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Jun 4, 2024 · Modi’s Power Has Peaked. Election results in India suggest the ruling BJP will return to power, but with a reduced mandate that has surprised pollsters. The natural order of coalition rule is back....
Jun 4, 2024 · Devesh Kapur is the Starr Foundation professor of South Asian studies at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
5 days ago · The major problem is our belief that India has a large middle-class population. Every Indian claims to belong to the middle class, no matter their bank balance. But the definition of the middle is quite different. Research by Devesh Kapoor and Milan Vaishnav showed that 50% of Indians claim to belong to the middle class.
5 days ago · The Evolution of India’s Social Welfare Regime and Future Challenges. Andaleeb Rahman. June 24, 2024. India is in transition but not all Indians are able to prosper. The country’s growth story has been characterized by widening inequality and a failure of the state to lift its citizens out of poverty and other forms of... Upcoming Events.
Jun 5, 2024 · Last week, this column highlighted major economic improvements for dalits in Uttar Pradesh, based on a research paper by Devesh Kapur and others (Rethinking inequality : Dalits in UP in the market reform era). But the real dalit revolution has been in social status, far more than economic.
Jun 10, 2024 · The Consulate General of India, New York hosted its Ninth Media India Lecture Series with Professor Devesh Kapur on 'The Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurship' on Thursday November 20, 2014.
Jun 10, 2024 · The Indian Express (Delhi Edition) Moving on from the past. For the new government, difficult policy choices facing the country should take precedence over a well-rehearsed identity politics. 2024-06-10 - Devesh Kapur . The writer is Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
