Pavithra Suryanarayan
@pavisuri.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Government Department, LSE
Indian politics, state capacity, status politics, historical political economy
www.pavisuri.com
Editor at http://broadstreet.blog
Indian politics, state capacity, status politics, historical political economy
www.pavisuri.com
Editor at http://broadstreet.blog
Astonishing when you see it like this.
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Astonishing when you see it like this.
I used to have this pinned to my fridge:
September 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I used to have this pinned to my fridge:
Correction- I have been informed that zone D is coming up with restaurants like this. So might have to revert to original instinct of D.
September 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Correction- I have been informed that zone D is coming up with restaurants like this. So might have to revert to original instinct of D.
What does it all mean? I am reminded that these were the headlines a day after Jan 6th, but Trump is now president again. The American political landscape has been shape shifting over the past decade, and I would exercise caution when discussing the ramifications of an assassination
September 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
What does it all mean? I am reminded that these were the headlines a day after Jan 6th, but Trump is now president again. The American political landscape has been shape shifting over the past decade, and I would exercise caution when discussing the ramifications of an assassination
Apparently it’s visually hard for chatGPT. English teachers, is this true? Asking for all of us who can’t wait to have AI tell us our medical prognosis given it has this visual hurdle to jump.
August 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Apparently it’s visually hard for chatGPT. English teachers, is this true? Asking for all of us who can’t wait to have AI tell us our medical prognosis given it has this visual hurdle to jump.
The NYT has definitely lost its mind
August 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The NYT has definitely lost its mind
The headlines the day after the passage of a bill that will gut health care for the poor, take away food from children, setback climate change efforts, and debilitate future generations financially. The supposed sensible stewards of America are themselves hollow.
July 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The headlines the day after the passage of a bill that will gut health care for the poor, take away food from children, setback climate change efforts, and debilitate future generations financially. The supposed sensible stewards of America are themselves hollow.
The fact that mainstream newspapers of record are lacking in self reflection and unable to see the decline of American rights based regime is the real story.
June 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The fact that mainstream newspapers of record are lacking in self reflection and unable to see the decline of American rights based regime is the real story.
Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows:
June 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows:
In 1712, after an empire-wide survey, the Kangxi emperor called a halt to future surveys. With no further updates, land tax rates froze at their 1711 level, with declining revenues & bureaucracy. A high capacity state simply gave up its bureaucratic advantage:
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-rise-a...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-rise-a...
May 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In 1712, after an empire-wide survey, the Kangxi emperor called a halt to future surveys. With no further updates, land tax rates froze at their 1711 level, with declining revenues & bureaucracy. A high capacity state simply gave up its bureaucratic advantage:
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-rise-a...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-rise-a...
This one didn’t even put it on the front page. That’s nuts!
April 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This one didn’t even put it on the front page. That’s nuts!
Certainly a choice to put coverage of hundreds of thousands of protestors across the country below the fold. First significant mass mobilization in the country since Election Day.
As a newspaper based in NYC did they not look out the window?
As a newspaper based in NYC did they not look out the window?
April 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Certainly a choice to put coverage of hundreds of thousands of protestors across the country below the fold. First significant mass mobilization in the country since Election Day.
As a newspaper based in NYC did they not look out the window?
As a newspaper based in NYC did they not look out the window?
Timeline perfection where I can immediately put Trump’s rant on context
March 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Timeline perfection where I can immediately put Trump’s rant on context
I posted on London and yup t was gone in a few second. Unreal
January 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I posted on London and yup t was gone in a few second. Unreal
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 10:26 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Democrats tie themselves up with rules while the Republicans ruthlessly seek power. It’s a wonder to me that democrats didn’t at least threaten a full gerrymander of NY & CA as a way to get Rs to comply- a prisoners dilemma where one side repeatedly defects while the other diligently cooperates.
November 28, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Democrats tie themselves up with rules while the Republicans ruthlessly seek power. It’s a wonder to me that democrats didn’t at least threaten a full gerrymander of NY & CA as a way to get Rs to comply- a prisoners dilemma where one side repeatedly defects while the other diligently cooperates.
Thrilled to receive one of the Leverhulme Prizes! I plan to work on a project on the non-bellicist origins of bureaucratic capacity. As a warm up: I wrote about the need to take seriously the role of identity, ideology & culture in shaping state capacity : annualreviews.org/content/jour...
October 18, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Thrilled to receive one of the Leverhulme Prizes! I plan to work on a project on the non-bellicist origins of bureaucratic capacity. As a warm up: I wrote about the need to take seriously the role of identity, ideology & culture in shaping state capacity : annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Maybe a tale in two graphs about Gen X’s support for authoritarian politics.
November 22, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Maybe a tale in two graphs about Gen X’s support for authoritarian politics.
Sums up a lot of my feelings about the Olympic ceremony. For what it’s worth, my two kids were spellbound for large parts of it. It was sparkly, fun and allowed us to see so much of central Paris. The music was excellent.
November 22, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Sums up a lot of my feelings about the Olympic ceremony. For what it’s worth, my two kids were spellbound for large parts of it. It was sparkly, fun and allowed us to see so much of central Paris. The music was excellent.
The 2nd installment of EMPESA was held in Oslo this week—made possible by @fr_jensenius & Ankita Bhartwal—& so very timely in light of the Indian election results. Grateful for the community of these incredibly thoughtful & generous scholars. Amazing feedback! Until next time!
November 22, 2024 at 9:50 AM
The 2nd installment of EMPESA was held in Oslo this week—made possible by @fr_jensenius & Ankita Bhartwal—& so very timely in light of the Indian election results. Grateful for the community of these incredibly thoughtful & generous scholars. Amazing feedback! Until next time!
How it started How it is going
November 22, 2024 at 10:02 AM
How it started How it is going
In the absence of a caste census, we don't have much understanding of the relative economic standing of castes/religions in India. Here is a graph of asset ownership by major caste groups generated using jati level data from NES-lokniti survey of 2004, the closest to MMS's speech
November 22, 2024 at 10:02 AM
In the absence of a caste census, we don't have much understanding of the relative economic standing of castes/religions in India. Here is a graph of asset ownership by major caste groups generated using jati level data from NES-lokniti survey of 2004, the closest to MMS's speech