Much drew on the past, much represented a break from history

Aiyar writes: "To be clear, in interrogating efficiency, and questioning its dominance as the core value proposition of the State, I am not making the case that efficiency is undesirable. Indeed, entrenched waste, corruption and incompetence of the State is visible to citizens at every turn."

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Varshney writes: "Trump-Modi summit was, of course, not without benefits for India, but benefits for US are greater."

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Varshney writes: "Unwavering civility would perhaps be the best way to describe what I experienced. Even when in positions of high power, arrogance never touched him, and civility never failed."

Aiyar writes on Twitter/X: "Reframing the cash transfer debate in India today New Year issue. I am no fan but to deride investments in welfare as "freebies" & "revadis" is just wrong. The real prob is this new fad distracts frm structural challenges in the econ while feeding the authoritarian beast"

Varshney writes: "The BJP’s principal claim was that it had done more than any other major party to restore the justly great status of Ambedkar in the national public realm. But, to Ambedkar, Hindu unity was exactly the opposite of what his project sought"

Economics Graduate Student, Saxena Affiliate and PSTC Trainee Aarushi Kalra pictured with Rema Hanna, Harvard Kennedy School, and Andrew Weiss of Weiss Asset Management, wins best paper award for NEUDC 2024 at Northeastern University in Boston. Her paper is entitled " Hate in the Time of Algorithms: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment on Online Behavior"

Politically and ideologically, in J&K and Haryana, closer analysis reveals BJP's performance is less than it seems.

Varshney: "There is an attempt in the presidential campaign to revive the nativist tradition of American nationhood"