@CarnegieEndow Sr. Fellow + Director, @CarnegieSAsia. Host of #GrandTamasha podcast. Tweeting my views on political economy + India. RTs & likes ≠ endorsements
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This week on #GrandTamasha: former Indian foreign secretary @VGokhale59 joins me to discuss China and India's "armed coexistence" and the future of one of the most consequential bilateral relationships in the world.
Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=A6IME_tw…
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New research by @AditiBhowmick18 et al finds that upward mobility in South Asia is higher in cities, with the urban mobility premium substantially higher for women
than for men. Mechanisms are less patriarchal social norms and higher returns to education
paulnovosad.com/pdf/fuma.pdf
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A journalist accompanying US Secretary of State Rubio to India seemed perplexed as to why he was returning so soon after his last trip there in May.
I write for @httweets on the answers the visit provided to that question (1/2)
.@AshokLavasa: ECI’s course correction is welcome, need for accountability remains indianexpress.com/article/op…
What did the Rubio visit mean for US-India ties? @tanvi_madan decodes the trip for @htTweets
#Opinion | "When US secretary of State and national security advisor Marco Rubio arrived in Mumbai, an accompanying journalist said it was “remarkable” and wondered why Rubio would travel again to India within a few months. This is not a question that gets asked when senior American cabinet members visit European or West Asian countries multiple times. "
(@tanvi_madan✍️)
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.@ITBP_official is now in focus, in the light of its chief’s speech on the continued face-offs with Chinese PLA troops in #Arunachal Pradesh.
Re-upping CHS Director @jabinjacobt’s chapter on the force & its role - along with that of @SSB_INDIA - in the book, ‘Institutional Roots of India's Security Policy’, edited by @MilanV & published by @OxUniPress. shorturl.at/KzsvR
.@SominiSengupta: Four takeaways from India’s protest movement, at a moment when democracies around the world are under pressure nytimes.com/2026/10/24/world…
The US is discovering the phenomenon of 'dummy candidates': washingtonpost.com/world/sah…
Breaking news: The Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses his tight race against Democrat Mary Peltola next month. wapo.st/47GV3EC
Meenakshi Ahamed for @TheAtlantic: America Needs Its Indian Immigrants: The country relies on their talents, ambition, and skills to power two of its most important sectors—technology and medicine. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
On this week's #GrandTamasha, former Indian foreign secretary and @CarnegieIndia scholar @VGokhale59 joins me to discuss his latest book, "China's Wars," the recent Trump-Xi meet, and the state of China-India ties.
Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=A6IME_tw…
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/4DR…
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Delighted to host Ambassador @PankajSaran11 of @natstrat_org, former Deputy National Security Advisor to the Government of India, @CarnegieEndow for a wide-ranging discussion on “U.S.-India Strategic Cooperation in an Evolving Global Order.”
👏 👏 👏 “cult hero” @srajagopalan!
Somehow, @srajagopalan and @lachygroom have managed to fund a hard-tech revolution in India.
There's something rather massive going on, and everyone else has missed it.
Our story - corememory.com/p/a-new-india…
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Times/Siena Poll: President Trump’s approval rating hit a new low two weeks before the midterms, driven by voter frustration over the economy. nyti.ms/3WiyYtu
This week on #GrandTamasha: former Indian foreign secretary and ambassador to China @VGokhale59 provides a master-class on the state of China-India relations under the shadow of geopolitical fragmentation. youtube.com/watch?v=A6IME_tw…
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My conversation with Carnegie Endowment’s @MilanV on India and China, including how it is impacted by US-China relations, and US behaviour in India’s neighbourhood.
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A Battle for Control of India’s Biggest Business Empire
@travelli
nytimes.com/2026/10/21/busin…
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Pleased to have a review of my forthcoming co-edited volume (with Sameer Lalwani), Insecurity and Ambition: Understanding Pakistan's Strategic Debates (Georgetown University Press), in this issue of Foreign Affairs. foreignaffairs.com/reviews/i…
When next faced with the claim that US innovation doesn't require foreign talent, share this paper. Drawing on 13 million patents filed between 1894-2024, 56% of US technologies build on at least one foreign input bu.edu/econ/files/2026/10/Fo…
.@AiyarYamini in @nytimes: "Many Indians, including myself, do not possess the mass of paperwork that is needed. A minor difference in the spelling of a person’s name across their documents can knock them off the rolls. The courts offer little recourse" nytimes.com/2026/10/20/opini…
My column in today’s @FT: A democracy that once went looking for voters is increasingly demanding that voters prove they belong giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic…
