Bhanu Joshi

Incredible grateful to the compatriots - @NeelanjanSircar & @Kranjanashish. We know each other far too well by now and somehow every trip still teaches us something new!

Back to Delhi after 2 weeks of fieldwork. Assam, Bengal 2016, 2021, 2026. A decade in, what still surprises is the weight of the polling booth: the rare site where a society poses, in ritual form, questions it cannot resolve elsewhere from belonging to obligation to recognition.

On SIR, polarization and differentiated citizenship. An election transformed by India's paper bureaucracy, its mismatching parts, and rumors. My piece with @beejoshi today in @htTweets

As people freak out over turnout rates in West Bengal, my piece w @beejoshi today in @htTweets to help us make sense of anti-incumbency and mobilization. Ground presence vs. paramilitary presence and its implications...

Blog: The World Bank Group and Industrial Strategy cgdev.org/blog/world-ban…

💍 Do interethnic marriages measure social cohesion? ➡️ Using census data from Zambia, @DanielNPosner introduces a new approach showing intermarriage estimates change once local exposure to outgroup members is considered cambridge.org/core/journals/… #FirstView

I have made all the shapefiles of delimitation of Assam public. The links are in the article preserved for anyone who might look for it in future.

‘The mix of low prices and handouts has made Kolkata the best big Indian city in which to be poor or middle-class.’ The Economist gives Kolkata, the ‘chronic underachiever’ a rare thumbs up. economist.com/asia/2026/04/1…

Constitutional Morality (again)

The Census of India has never been very reader-friendly. But in 1970s, a series of events led to government putting effort into publishing very interesting, truly "Indian" #dataviz for the average reader. But why? Our new data story, with an explorer and some comics! More ⬇️

The Department of International Relations at Ashoka University announces the third iteration of its flagship workshop series on India's diplomatic studies. The workshop is intended to help early career scholars, within and outside India, with the publication of their research in reputable journals in the broadly defined fields of diplomatic studies, international history, and international relations. Submission Deadline: 30 April 2026. #AshokaUniversity

🛎️🛎️ @CarnegieSAsia is hiring! We are looking for a DC-based Research Scholar (Fellow/Senior fellow) who will lead the program's work on India's role in a changing global order. Details below & apply at the link. Deadline is March 6. Spread the word: carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com/jobs/3992571

We are pleased to share the release of a major open data resource on Harvard Dataverse: Indian Census Data Collection, 1901–2026: Digitised Subnational Population and Administrative Datasets DOI: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ON… #OpenData #India #Census #SocialScience What’s included? • Population time series (1901–2011)- Census A02 (cleaned and strcutured) • first time digitization of Primary Census Abstract tables (state & district level)-1961, 1971, and 1981 • 2026 subdistrict-level administrative directory linked to census data (2011) #DataInfrastructure #ResearchData

Bravo Carlos, little titan, young wizard of Oz. A worthy champion, a huge talent, wonderful person and history-maker 🙌 And Australia, so much love 🫶🏼. No place like the happy slam. Forever grateful.

Can indigenous political representation improve forest conservation? sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @shamichirps

As India enters the New Year the most consequential contest it faces is not between parties, personalities or ideologies. It is between allure of fantasy and discipline of reality

The best description of @BrownUniversity, from @bessbell. (And to be clear, the heirs and star's kids are invariably also in that carton.) besskalb.substack.com/p/brown-america

Was it just this time or the @KLM crew operating the delhi bound flight was exceptionally caring and nice. Genuinely nice flight (the food sucks tho).

More from the field - Post-Poll Survey field work for the Bihar Assembly Election Study 2025 #Bihar #BiharElection2025 #Election2025 #Women @DataActionLab

The 2026 Yale Modern South Asia Workshop is now accepting submissions! The deadline to submit is December 8, 2025. Learn more and apply via the link below: bit.ly/MSAW2026