Articles by Roshan Kishore
Number Theory: 3 variants of BJP’s 2024 alliance playbook
A careful analysis of the BJP’s 2024 tactics suggests a mix of absolute confidence, calculated risks, and extreme risk-aversion.
Published on Mar 27, 2024 09:02 AM IST
Number Theory: More takeaways from matching of donors, parties for EB funding
Here are a few more interesting data points from the electoral bond data published so far
Updated on Mar 22, 2024 06:59 PM IST
Terms of Trade | Transparency is overrated in realpolitik in India
The fight for political transparency is important for India's institutions, but transparency is not the driving factor when it comes to political hegemony
Published on Mar 22, 2024 03:52 PM IST
Number Theory: Four questions which will define the 2024 elections
Here are four charts that describe the four questions the results of this election will answer.
Updated on Mar 17, 2024 06:35 AM IST
Four questions that will define the 2024 elections
Will the BJP be able to meet its seat target, will the Congress improve its tally — these are among the key questions the LS elections could answer
Updated on Mar 17, 2024 05:56 AM IST
Number Theory: Making sense of latest CPI and WPI numbers
The numbers show that the future trajectory of inflation, and the prospect of an interest rate cut, is contingent on the prospect of farm prices coming down
Updated on Mar 14, 2024 07:34 PM IST
From coalition-dharma to coalition-karma for BJP’s allies
Unlike the Congress, which was lopsided in terms of caste and class, the BJP’s growth has been linked to the widening of Indian politics’ social base.
Updated on Mar 14, 2024 06:48 PM IST
Number Theory: What is the AAP’s core politics?
The AAP’s decision to have an alliance with the Congress in Delhi will make it relatively immune to the voter flight towards the Congress
Published on Mar 13, 2024 07:08 PM IST
Number Theory: Deciphering the change of guard by BJP in Haryana
BJP may have strategically distanced itself from JJP to ensure that the regional party cuts into the Jat base of the Congress and damages it in the elections
Published on Mar 13, 2024 08:43 AM IST
Inflation stays flat at 5.09% in February against 5.1% in January
India's CPI inflation remained stable at 5.1% in February, with food inflation rising slightly but offset by a slowdown in core and fuel inflation.
Updated on Mar 13, 2024 01:52 AM IST
Opposition must revisit its economic approach if it wants to change the future
If the Opposition has to have a fighting chance against the BJP, it must fight the economic battles of the future — inequality and limited upward mobility
Published on Mar 08, 2024 04:42 PM IST
Number Theory: Political and social battles that women in India fight
Women are still forced to shoulder a disproportionate share of household responsibilities. This unfair burden doesn't disappear with education or rise in income
Published on Mar 08, 2024 09:01 AM IST
Number Theory: Why the political contest remains BJP vs Congress
There is something in BJP’s or Narendra Modi’s politics which is making people think that the BJP is a better party to rule at the national level than Congress
Published on Mar 06, 2024 09:08 AM IST
Number Theory: Understanding the Delhi budget — in three charts
While the 2024-25 BE expenditure is 1.47% more than the ₹74,900 crore spent in 2023-24 as per R.E. numbers, it's a reduction if compared to 2023-24 B.E. numbers
Updated on Mar 05, 2024 08:34 AM IST
Number Theory: A look at the complexity of India's politics, in 3 charts
India is ranked second (only after Sweden) among 24 countries in terms of satisfaction “with the way democracy is working” in the survey.
Published on Mar 01, 2024 08:19 AM IST
India’s Q3 GDP bucks all estimates at 8.4% growth
GDP growth in the quarter ending December 2023 is 8.4%, almost two percentage points more than the 6.6% number predicted by a Bloomberg poll of economists
Published on Feb 29, 2024 11:30 PM IST
Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
Number Theory: What HCES tells us about rural-urban inequality
A section of rural India has caught up with its urban counterparts in terms of ownership of white goods, as per the 2015-16 and 2019-21 NFHS data.
Published on Feb 29, 2024 08:49 AM IST
Terms of Trade | Will HCES findings change politics in India?
The inherent class tension in India’s political economy landscape will only increase going forward despite what happens to official poverty numbers
Published on Feb 29, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Number Theory: Why junking electoral bonds alone won't achieve much
This is the second of a two-part series on India’s political finance. The first part looked at how electoral bonds changed India’s political funding.
Published on Feb 28, 2024 08:22 AM IST
Number Theory: Poll bonds, their sway on India's political finance
This is the first of a two-part series on India’s political funding. The second part will look at problems at political funding at the grassroot level.
Published on Feb 27, 2024 08:39 AM IST
Number Theory: India's consumption spending numbers explained in 4 charts
The slowest growth in average consumption spending was seen between the 1999-2000 and 2004-05 Consumption Expenditure Survey rounds.
Published on Feb 26, 2024 08:25 AM IST
First consumption data released after 2011-2012
While declining food spending has been a long-term trend in CES data, this number has fallen below 50% for the first time in rural India
Updated on Feb 25, 2024 05:01 AM IST
Terms of Trade | Politics must fight unequal growth, but sincerely
Politics must criticize new-economy for failing to solve India's structural transformation problem, but first, it must uncouple from dirty capital
Published on Feb 23, 2024 03:55 PM IST
Number Theory: How formidable is the SP-Congress alliance in UP?
The SP’s performance has been largely consistent in terms of vote share, unlike the Congress which has seen a long-term decline in vote share barring 2009.
Published on Feb 23, 2024 09:28 AM IST
Number Theory: What explains BJP’s love for Charan Singh?
Charan Singh began his political career in the Congress party and only parted ways with it after the 1967 elections when he was not made the chief minister.
Published on Feb 21, 2024 01:42 PM IST
Number Theory: Why market fundamentalists are equally wrong about agriculture
The data clearly shows that absolutely unregulated markets are not a silver bullet for the agrarian crisis in India
Updated on Feb 21, 2024 02:11 AM IST
Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
Terms of Trade | India needs a White Paper on agriculture
Neither farmers' movements nor governments are fighting for issues which are critical to its long-term sustainability. Somebody needs to fill this vacuum
Updated on Feb 16, 2024 02:27 PM IST
Number Theory: Understanding the issues ailing Indian agriculture
With both the public and private sector giving up on long-term investment in agriculture, the future of farming and food security in India is far from secure.
Published on Feb 15, 2024 07:37 AM IST
Number Theory: Three charts that explain the farmers' demand for MSP guarantees
A mindless expansion of MSP operations without a critical look at their existing structure can do more bad than good.
Published on Feb 13, 2024 07:51 PM IST