India Decides 2014

CASI has been running a major survey on social attitudes in India with 68,500 respondents across 24 states and union territories in conjunction with the Lok Foundation (India). In the run up to this spring's Indian national election, a detailed analysis of the survey results were published throughout the month of March by CASI Director, Professor Devesh Kapur and colleagues, in a four-part series with The Times of India. Further information is available through CASI's new blog, IndiainTransition.com.

The Times of India Articles:

March 30, 2014, Enter Caste-Plus Politics
Rajiv Lall

March 23, 2014, All in the Surname
Devesh Kapur, Neelanjan Sircar & Milan Vaishnav

March 16, 2014, Growth is No. 1 Poll Issue for Voters, Survey Shows
Devesh Kapur, Neelanjan Sircar & Milan Vaishnav

March 9, 2014, NDA Makes Gains with Urban, OBC Voters
Devesh Kapur, Neelanjan Sircar & Milan Vaishnav

Media Coverage:

"We Are Connected," The Economist. April 5, 2014
"The Rural/Urban Divide Dies Out," Neelanjan Sircar & Milan Vaishnav. Financial Times. April 3, 2014
"Voters See Criminality and Nepotism as the Price of Effective Governance in India," Barbara. The Nation. April 1, 2014
"The Voice of the People," Blake Cole. SAS Frontiers. March 2014
"Survey: Indian Voters Like Dynasties," Aljazeera. March 26, 2014
"India's Economy in the 2014 Election," Malini Bose. Albright Stonebridge Group. March 21, 2014
"Indian Elections: Debunking the Debunked Myths," Praveen Chakravarty. Business Standard. March 20, 2014
"THE BIGGER PICTURE: With Urbanisation a New Breed of Politician is Set to Dominate Indian Governance," Manoj Joshi. Mail Online India. March 20, 2014
"2009 Vote Share May be Reversed in 2014," Rukmini S. & Sowmiya Ashok. The Hindu. March 12, 2014
"NDA to Topple UPA in Lok Sabha Elections, Predicts Another Survey," Liz Mathew. Livemint. March 12, 2014
"Indian Election: Survey Shatters 5 Big Election Myths," Victor Mallet. Financial Times. March 12, 2014
"Economy Tops Voters’ Minds, Caste Takes a Backseat," The Indian Express. March 13, 2014
"NDA Makes Gains as Economy Tops Voters' Minds: Survey," Business Standard. March 13, 2014
"Political Capital: Myth that India's Muslims Vote Differently" (video featuring Milan Vaishnav)
"The Continuing Grip of Caste," Rukmini S. The Hindu. March 16, 2014

The CASI bi-weekly e-newsletter has been extended to a weekly distribution throughout the spring to coincide with the India national election.

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Upcoming Events

Friday, April 18 & Saturday, April 19, 2014 at the University of Pennsylvania

"Chakshudana (Opening the Eyes)"
Conversations on South Asian Art Celebrating Michael W. Meister, W. Norman Brown Professor of South Asia Studies (Member, CASI Faculty Advisory Committee)

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Friday, April 18 & Saturday, April 19, 2014 at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

"Property in South Asia: History, Law, and Politics"
Bringing together historians, political scientists, and scholars of religion and law, in this two-day conference will look at five key "moments" in the conceptualization of land control and the evolution of ideas and practices related to the disposition of land-based wealth in the South Asian subcontinent from the eras of early modern to the early post-colonial.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 12:00-1:30 p.m.

"A Story of Censorship: How the Right to Take Offense is Shrinking Free Speech in India"

CASI seminar by ANURADHA RAMAN (Senior Associate Editor, Political Bureau, Outlook Magazine, and CASI Spring 2014 Visiting Fellow)

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