Diego Maiorano

Associate Prof of Indian History and Politics at the University of Naples L'Orientale and Visiting Research Fellow ISAS, NUS.

[Diego Maiorano @diegoemme]

@IrvinJimSA @grok verify

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Off today on my Italian book tour for La Via Dell'Oro... friends in Turin, Milan, Padua, Florence, Perugia & Rome please come along and say hello!

[Guarini Institute for Public Affairs @GIPA_JCU]

We are deeply honored to host @DalrympleWill for the opening session of our upcoming series at the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs, where he will discuss the Italian edition of his new book La via dell’oro (“The Golden Road”).

[LibTech India @LibtechIndia]

In AP, our study finds that digital cash transfer systems are failing Adivasi households—excluding the poorest through tech barriers and administrative opacity.
Without accountability, digital welfare risks reinforcing the very inequalities it aims to solve.

[Chakri @samalochana]

Grateful to see our article in EPW's Special Articles section this week. We look at how digital cash transfer systems in Andhra Pradesh are failing Adivasi households—through exclusionary design and lack of accountability.
@upasak_das @diegoemme @rajendran_naray @epw_in

[Louise Tillin @louisetillin]

'When books come, they come not single spies but in battalions' (to misquote Hamlet).

It has been a privilege to edit (w/Rob Jenkins) this festschrift to honour our guru James Manor's contributions to the study of Indian politics

@OrientBlackSwan

https://t.co/7OoOa5Vutx

[Tanushree Goyal @goyal_tanushree]

Lets break this down. The phenomenon of husbands in India is often (not always) highlighted to throw ridicule at women politicians or to point to how gender quotas have failed. What is a representative picture? It’s complicated (1/n)

[Neelanjan Sircar @NeelanjanSircar]

I'm recruiting a PhD student in political economy & comparative political behavior at @AhdUniv (elections, political parties, federalism, welfare, or climate)

We believe in interdisciplinary work & offer great training in models of political economy & applied stats.

Pls apply!

[Diego Maiorano @diegoemme]

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[शिक्षित बेरोज़गार @kaul_vivek]

But that doesn't make you middle class...

I want to make just one point here about the budget.
The average income of an Indian is Rs 2.3 lakhs (2024-25). The income of an average Indian (the median income that is) is significantly lower than this.
So, those earning up to Rs 12 lakh and not paying income tax, please celebrate, but you are not Middle Class.
You may be paying too much tax and not getting much in return, and have all the right to not like being in that situation, but that doesn't make you middle class.
The money that you make might not be enough to meet your needs given the high inflation and the even higher aspirations, but that doesn't make you middle class.
The money that you make might not be enough to save the kind of money that you want to, but that doesn't make you middle class.
Of course, your income tax is cut directly from your salary, and you know several friends and acquaintances who deal in cash and do not pay as much income tax as you do, but that doesn't make you middle class.
In your heads looking at the world around you, you might feel like middle class – like one writer recently put it, anyone with an income of up to Rs 1 crore should be considered middle class – but that doesn't make you middle class.
You are the well-to-do in what is largely still a poor country. Of course, there are people out there who are even more well-to-do than you are, but doesn't make you middle class.
Now, let the abuses start…

[Douglas Irwin @D_A_Irwin]

The recent passing of Manmohan Singh reminded us of how he opened India's economy to trade in 1991 . . . my new paper "Dismantling the License Raj" examines how that happened 👇 1/6

[Rahul Verma @rahul_tverma]

How Indian Voters Decide?

very useful compendium of 10 essays as part of @CarnegieEndow's India Elect'24 series curated by @MilanV exploring the underlying drivers of political behavior in India

https://t.co/aRdzdN8tSD

[Internazionale @Internazionale]

Nella puntata di oggi del Mondo: la Spagna metterà in regola quasi un milione di immigrati. In India è cominciata la stagione dello smog. @diegoemme
https://t.co/svpiB4jDI1

[Diego Maiorano @diegoemme]

@AmoghDS Massive congratulations Amogh!

[Amogh Dhar Sharma @AmoghDS]

Got to hold my book is my hands for the first time - it finally feels real! 📚🥳
After years of work (and much self-doubt), it’s out in the world. Please get in touch if you’d like to review it.

PS: Folks in India can buy it at a more affordable price: https://t.co/IdctVZcOnP

[Diego Maiorano @diegoemme]

Join us later today for an @ISASNus online discussion on the One Nation One Election proposal with @louisetillin @ShoaibDaniyal and @NeelanjanSircar
9 am UK/2.30 IST/5 pm Singapore
Register here: https://t.co/LEl0kJuheq

[Diego Maiorano @diegoemme]

Join us @ISASNus for an online discussion on the One Nation One Election proposal, with a great line up @louisetillin @ShoaibDaniyal @NeelanjanSircar . 9 am UK time/2.30 pm IST/5 pm Singapore time.
register here: https://t.co/VC475ahQ7F

[Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) - NUS @ISASNus]

Discover the potential impacts of synchronising national and state elections in India. Our expert panel will discuss the policy, political, and constitutional implications of this ambitious proposal.
Register Here: https://t.co/UfW2QTm6mT

[Diego Maiorano @diegoemme]

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[Rukmini S @Rukmini]

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[Diego Maiorano @diegoemme]

@Pavithra_Suri @PjThinker Congratulations Pavi!

[Internazionale @Internazionale]

Nella puntata di oggi del Mondo: i sikh e la crisi diplomatica tra India e Canada. Le promesse del governo Meloni si scontrano con la realtà. @diegoemme @StefanoFeltri
https://t.co/svpiB4j5St