Neelanjan Sircar
@NeelanjanSircar
INDIA + POLITICS + DATA.
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: amazon.in/Colossus-Anato…
.@MilanV: "The second Trump administration is driven not so much by transactionalism as it is by an insatiable desire to burnish its dominance in virtually all its foreign relationships. Its dealings with India have been no exception." 1/12 foreignaffairs.com/south-asia/how…
Wow @grok estimate the amount of extra body fat he has, then calculate that into calories and translate that into rocket fuel. How far could a rocket fly with that fuel horizontally, and how many times could you fly from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem with it?
Release the hostages. Until then, starve away. (This is all a lie anyway. It amazes me that the media continues to regurgitate Muslim terror propaganda.)
On India's federal dilemmas, an overview foreignaffairs.com/india/indian-s…
Reviewed three imp recent books on Muslims & Indian state by @Ahmed1Hilal @sohalamarsingh and @pratinavanil for IPP journal. They variously explore evolving state patterns of incorporating Muslims, and agency of Muslims in responding to state strategies. ippjournal.org/uploads/1/3/6/…
Finally, an analysis of 3 recent books by @AsimAli6 looks to provide a nuanced analysis of the Muslim vote in India and how it helps our understanding of the agency of Muslims in modern India.
Excited that our (@Apoorva__Lal, @xuyiqing, @zu_gary) paper won the Political Analysis' 2024 Editor's Choice award! It was really a lot of work (we started this in 2018!), so nice to see we've had some impact on the field. It's also open access. cambridge.org/core/journals/…
And @ASuitableAgency turns five 😊 Our immense gratitude to our community of the most 'suitable' writers, artists and clients ever. And the heart of the agency remains the marvellous team - a bunch a truly talented and lovely people❤️ Thank you for the love, everyone!
The Inlaks-King's India Institute visiting PhD fellowship scheme is open again for applications (deadline August 31st). Two 3 month fellowships at King's for students in a PhD programme in Hums and Social Sciences at an Indian university @KingsIndiaInst inlaksfoundation.org/opportunities/…
A new database on the governors in India Since Independence @htTweets is running a three part series based on the database. Here is the first part. 1. The data includes all the states/UTs with a legislative assembly.
Look forward to moderating the keynote for our conference on Caste, Business and Society. Prof. Barbara Harriss-White will speak this Tuesday at Somerville College, Oxford. Those in town, please join us. Details below. @OxfordSBS @OxIndiaCentre
Out today, 20 July: Believer’s Dilemma—the second volume of my study on Vajpayee and the Hindu Right. Now available at bookshops! (Most of them are happy to ship across lands and oceans.) Please do share it with friends or family who might be interested in something like this.
In the backdrop of the attempt to de-recognize large sections of Indians, don't miss the release of this very important report on the functioning of the Foreigners Tribunals. Details below. Open to all. #Assam #NRC