Mukulika Banerjee
@mukulika.bsky.social
Professor of Social Anthropology, LSE. Author of Cultivating Democracy (2021) Why India Votes (2014) Muslim Portraits (2008), co-author The Sari (2003) The Pathan Unarmed (2001).
Co-presenter 'The India Briefing' https://open.spotify.com/episode/1xvtHY0Rqs
Co-presenter 'The India Briefing' https://open.spotify.com/episode/1xvtHY0Rqs
Beyond grateful for the terrific audience and the kind words they sent me afterwards.
If you would like to listen to the lecture - I discuss the crisis of democracy and the university - and how we can cultivate better values, you can find the lecture here youtube.com/watch?v=RG99...
If you would like to listen to the lecture - I discuss the crisis of democracy and the university - and how we can cultivate better values, you can find the lecture here youtube.com/watch?v=RG99...
Citizens as cultivars: democratic values in paddy fields and universities | LSE Event
YouTube video by LSE
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March 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Beyond grateful for the terrific audience and the kind words they sent me afterwards.
If you would like to listen to the lecture - I discuss the crisis of democracy and the university - and how we can cultivate better values, you can find the lecture here youtube.com/watch?v=RG99...
If you would like to listen to the lecture - I discuss the crisis of democracy and the university - and how we can cultivate better values, you can find the lecture here youtube.com/watch?v=RG99...
The optics of this image does not serve India well.
Listen to two experienced India-US watchers to make sense of this bilateral relationship on #TheIndiaBriefing with @pragyatiwari.bsky.social and me.
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Listen to two experienced India-US watchers to make sense of this bilateral relationship on #TheIndiaBriefing with @pragyatiwari.bsky.social and me.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The optics of this image does not serve India well.
Listen to two experienced India-US watchers to make sense of this bilateral relationship on #TheIndiaBriefing with @pragyatiwari.bsky.social and me.
open.spotify.com/episode/0vuD...
Listen to two experienced India-US watchers to make sense of this bilateral relationship on #TheIndiaBriefing with @pragyatiwari.bsky.social and me.
open.spotify.com/episode/0vuD...
Apple’s growing manufacturing footprint in India seems to be mainly in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Why?
Could it be because this avowedly non-BJP state has invested in human capital, especially in women, who are critical in this industry?
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Could it be because this avowedly non-BJP state has invested in human capital, especially in women, who are critical in this industry?
www.ft.com/content/d46e... via @ft
Apple’s quiet pivot to India
The iPhone maker wants to diversify its supply chain beyond China. Can the world’s largest democracy deliver?
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February 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Apple’s growing manufacturing footprint in India seems to be mainly in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Why?
Could it be because this avowedly non-BJP state has invested in human capital, especially in women, who are critical in this industry?
www.ft.com/content/d46e... via @ft
Could it be because this avowedly non-BJP state has invested in human capital, especially in women, who are critical in this industry?
www.ft.com/content/d46e... via @ft
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Does authorship mean anything when #academic papers are simply citable tokens?
Stuart Macdonald examines the use and misuse of #citations data and argues that authorship has less value than it once did on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
Stuart Macdonald examines the use and misuse of #citations data and argues that authorship has less value than it once did on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
Does authorship mean anything when academic papers are simply citable tokens?
The bibliometric infrastructure of citations has become an inescapable organising feature of academic life. Drawing on a range of evidence of the use and misuse of citations data, Stuart Macdonald …
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February 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Does authorship mean anything when #academic papers are simply citable tokens?
Stuart Macdonald examines the use and misuse of #citations data and argues that authorship has less value than it once did on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
Stuart Macdonald examines the use and misuse of #citations data and argues that authorship has less value than it once did on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
Brand new episode of #TheIndiaBriefing examines the nature of India-US ties in Trump 2.0
Ashley Tellis and Amb. Navtej Sarna - the OGs of India-US matters - were in conversation with @pragyatiwari.bsky.social and me - & they offered some counter-intuitive readings! open.spotify.com/episode/0vuD...
Ashley Tellis and Amb. Navtej Sarna - the OGs of India-US matters - were in conversation with @pragyatiwari.bsky.social and me - & they offered some counter-intuitive readings! open.spotify.com/episode/0vuD...
India - US Relations in the Trump 2.0 Era
The India Briefing · Episode
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February 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Brand new episode of #TheIndiaBriefing examines the nature of India-US ties in Trump 2.0
Ashley Tellis and Amb. Navtej Sarna - the OGs of India-US matters - were in conversation with @pragyatiwari.bsky.social and me - & they offered some counter-intuitive readings! open.spotify.com/episode/0vuD...
Ashley Tellis and Amb. Navtej Sarna - the OGs of India-US matters - were in conversation with @pragyatiwari.bsky.social and me - & they offered some counter-intuitive readings! open.spotify.com/episode/0vuD...
All welcome! @lseevents.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
Citizens as cultivars: democratic values in paddy fields and universities
6.30pm Weds 5 Mar | Mukulika Banerjee, David Wengrow | Free public event at LSE
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February 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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What is socio-economic situation of 200m Indian Muslims - 14% of India's population - today?
Listen to our episode of #TheIndiaBriefing with @jaffrelot.bsky.social about the findings of a major, collaborative, multi-year study conducted by a team of researchers.
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Listen to our episode of #TheIndiaBriefing with @jaffrelot.bsky.social about the findings of a major, collaborative, multi-year study conducted by a team of researchers.
open.spotify.com/episode/5wcF...
The State of Indian Muslims in 2025 with Christophe Jaffrelot
The India Briefing · Episode
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February 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What is socio-economic situation of 200m Indian Muslims - 14% of India's population - today?
Listen to our episode of #TheIndiaBriefing with @jaffrelot.bsky.social about the findings of a major, collaborative, multi-year study conducted by a team of researchers.
open.spotify.com/episode/5wcF...
Listen to our episode of #TheIndiaBriefing with @jaffrelot.bsky.social about the findings of a major, collaborative, multi-year study conducted by a team of researchers.
open.spotify.com/episode/5wcF...
Curious about the big take-aways on India? Join us for this fun and insightful conversation with the OGs of podcasts on India @amitvarma.bsky.social and @milanv.bsky.social
I have enjoyed being on their shows & it was good to ask the Qs this time with my brilliant co-host @pragyatiwari.bsky.social
I have enjoyed being on their shows & it was good to ask the Qs this time with my brilliant co-host @pragyatiwari.bsky.social
Most excited to present the latest episode of The India Briefing.
We speak with @amitvarma.bsky.social and Milan Vaishnav on ideas and observations that have helped them make sense of Indian politics and economics.
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We speak with @amitvarma.bsky.social and Milan Vaishnav on ideas and observations that have helped them make sense of Indian politics and economics.
open.spotify.com/episode/65vLw1…
@mukulika.bsky.social
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January 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Curious about the big take-aways on India? Join us for this fun and insightful conversation with the OGs of podcasts on India @amitvarma.bsky.social and @milanv.bsky.social
I have enjoyed being on their shows & it was good to ask the Qs this time with my brilliant co-host @pragyatiwari.bsky.social
I have enjoyed being on their shows & it was good to ask the Qs this time with my brilliant co-host @pragyatiwari.bsky.social
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Reposted by Mukulika Banerjee
2024 gave us #TheIndiaBriefing and in this end of year episode @mukulika.bsky.social and I talk about the news events that defined the year for us. We also share a long list of recommendations for books, film and art.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
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2024 : The Year That Was
The India Briefing · Episode
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January 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
2024 gave us #TheIndiaBriefing and in this end of year episode @mukulika.bsky.social and I talk about the news events that defined the year for us. We also share a long list of recommendations for books, film and art.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
open.spotify.com/episode/0AVP...
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
open.spotify.com/episode/0AVP...
At the end of this unprecedented year of elections, Prof. Mick Cox and I reflected on the significance, dangers and opportunities that elections and democracy continue to hold.
LSE events and research comms have held exemplary events throughout the year, on campus and on sm.
Do check them out!
LSE events and research comms have held exemplary events throughout the year, on campus and on sm.
Do check them out!
The final film in the #GlobalPolitics series, reflecting on this mammoth year of elections. Which election had the greatest global impact? What was the greatest surprise? Why are the polls never right? With Mick Cox and @mukulika.bsky.social
The Biggest Electoral Year in History: Did Democracy Win? | LSE Global Politics
YouTube video by LSE
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December 11, 2024 at 11:02 AM
At the end of this unprecedented year of elections, Prof. Mick Cox and I reflected on the significance, dangers and opportunities that elections and democracy continue to hold.
LSE events and research comms have held exemplary events throughout the year, on campus and on sm.
Do check them out!
LSE events and research comms have held exemplary events throughout the year, on campus and on sm.
Do check them out!
Reposted by Mukulika Banerjee
How has Narendra #Modi reshaped politics in #India, and what is the future of the nation's #democracy? 🇮🇳🗳
The Troubling State of India’s Democracy edited by Dinsha Mistree @hooverinstitution.bsky.social Šumit Ganguly and Larry Diamond @stanforduniversity.bsky.social reviewed 👇
The Troubling State of India’s Democracy edited by Dinsha Mistree @hooverinstitution.bsky.social Šumit Ganguly and Larry Diamond @stanforduniversity.bsky.social reviewed 👇
The Troubling State of India’s Democracy – review
In The Troubling State of India’s Democracy, editors Dinsha Mistree, Šumit Ganguly and Larry Diamond assemble work by leading scholars assessing the conditions of India’s democracy across thr…
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December 5, 2024 at 12:35 PM
How has Narendra #Modi reshaped politics in #India, and what is the future of the nation's #democracy? 🇮🇳🗳
The Troubling State of India’s Democracy edited by Dinsha Mistree @hooverinstitution.bsky.social Šumit Ganguly and Larry Diamond @stanforduniversity.bsky.social reviewed 👇
The Troubling State of India’s Democracy edited by Dinsha Mistree @hooverinstitution.bsky.social Šumit Ganguly and Larry Diamond @stanforduniversity.bsky.social reviewed 👇
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You can hear more from Victor on the results of these elections next week along with @mukulika.bsky.social, @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @neillee.bsky.social & Peter Trubowitz, as we reflect on the state of democracy after this bumper year for global politics www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/...
The state of democracy after a year of elections
6.30pm Wed 11 Dec | What we learned from a year of elections | Victor Agboga, Mukulika Banerjee, Sara Hobolt, Peter Trubowitz | Free public event at LSE
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December 5, 2024 at 10:51 AM
You can hear more from Victor on the results of these elections next week along with @mukulika.bsky.social, @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @neillee.bsky.social & Peter Trubowitz, as we reflect on the state of democracy after this bumper year for global politics www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/...
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A shoutout to #TheIndiaBriefing on India's best newsletter, The India Cable from the editors of @thewire.bsky.social
Have you heard our podcast yet?
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Have you heard our podcast yet?
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@mukulika.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 11:35 AM
A shoutout to #TheIndiaBriefing on India's best newsletter, The India Cable from the editors of @thewire.bsky.social
Have you heard our podcast yet?
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@mukulika.bsky.social
Have you heard our podcast yet?
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@mukulika.bsky.social
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Drawing on discussions with academics who have oriented their work around public #Engagement and #SocialImpact, Daniel Pearson writes on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social that it might be time to rethink #HigherEd's existing structures of reward and recognition.
Is there any alternative to the gamification of academic metrics?
Drawing on discussions with academics who have oriented their work around public engagement and social impact, Daniel Pearson suggests these academics present an opportunity to rethink the existing…
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December 4, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Drawing on discussions with academics who have oriented their work around public #Engagement and #SocialImpact, Daniel Pearson writes on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social that it might be time to rethink #HigherEd's existing structures of reward and recognition.
Are you India Curious but have no time to digest India's complexity? If so the podcast #TheIndiaBriefing is for you.
@pragyatiwari.bsky.social and I bring you fact-checked analysis of India's biggest stories.
Available for free on most platforms. Please subscribe!
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@pragyatiwari.bsky.social and I bring you fact-checked analysis of India's biggest stories.
Available for free on most platforms. Please subscribe!
open.spotify.com/episode/57IW...
Episode 4 - The Adani Indictment: View from the US
The India Briefing · Episode
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December 4, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Are you India Curious but have no time to digest India's complexity? If so the podcast #TheIndiaBriefing is for you.
@pragyatiwari.bsky.social and I bring you fact-checked analysis of India's biggest stories.
Available for free on most platforms. Please subscribe!
open.spotify.com/episode/57IW...
@pragyatiwari.bsky.social and I bring you fact-checked analysis of India's biggest stories.
Available for free on most platforms. Please subscribe!
open.spotify.com/episode/57IW...
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William Callaghan argues for the importance of considering how #China is either invisible or hypervisible, especially in the #GlobalSouth, taking the example of China's "invisible" but significant influence in #Pakistan.
@lseideas.bsky.social
@lseideas.bsky.social
Hypervisible China
This is the second article in the four-part (In)Visible China: Understanding Chinese Global Orders series, co-hosted by LSE IDEAS’ China Foresight and the International Orders Research Unit. …
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December 1, 2024 at 10:00 AM
William Callaghan argues for the importance of considering how #China is either invisible or hypervisible, especially in the #GlobalSouth, taking the example of China's "invisible" but significant influence in #Pakistan.
@lseideas.bsky.social
@lseideas.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/57IW...
Could the indictment against Gautam Adani have political undertones? Is the evidence shared so far substantial? Why has he not been charged for bribery? Will these charges go away when Trump takes office?
Pragya Tiwari and I spoke with two knowledgeable guests. S&S!
Could the indictment against Gautam Adani have political undertones? Is the evidence shared so far substantial? Why has he not been charged for bribery? Will these charges go away when Trump takes office?
Pragya Tiwari and I spoke with two knowledgeable guests. S&S!
Episode 4 - The Adani Indictment: View from the US
The India Briefing · Episode
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December 1, 2024 at 8:14 AM
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Could the indictment against Gautam Adani have political undertones? Is the evidence shared so far substantial? Why has he not been charged for bribery? Will these charges go away when Trump takes office?
Pragya Tiwari and I spoke with two knowledgeable guests. S&S!
Could the indictment against Gautam Adani have political undertones? Is the evidence shared so far substantial? Why has he not been charged for bribery? Will these charges go away when Trump takes office?
Pragya Tiwari and I spoke with two knowledgeable guests. S&S!
Reposted by Mukulika Banerjee
If you don’t know my work, which you very likely don’t, and you’re finding my profile for the first time rather than as an old friend from elsewhere, much of it is free to download here. eprints.lse.ac.uk/view/creator...
Items where Author is "Banaji, Shakuntala" - LSE Research Online
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November 23, 2024 at 1:33 PM
If you don’t know my work, which you very likely don’t, and you’re finding my profile for the first time rather than as an old friend from elsewhere, much of it is free to download here. eprints.lse.ac.uk/view/creator...
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Very taken with the new pod #TheIndiaBriefing by Mukalika Bannerjee &Pragya Tiwari. The current episode on Delhi's Pollution Crisis is particularly good.
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Episode 3 - Delhi Pollution: Crisis in the Capital
Podcast Episode · The India Briefing · 22/11/2024 · 32m
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November 23, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Very taken with the new pod #TheIndiaBriefing by Mukalika Bannerjee &Pragya Tiwari. The current episode on Delhi's Pollution Crisis is particularly good.
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Thank you!
Very taken with the new pod #TheIndiaBriefing by Mukalika Bannerjee &Pragya Tiwari. The current episode on Delhi's Pollution Crisis is particularly good.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Episode 3 - Delhi Pollution: Crisis in the Capital
Podcast Episode · The India Briefing · 22/11/2024 · 32m
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November 23, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Thank you!
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A piece on the US election published on 6 November on how the world outside Euro-America sees the results.
A piece on the US election published on 6 November on how the world outside Euro-America sees the results.
Donald Trump’s election victory shows how the US is becoming a ‘checklist’ democracy
On November 6th, 2024, Donald Trump was re-elected for a second term as President of the United States. Ahead of the LSE Phelan US Centre event, “The 2024 US election: turning point for America?”, …
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November 21, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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A piece on the US election published on 6 November on how the world outside Euro-America sees the results.
A piece on the US election published on 6 November on how the world outside Euro-America sees the results.