Op-Eds
(with Adam Auerbach), ‘How did slums survive the lockdown?’ Hindustan Times, December 14, 2020.
“Despite Covid-19, why did migrant workers go back?” Hindustan Times, April 3, 2020.
“India’s Elections Results were more than a ‘Modi Wave’.” The Monkey Cage Blog at the Washington Post, May 31, 2019.
“In India, the world’s largest election has started. Keep an eye on these five things.” The Monkey Cage Blog at the Washington Post, April 12, 2019.
"Do Rural Migrants Favor Caste or Class in the City", Livemint, October 4th, 2017.
"The People Tree Needs Deep Roots" Outlook. December 8th, 2014.
"Facing Off." Caravan. April 1st, 2014. Mention: Financial Times.
“Counting on cities.” Indian Express. December 30th, 2013.
“The strength of a leader.” Indian Express. October 12th, 2013.
“Is Indian Politics Populist?” Indian Express. September 4th, 2013.
“Can Hindutva Win Votes?” Indian Express. February 2nd, 2013.
“The Shadow in the Middle.” Indian Express. September 28th, 2012.
Other Writing
2019. ‘How does poor service delivery shape politics in clientelist settings?’ APSA Annals of Comparative Democratization, Vol. 17, No. 3 (September).
(with Yogendra Yadav, Vandita Mishra, Shekhar Gupta, and G. Sampath). 2019. “Making sense of the 2019 General Election” , Seminar, 720, (August 2019).
with Adam Auerbach). 2016. "India's Slum Leaders: Part 1." India in Transition, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania.
reprinted in Hindu Business Line and Ideas4India.
(with Adam Auerbach). 2016. "India's Slum Leaders: Part 2." India in Transition, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania.
reprinted in Hindu Business Line and Ideas4India.
2010. “Do Policies Matter in Indian Elections?” India in Transition, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania.
Book Reviews:
2019. “Tarangini Sriraman, In Pursuit of Proof.” Studies in Indian Politics 7(2): 285-287.
2018. “Sanjay Ruparelia, Divided We Govern." Journal of Asian Studies, 77(3): 833-835.
2015. “Melani Cammett and Lauren MacLean. The Politics of Non-State Social Welfare.” Perspectives on Politics, 13(3): 880-882.
2011. “Christophe Jaffrelot and Sanjay Kumar, Rise of the Plebians.” Pacific Affairs, 84 (September): 592-4.
Interviews and Presentations
Penn in India Faculty Series, (interview of E. Sridharan): “The Party System in India.” February 19th, 2021.
Penn Today, “India front and center.” September 14th, 2020.
Penn Omnia, “Q&A: A New Leader at CASI.” August 17th. 2020.
Penn in India Faculty Series, “Understanding Urban Migrants in India.” July 15th, 2020.
Indian Express (with Sushant Singh): “India’s Coronavirus lockdown will spotlight migrants’ role in cities’.
Brown Book Adda on Elite Parties, Poor Voters (Video) with Ashutosh Varshney, Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro, Dan Slater, and Patrick Heller)
Book Discussion at Carnegie Institute Endowment for International Peace (with Adam Ziegfeld and Milan Vaishnav).
Scroll India (with Seema Sirohi)