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Resuf Ahmed
@resuf.bsky.social
PhD Economics @ HEC Lausanne.
Political and Development Economics.
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📺 ¿Puede una serie de TV cambiar la identidad de todo un país?
En @nadaesgratis.bsky.social hablo de un fascinante estudio de @deanyang.bsky.social y coautores que demuestra las pantallas no solo reflejan identidades sino que tambien las construyen.
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¿Puede una serie de televisión transformar una identidad colectiva?
En 1987, la India se paralizaba cada domingo por la mañana por un programa de televisión: Ramayan, una serie que adaptaba la epopeya hindú del mismo nombre. El programa se convirtió en un fenómeno de ...
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June 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Our next seminar is on Monday, 2/June 2025.
We welcome 👉Dean Yang👈 (Michigan), who will present "Ancient Epics in the Television Age: Mass Media, Identity, and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India", joint with @pbrimble.bsky.social, @resuf.bsky.social, Akhila Kovvuri & Alessandro Saia
May 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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At Princeton BREAD conference, my co-authors @pbrimble.bsky.social & Akhila Kovvuri will present our paper on the political economy impacts of the Ramayan TV show in India! 1 pm US ET, tomorrow Fri May 2.

Watch on Zoom: princeton.zoom.us/j/93399992221

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BREAD Conference on Development, Princeton, May 2-3, 2025 – BREAD
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May 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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How the Ramayan TV show helped shape a singular nationwide Hindu identity www.thehindu.com/society/how-...
How the Ramayan TV show helped shape a singular nationwide Hindu identity
Study on impact of Ramayan TV series on Hindu nationalism in India, exploring cultural, social, and political outcomes.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Exposure to a 1987–88 TV adaptation of a Hindu epic strengthened religious identity, increased Hindu-Muslim conflict in the short run, and raised longer-run Hindu nationalist electoral success, from Ahmed, Brimble, Kovvuri, Saia, and Yang https://www.nber.org/papers/w33417
February 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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New Paper!
Can temporary war mobilization reshape an economy in the long run? 📜

In a paper with @aneeshap.bsky.social, we study how World War II economic mobilization transformed India. Link: www.nber.org/papers/w33246
War Mobilization and Economic Development: World War II and Structural Transformation in India
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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December 17, 2024 at 7:25 AM