Let me start off by wishing everyone a happy new year! 2020 was a sad and difficult year for many, and I hope that the new year will bring some semblance of normalcy. As I shared in my first post, I am currently in my second and final year of coursework. Fall 2020 was also […]

I am a second-year doctoral student in the Political Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania. I am primarily interested in comparative politics and the political economy of development in modern India. Broadly, my research pertains to questions of state capacity and the role of identity in public provision of goods and services in developing […]