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Hope and Anxiety Among Liberalization’s Children
In my field work across small-town India, one of the most glaring things that stands out to me is the high rate of unemployment. As I traveled to town after town during the 2018 Madhya Pradesh state elections, one sight had become eerily familiar to me: hordes of young and middle-aged people, mostly men, spending…
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Books I read in 2019
On the last day of 2019, I want to share some of the books I read this year. I began the year with Ruchir Sharma’s Democracy on the Road, an incredible diary of his observations from covering nearly three decades of political campaigns in India. Sagarika Ghose’s Why I am a Liberal was another excellent…
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Demography of a Protest
As protests against the Narendra Modi government’s recently passed Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) continue to intensify in cities across India, one of the most notable and unique features of the demonstrations has been the demographics of those protesting. Taking a closer look at the sea of young people out on the streets, you will notice…
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The Hopes and Hype of Indian Millennials [Grand Tamasha]
There is arguably no more consequential generation to the future of India than today’s millennials. The median age of India’s population is just 28 years old. This means that Indian millennials number around 400 million–roughly one-third of the entire Indian population. By the year 2021, two-thirds of India’s population will be within the working age of 20-35 years. It…
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The secret behind millennial support for Prime Minister Modi
“As the dust settles on India’s general elections, one thing has become clear: Despite a record-high unemployment rate, a slowing economy and widespread agrarian distress, Indians have overwhelmingly decided to give Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party a second chance to put the country back on track.” India’s median age is just under 28 years, and young voters…
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