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The Yadav Vote in UP: Loyalty, Fractures, and the SP's Ceiling

The Yadav Vote in UP: Loyalty, Fractures, and the SP's Ceiling

Constituency-level data from 2022 and 2024 reveals that MY consolidation is real — but it has a ceiling, and that ceiling is precisely the SP's problem.

11 min read
Youth Turnout in Lok Sabha 2024: Record Numbers, Unexpected Directions

Youth Turnout in Lok Sabha 2024: Record Numbers, Unexpected Directions

First-time voters broke records in 2024 — but their choices defied every exit poll prediction. A granular look at 18–25 voter behaviour across nine states.

8 min read
The GDP Gap: Why India's Richest and Poorest States Are Diverging Faster

The GDP Gap: Why India's Richest and Poorest States Are Diverging Faster

GSDP data from 2015 to 2025 reveals an acceleration in inter-state inequality — and the policy choices that are driving it.

10 min read
NEP 2020: Three Years In, What Does the Data Actually Show?

NEP 2020: Three Years In, What Does the Data Actually Show?

ASER, UDISE+, and NAS data from 2023–25 give us the first reliable picture of whether the National Education Policy is working.

13 min read
IPL 2026: Which Teams Actually Optimise for Playoff Probability

IPL 2026: Which Teams Actually Optimise for Playoff Probability

Using win probability models and squad construction data to evaluate whether IPL franchises are building for May or just for the auction hall.

9 min read
Paris to LA: India's Olympic Medal Probability Model

Paris to LA: India's Olympic Medal Probability Model

We built a discipline-by-discipline probability model for India at Los Angeles 2028 — here's which sports the data says will deliver, and which are wishful thinking.

11 min read
India's Gig Economy: 15 Million Workers, No Social Floor

India's Gig Economy: 15 Million Workers, No Social Floor

Platform employment has grown 340% since 2019. The data on earnings, hours, and insecurity tells a story that no gig company wants published.

8 min read
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