated to Indian economists of note. That’s what @CafeEconomics, Arjun Jayadev, Prof Rama Gopal, Maria Bach and I have been working towards for the last 2 yrs. And it’s finally here! azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/distinguished-…

As an HCU student, I stand against the auction of 400 acres of our campus land. This isn’t just about space—it’s our heritage, our biodiversity, our future. Peaceful protests met with lathicharge? We deserve better. @RahulGandhi @kcvenugopalmp #SaveHCU #StandWithHCUStudents