Milan Vaishnav
@milanv.bsky.social
Senior Fellow + Director, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and host of the "Grand Tamasha" podcast (grandtamasha.com).
https://milanvaishnav.substack.com/
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New #GrandTamasha out: @willdalrymple.bsky.social joins me to discuss the lost and oft forgotten "Indosphere"--the subject of his new book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World" grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/rec...
May 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
New #GrandTamasha out: @willdalrymple.bsky.social joins me to discuss the lost and oft forgotten "Indosphere"--the subject of his new book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World" grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/rec...
This week on #GrandTamasha, @louisetillin.bsky.social joins me to discuss her new book, "Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy," which examines the evolution of India's welfare state over the last century grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/ind...
April 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This week on #GrandTamasha, @louisetillin.bsky.social joins me to discuss her new book, "Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy," which examines the evolution of India's welfare state over the last century grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/ind...
ICYMI, @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social was my guest on #GrandTamasha last week. We discussed his new book, "The Reactionary Spirit" and the worrisome spread of a new form of authoritarianism. New episodes every Tuesday 9 pm ET (Wednesday 6:30 pm IST) grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
April 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
ICYMI, @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social was my guest on #GrandTamasha last week. We discussed his new book, "The Reactionary Spirit" and the worrisome spread of a new form of authoritarianism. New episodes every Tuesday 9 pm ET (Wednesday 6:30 pm IST) grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
New #GrandTamasha out now: Journalist @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social of @vox.com joins me to discuss his recent book, "The Reactionary Spirit," which explores the emergence of a new style of authoritarianism in the United States--and abroad grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
April 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
New #GrandTamasha out now: Journalist @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social of @vox.com joins me to discuss his recent book, "The Reactionary Spirit," which explores the emergence of a new style of authoritarianism in the United States--and abroad grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
Our latest @hindustan-times.bsky.social column looks at changes in Indian American attitudes, at home in the United States and vis-a-vis India. Here's a chart characterizing changes in support for the Democrats and support for Narendra Modi between 2020-2024.
March 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our latest @hindustan-times.bsky.social column looks at changes in Indian American attitudes, at home in the United States and vis-a-vis India. Here's a chart characterizing changes in support for the Democrats and support for Narendra Modi between 2020-2024.
How do Indian Americans feel about leading Indian political figures and organizations? Here's a chart from our latest @carnegieendowment.org report, drawing on a nationally representative survey of Indian Americans conducted w/ @today.yougov.com carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
March 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
How do Indian Americans feel about leading Indian political figures and organizations? Here's a chart from our latest @carnegieendowment.org report, drawing on a nationally representative survey of Indian Americans conducted w/ @today.yougov.com carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
This week on #GrandTamasha: @taravarma.bsky.social of @brookings.edu joins me to discuss the reordering of the Trans-Atlantic relationship and the implications for India and global order. Listen: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/ind...
March 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This week on #GrandTamasha: @taravarma.bsky.social of @brookings.edu joins me to discuss the reordering of the Trans-Atlantic relationship and the implications for India and global order. Listen: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/ind...
9/ Although Modi’s overall rating has not changed much, certain demographics have modified their views. Modi is *more* popular among younger Indian Americans, richer households, and men. He is *less* popular among non-citizens, women, and the poorest, least education respondents
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
9/ Although Modi’s overall rating has not changed much, certain demographics have modified their views. Modi is *more* popular among younger Indian Americans, richer households, and men. He is *less* popular among non-citizens, women, and the poorest, least education respondents
8/ In the aggregate, Modi’s approval ratings among the diaspora have not budged much between 2020 and 2024. In 2024, 47% approve or strongly approve of his job as PM (In 2020, the figure was 50%).
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
8/ In the aggregate, Modi’s approval ratings among the diaspora have not budged much between 2020 and 2024. In 2024, 47% approve or strongly approve of his job as PM (In 2020, the figure was 50%).
7/ Indian Americans are much more optimistic about India’s trajectory in 2024 than they were in 2020. 47% believe the country is on the “right track.” This represents a sharp uptick from 2020.
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
7/ Indian Americans are much more optimistic about India’s trajectory in 2024 than they were in 2020. 47% believe the country is on the “right track.” This represents a sharp uptick from 2020.
6/ Notably, half of Indian Americans are unaware of the “murder-for-hire” plot. Overall, 51% of Indian Americans believe that India would *not* be justified in carrying out targeted assassinations of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil.
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
6/ Notably, half of Indian Americans are unaware of the “murder-for-hire” plot. Overall, 51% of Indian Americans believe that India would *not* be justified in carrying out targeted assassinations of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil.
5/ In retrospect, Indian Americans believe Biden did a modestly better job handling U.S.-India ties than Trump (34% vs. 28%). 26% feel the performance of both presidents was about the same.
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
5/ In retrospect, Indian Americans believe Biden did a modestly better job handling U.S.-India ties than Trump (34% vs. 28%). 26% feel the performance of both presidents was about the same.
4/ In this thread, I highlight a few of our top-line findings. First, Indian Americans favorably assess Biden’s handling of U.S.-India relations. 48% approve or strongly approve of his stewardship. By comparison, Trump’s approval on U.S.-India ties stood at 33% at the end of his first term.
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
4/ In this thread, I highlight a few of our top-line findings. First, Indian Americans favorably assess Biden’s handling of U.S.-India relations. 48% approve or strongly approve of his stewardship. By comparison, Trump’s approval on U.S.-India ties stood at 33% at the end of his first term.
🧵1/ Today, we @carnegieendowment.org are releasing Part II of our study of the attitudes and opinions of Indian Americans. This new report examines how Indian Americans view U.S.-India relations, foreign policy, and changes underway in India carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🧵1/ Today, we @carnegieendowment.org are releasing Part II of our study of the attitudes and opinions of Indian Americans. This new report examines how Indian Americans view U.S.-India relations, foreign policy, and changes underway in India carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
My latest for @hindustan-times.bsky.social: The dismantling of the American state is well underway. Indians should not be celebrating but sounding the alarm. Above all, they should be bracing for impact. www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/trem...
March 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
My latest for @hindustan-times.bsky.social: The dismantling of the American state is well underway. Indians should not be celebrating but sounding the alarm. Above all, they should be bracing for impact. www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/trem...
It's been a busy week at #GrandTamasha. Two episodes out this week:
Populism in South Asia with/ @dnaseemullah.bsky.social & Pradeep Chhibber: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop...
Best Books of 2024: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/gra...
We will be back in mid-Jan with new episodes
Populism in South Asia with/ @dnaseemullah.bsky.social & Pradeep Chhibber: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop...
Best Books of 2024: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/gra...
We will be back in mid-Jan with new episodes
December 21, 2024 at 11:18 AM
It's been a busy week at #GrandTamasha. Two episodes out this week:
Populism in South Asia with/ @dnaseemullah.bsky.social & Pradeep Chhibber: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop...
Best Books of 2024: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/gra...
We will be back in mid-Jan with new episodes
Populism in South Asia with/ @dnaseemullah.bsky.social & Pradeep Chhibber: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop...
Best Books of 2024: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/gra...
We will be back in mid-Jan with new episodes
Excited to reveal our #GrandTamasha "Best Books of 2024"
- Janaki Bakhle, "Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva"
- Karthik Muralidharan, "Accelerating India's Development"
- @rahulabhatia.bsky.social, "The Identity Project"
Our short blog here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
- Janaki Bakhle, "Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva"
- Karthik Muralidharan, "Accelerating India's Development"
- @rahulabhatia.bsky.social, "The Identity Project"
Our short blog here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
December 18, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Excited to reveal our #GrandTamasha "Best Books of 2024"
- Janaki Bakhle, "Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva"
- Karthik Muralidharan, "Accelerating India's Development"
- @rahulabhatia.bsky.social, "The Identity Project"
Our short blog here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
- Janaki Bakhle, "Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva"
- Karthik Muralidharan, "Accelerating India's Development"
- @rahulabhatia.bsky.social, "The Identity Project"
Our short blog here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
For the season finale of #GrandTamasha, I sit down with Adnan Naseemullah (@dnaseemullah.bsky.social) & Pradeep Chhibber to discuss their new book, "Righteous Demagogues: Populist Politics in South Asia and Beyond." Listen here: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop...
December 18, 2024 at 9:25 AM
For the season finale of #GrandTamasha, I sit down with Adnan Naseemullah (@dnaseemullah.bsky.social) & Pradeep Chhibber to discuss their new book, "Righteous Demagogues: Populist Politics in South Asia and Beyond." Listen here: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop...
Indian districts with higher WWII mobilization saw greater occupational shifts from agriculture to industry and services, as well as higher consumption, urbanization, and nighttime luminosity deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil...
December 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Indian districts with higher WWII mobilization saw greater occupational shifts from agriculture to industry and services, as well as higher consumption, urbanization, and nighttime luminosity deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil...
New #GrandTamasha out now: scholar @aditimalik.bsky.social joins me to discuss her new book, “Playing with Fire” on the dangerous links between party instability and political violence grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/par...
December 11, 2024 at 4:01 AM
New #GrandTamasha out now: scholar @aditimalik.bsky.social joins me to discuss her new book, “Playing with Fire” on the dangerous links between party instability and political violence grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/par...
New #GrandTamasha podcast out now: Hilal Ahmed of CSDS-Delhi joins me to discuss his new book, "A Brief History of the Present: Muslims in New India." We discuss the many nuances of Muslim identity in a BJP-dominant polity grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/mus...
December 4, 2024 at 7:33 PM
New #GrandTamasha podcast out now: Hilal Ahmed of CSDS-Delhi joins me to discuss his new book, "A Brief History of the Present: Muslims in New India." We discuss the many nuances of Muslim identity in a BJP-dominant polity grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/mus...
New #GrandTamasha out now: Hilal Ahmed of Lokniti/CSDS joins me to discuss his new book, "A Brief History of the Present: Muslims in New India." We discuss the many nuances of Muslim identity in a BJP-dominant polity grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/mus...
December 4, 2024 at 5:20 AM
New #GrandTamasha out now: Hilal Ahmed of Lokniti/CSDS joins me to discuss his new book, "A Brief History of the Present: Muslims in New India." We discuss the many nuances of Muslim identity in a BJP-dominant polity grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/mus...
This week on #GrandTamasha, @paulmcgarr.bsky.social of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social joins me to discuss his fascinating new book on the history of US/UK spycraft in India. Really interesting conversation on topics typically hidden in the shadows grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
November 27, 2024 at 1:35 PM
This week on #GrandTamasha, @paulmcgarr.bsky.social of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social joins me to discuss his fascinating new book on the history of US/UK spycraft in India. Really interesting conversation on topics typically hidden in the shadows grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
New #GrandTamasha out now: Paul McGarr joins me to discuss his fascinating new book, "Spying in South Asia," on the legacy of US and UK Cold War spycraft in India. We discuss the West’s 50-year battle to win Indians' hearts and minds grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
November 27, 2024 at 6:43 AM
New #GrandTamasha out now: Paul McGarr joins me to discuss his fascinating new book, "Spying in South Asia," on the legacy of US and UK Cold War spycraft in India. We discuss the West’s 50-year battle to win Indians' hearts and minds grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
.@soumayakeynes.bsky.social: Which countries would be most vulnerable to a Trump tariff on imported goods? https://buff.ly/4eUbSNG
November 25, 2024 at 4:46 PM
.@soumayakeynes.bsky.social: Which countries would be most vulnerable to a Trump tariff on imported goods? https://buff.ly/4eUbSNG