Roshan Kishore

New Delhi

Data and Political Economy Editor at Hindustan Times

Data & Political Economy Editor @htTweets. Run Number Theory. My weekly column is called Terms of Trade. Tweets & likes don't represent employer

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Articles

Who is backward? Who is not? - II | Number Theory

3 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Abhishek Jha |Roshan Kishore

Who is backward? Who is not? – II | Number Theory May 12, 2025 09:27 AM IST . The first part of this series used three proxies for lack of economic affluence – MGNREGS or outdoor work, malnourishment among children, and college education for different generation of household members – and cross tabulated them with social groups to find a link between economic deprivation and caste. The second part of this series will do a similar exercise with proxies for economic affluence.
India and Pakistan: Two nations, unlike trajectories

5 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Roshan Kishore

Pakistan’s use of terror as an asymmetric war on India is not something new. The approach gained prominence in Kashmir in the 1990s, but dates back further in time, and has occurred in different places. For example, Avinash Paliwal’s 2024 book India’s Near East: A New History documents Pakistan’s support to Naga and Mizo insurgent groups in the 1960s.
HT Syndication: India and Pakistan: Two nations, unlike trajectories

6 days ago | htsyndication.com | Roshan Kishore

Posted On: 2025-05-09 Posted By: Roshan Kishore National Education Politics Cities Hindustan Times India, May 9 -- There have been four officially confirmed rounds of military attacks, two each by India and Pakistan, into each other's territory - beginning with India's strikes on Pakistani terrorist camps in the early hours of May 7in response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir. Given India's declaration that it will respond to any attack on its military installations by...
HT Syndication: Who's backward? Who's not? | Number Theory

1 week ago | htsyndication.com | Abhishek Jha |Roshan Kishore

Posted On: 2025-05-07 Posted By: Abhishek Jha,Roshan Kishore Business & Finance Health & Lifestyle Hindustan Times India, May 7 -- Who is economically privileged in India is a question which can evoke strong views. The empirical basis for answering this question is not so easy. India does not have official data on income distribution.
Who’s backward? Who’s not? | Number Theory

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Abhishek Jha |Roshan Kishore

Who’s backward? Who’s not? | Number Theory May 07, 2025 07:24 AM IST This is the first of a two-part series which tracks the role of caste in lack of economic affluence in India. Who is economically privileged in India is a question which can evoke strong views. The empirical basis for answering this question is not so easy. India does not have official data on income distribution.
The caste inequality in India’s executive | Number Theory

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Nishant Ranjan |Roshan Kishore

The caste inequality in India’s executive | Number Theory May 06, 2025 09:20 AM IST . If there is one thing which has been vindicated once again by the Narendra Modi government’s decision to include a caste count with the next census, it is that democratic pressures have an important role in shaping policy on caste in India.
HT Syndication: What we know about caste inequality in India | Number Theory

1 week ago | htsyndication.com | Abhishek Jha |Roshan Kishore

India, May 5 -- The new caste census will give us a detailed caste-wise break-up of India's population. Whether or not the census schedule is significantly altered to capture caste-wise economic inequality - the census does collect some information such as agricultural and non-agricultural employment and household amenities - remains to be seen. However, existing government surveys do give us some idea about the role of caste in economic inequality in India.
What we know about caste inequality in India | Number Theory

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Abhishek Jha |Roshan Kishore

What we know about caste inequality in India | Number Theory May 05, 2025 08:33 AM IST . The new caste census will give us a detailed caste-wise break-up of India’s population. Whether or not the census schedule is significantly altered to capture caste-wise economic inequality – the census does collect some information such as agricultural and non-agricultural employment and household amenities – remains to be seen.
HT Syndication: What can a caste census tell us? | Number Theory

1 week ago | htsyndication.com | Roshan Kishore |Abhishek Jha

India, May 2 -- The next census will also enumerate caste data, as per a decision by the Union Cabinet on April 30. The last time the census did a caste count was in 1931. What exactly can a new caste census tell us? While it will provide a lot of information which was not available earlier, the broad contours of India's caste composition are not exactly unknown. Here are four charts which explain this. Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Hindustan Times....
What can a caste census tell us? | Number Theory

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Roshan Kishore |Abhishek Jha

What can a caste census tell us? | Number Theory May 02, 2025 09:22 AM IST . The next census will also enumerate caste data, as per a decision by the Union Cabinet on April 30. The last time the census did a caste count was in 1931. What exactly can a new caste census tell us? While it will provide a lot of information which was not available earlier, the broad contours of India’s caste composition are not exactly unknown. Here are four charts which explain this.