Rohan Sandhu @Rohan_Sandhu Twitter profile

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

Major props to actors like @taapsee , @ReallySwara , and @RichaChadha (all "outsiders" by the way) who remain unafraid to express their views despite the vitriol they face from the trolls (just look at the reactions to the tweet below). While we're at it, where are the male actors?

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4 years

Correction. She wasn’t consuming. Financing and procuring for Sushant. So in that case if he was alive he would’ve been put behind bars too ? Oh no. She must’ve forced the drugs onto him. Sushant must’ve been force fed marijuana. Yes that’s what it is exactly. We did it guys 🙌🏼

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4 years

Might be a good time to reflect on the Mean Girls culture your show perpetuates. What is the message you send with Qs like "Which of these actors is giving the 'A-listers' competition?" or asking guests to rank the same set of actors belonging to your privileged coterie?

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Rohan Sandhu

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4 years

I’m an Indian student studying at Harvard, but I‘m embarrassed by the Indian media making this about *Indian students*. This is a larger issue that affects ALL international students. Let’s take a broader view please, and stop making everything about our narrow interests.

Marya Shakil

@maryashakil

4 years

Harvard and MIT come out in support of international students and say that the ICE action has been taken without giving any notice. Will this ensure the much needed relief for the Indian students studying in these universities?

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

5 years

“What is the source of your data?” is a question every journalist should be asking. Well done, @Nidhi !

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

While people binge on @netflix 's (cringeworthy) #IndianMatchmaking , I'm just going to leave this great moment from #GullyBoy here.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

1 year

My Twitter timeline knows how to sequence tweets. #Argentina

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

3 years

Sir, the 1970s called. They want their misogynistic jokes back.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

5 years

What is Hema Malini doing?

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@ANI

5 years

#WATCH Delhi: BJP MPs including Minister of State (Finance) Anurag Thakur and Hema Malini take part in 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' in Parliament premises.

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Rohan Sandhu

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3 years

I don’t know who needs to hear this but it is so important that children play with other children - it teaches them collaboration, helps cultivate empathy, and enables them to be socially well-adjusted.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

Hey @Harvard , all of the chandeliers are on. Is my tuition paying for this or the interest on your endowment?

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

2 years

Life Update: This week, I'm starting a new role at @HarvardUniv - setting up and leading a new initiative called "Reimagining the Economy" at the @Kennedy_School , with @gordon_h_hanson & @rodrikdani . So Boston is going to be home for at least a few years!

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

This is my favorite parody account.

Amitabh Bachchan

@SrBachchan

4 years

T 3665 - CORRECTION .. !! Last 3 Tweet numbers are incorrect .. T 3644's to be read as T 3664 ..🙏 apologies for the error ..

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Rohan Sandhu

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4 years

At one level, it's your show, and you're, of course, welcome to do what you want with it. But, as a powerful industry personality, the way you use your platform does have consequences.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

3 years

Cool. I mean what’s the hurry anyway? There are still thirteen whole years until 2034.

Hindustan Times

@htTweets

3 years

A Congress panel tasked to hold organisational elections is waiting for former party chief Rahul Gandhi to return to India to finalise the schedule for the internal polls (report by @naqshzeb )

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

It’s a few hours before Election Day in the US, and the Indian Prime Minister hasn’t made any surprise announcement about demonetisation. I already feel more positive about this week this year than I did four years ago.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

Here are some other economists you could have considered: Gita Gopinath, Indira Rajaraman, Shamika Ravi, Pranjul Bhandari, Ila Patnaik. And some business leaders: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Naina Lal Kidwai, Rekha Menon. Not that hard to *not* have a manel.

NDTV

@ndtv

4 years

#NDTVTownhall | @PrannoyRoyNDTV speaks to Nobel laureates Amartya Sen, Abhijit Banerjee, other experts on the economic impact of #COVID19 #CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronavirusPandemic

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Rohan Sandhu

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4 years

Here’s the problem - such reporting makes it seem like it’s a policy targeted *specifically* at Indians (or an India-US issue), missing the actual incentives & implications. And there’s a real failure to collaborate with other affected countries, in what is a more global issue.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

5 years

Actually, people switching parties sums up a lot of what’s wrong with Indian politics right now. No one really believes in any ideology, stands by any core principles, or has any policy ideas. It’s just about finding some way to stay in (or close to) power.

Rahul Kanwal

@rahulkanwal

5 years

#IndiaElects @priyankac19 quitting @INCIndia to join @ShivSena sums up a lot of what’s wrong with the Congress right now. Party unable to take care of the talent it still has left and unwilling to address concerns of workers and junior leaders.

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Rohan Sandhu

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6 years

5) Perhaps most importantly, some of these allegations might seem like they lack evidence and need to be substantiated. But don't kill the larger movement - the pendulum probably needs to swing in the other direction after centuries of abuse of power/privilege. [6/6] #MeToo

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

Shruti Kapila: “the striking feature of Indian politics today is the annihilation of any significant opposition. Barring the embattled opposition regional leader Mamata Banerjee in Bengal, Mr Modi faces little or no challenge”

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

6 years

[1/n] Lots of #MeToo reports in India (about time!). Here are some things I’m keeping in mind while processing these allegations:

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

Money quote from @ShamikaRavi : “we need to follow the economist’s view of India, and not the chartered accountant’s”

Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

Full house for our Keynote Session on India’s Economic Transitions, featuring @BrookingsIndia ’s @ShamikaRavi , @Flipkart ’s Kalyan Krishnamurthy, @nipfp_org_in ’s @EmergingRoy , and @IDFCinstitute ’s @nebuer42

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

3 years

Here's the thing though: I think Trump on Facebook is bad. But I think Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook is worse.

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3 years

Zuckerberg: Facebook suspending Trump “Indefinitely”

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

Don’t pity Bollywood for the shit they’ve been getting the past few months. Pity them because they’re pitiable.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

6 years

Put aside your political views and personal opinions on @RahulGandhi for a moment. This is the maturity with which we need to think about the arts, entertainment, literature, & freedom of expression more generally - especially in a country where everything offends everyone!

Rahul Gandhi

@RahulGandhi

6 years

BJP/RSS believe the freedom of expression must be policed & controlled. I believe this freedom is a fundamental democratic right. My father lived and died in the service of India. The views of a character on a fictional web series can never change that. #SacredGames

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

I combine my interests in policy and films, in this op-ed with filmmaker Kabir Khan: “Unfortunately, nepotism and privilege permeate all echelons. The film industry exemplifies all of the flaws and constraints of the society it inhabits.”

Nepotism permeates all sectors. Bollywood is an easy punching bag

We are a feudal society and unfortunately, nepotism and privilege permeate all echelons. The film industry also exemplifies all of the flaws and constraints of the society it inhabits.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

3 years

After 18 months of Zoom school, I’m back on campus. Initial reflections: I think the pandemic has significantly reduced my ability to engage in small talk. I’m also exhausted by “it’s so great to finally meet you in person” as an opener. But I’m very grateful to be back.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

. @bainjal : "As students turn into the country's collective conscience, the Congress remains active on Twitter. What a colossal letdown."

Opinion: Again, A Huge Missed Opportunity For Rahul Gandhi

As campus after campus joins the protests over the deeply flawed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the comments from the Modi government have been limp. Amit Shah today appealed to students to study...

www.ndtv.com

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

@alankrita601 Also, her claim is factually incorrect. If anyone deserves credit for changing the landscape for women in Hindi films in recent times, it's Vidya Balan, with Ishqiya, Paa, The Dirty Picture, Jessica, and Kahaani, all of which preceded Queen.

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Rohan Sandhu

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3 months

I’m going to commission myself to write a piece that I will self-publish on how much I’ve improved as a person over the past 20 years. And PS: I believe I was perfect to start with.

J-PAL

@JPAL

3 months

Over the past 20 years, RCT research has evolved to generate better quality evidence. Our latest blog explores innovative advancements in #RCT methods: #EconTwitter

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Rohan Sandhu

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6 years

3) There’s a whole spectrum of abuse/harassment. It's critical not to view all through the same lens, but equally important to view some behaviors on a continuum [4/n]

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

6 years

4) harassment & flirtation (/telling someone you have a crush on them) can both be creepy but one of them is a crime. Also no means no. [5/n]

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Rohan Sandhu

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3 years

Columns in Western newspapers have been a good way for voices from developing countries to represent their experiences with some authenticity. What I appreciate here is @BDUTT also using her platform as a columnist to critique the US. This helps reset the global commentary game.

CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt

@CNNThisMorning

3 years

Columnist Barkha Dutt says it's maddening to see Americans reject vaccines. “When I sit in Delhi and I look at what's going on in the US, where hesitancy...is a very polite, understated word to describe extreme self-indulgence and spoiled behavior...it just makes my blood boil.”

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

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I can read @AiyarYamini 's thoughtful analyses of India's welfare model until the end of time: "Our welfare state is evolving according to a logic that is almost designed as a bargain for failing to build an economy that can provide full employment" |

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

In some cases, #SocialDistancing should just be a permanent intervention.

SUHEL SETH

@Suhelseth

4 years

Followed the Prime Minister @narendramodi ‘s advice and walked 3 kms on my balcony...staying home and staying safe🙏 not stepping out! #IndiaFightsCorona

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4 years

Much is said about how the male actors have the more secure careers. But the past few weeks have proven that, despite that, it's the female actors who have the spines. Major props to Deepika, Sonam, Tapsee, Richa, Swara, etc, for making use of their platforms.

NDTV

@ndtv

4 years

Actress Deepika Padukone at #JNU to express solidarity with students and teachers after Sunday's violence. #JNUViolence #JNUProtests #JNUattack

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Rohan Sandhu

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1 year

Excellent piece - per usual - from @AiyarYamini on a topic I’ve been studying closely: “the consultant is only effective in a capable State, and often less than useful in a disenchanted State that has stopped believing in its own capacity”

Government by ‘Consultant’ can hollow out the State

www.deccanherald.com

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

I’m old enough to remember the tomes written on “India in 2020”, all of which naively predicted progress and achievement. Instead, here we are: Exhibit 1: “we were displaying communal harmony. Apologies for offending you” Exhibit 2: “have you turned secular?!”

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

2 years

#T ÁR is one of the most exquisitely-crafted, nuanced, & complex films in years, featuring a magisterial Cate Blanchett in one of the greatest performances I've ever seen from any actor!

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

I also remember people walking by computer labs only to get a whiff of the AC 🤦🏽‍♂️

gucci ke aansu

@hotw3nch

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why the fuck did we have to remove our shoes before entering the computer lab back in school what was that about

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"In the upcoming decade, India’s education sector must focus on both scale and substance, addressing the learning problem at a system-wide level, while also recalibrating the raison d’etre of the education system itself." | My column in @businessline :

India needs a new education paradigm

Along with improved administration, the system needs an overhaul to address India’s human capital crisis effectively

www.thehindubusinessline.com

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

3 years

[Thread] My Twitter timeline has never seemed as full of love as it does today for @iamsrk 's birthday. As a 90s kid, I grew up on a dose of #SRK films (which were ok), but more importantly, his interviews (which have always been intelligent, sharp, & witty) (1/n)

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3 years

Lant Pritchett: “⁦ @Pratham_India ⁩ understands that you cannot fix deeply human problems like the education of a child with stronger and stronger, tech-enabled, command and control. You don’t make Pinocchio into a real boy by adding more strings.”

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

India's experience with #COVID19 reveals the fault-lines of its economic & governance framework. My op-ed in @livemint :

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2 months

Next week, the Reimagining the Economy Project will bring together researchers & practitioners from around the world to take stock of the current thinking on productive development policies & how these tools are being applied to a range of domains. Agenda:

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7 months

As Roberto Unger once said at a Harvard event: “there was a time when economists cared about issues like economic transformation and nation building. Now they’re more concerned about mosquito nets and malaria. Intellectual catastrophe.”

Jostein Hauge

@haugejostein

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Development economics has gradually become dominated by the idea that 'microinterventions' will solve global poverty. It's a dangerous idea because, well, it doesn't solve global poverty. In this article in the FT, David Pilling ( @davidpilling ) criticises this idea really well.

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@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

This is a trick question. India didn’t exist before 2014.

Amitabh Mattoo

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4 years

What were the greatest moments/ events in India's foreign policy since 1947? ( Bandung? Krishna Menon's speech? Fall of Dhaka? Nuclear Deal? et al) @DrSJaishankar @HardeepSPuri @NMenonRao @PushpeshPant @AmritaNarlikar @MaliniP @tca_raghavan @MohanCRaja @MalikAshok @samirsaran

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2 years

Final day of class at @Kennedy_School today. Thank you to this incredible MPA/ID family that has shown remarkable leadership & resilience during a global pandemic, and to the Faculty Director of the program @rodrikdani - being your TF was one of the highlights of my time at HKS!

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@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

Dear America - in case you hadn’t realized, students on F1 visas usually BRING in money as consumers of your higher education sector. #ICE #F1visa

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@Rohan_Sandhu

2 years

I see this argument from many Congress party leaders, but: 1) where even is this "unity"? Leaders have been leaving the party for ~10 years, 2) what on earth is the point of being united when you neither have a positive vision to sell nor are able to win anything?

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#NDTVExclusive | "Without the Gandhi family, Congress party cannot stay united": @DKShivakumar , Senior Leader, Congress, on the party's performance in #AssemblyElections2022 .

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Rohan Sandhu

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3 years

Great piece by @BDUTT on #AryanKhan , disproportionate court response, toxic mobs: #ShahRukhKhan 's "heartbreaking transition to a sad, apologetic and, above all, silent public figure captures all that is being corroded, debased and devalued in India today"

Opinion | Shah Rukh Khan was a symbol of hope in India. Now his story shows all that is being...

The utter absence of proportionality in the court’s response and the subsequent, often communal, gloating of toxic mobs is revealing.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

3 years

What does it say about this rotten system that 1) we’re celebrating a *bail* (which should be the norm) after a month, 2) this bail has required a battery of lawyers that many others can’t afford, 3) this ridiculous case with no legs in the first place will linger?! #AryanKhan

NDTV

@ndtv

3 years

Pics: Shah Rukh Khan All Smiles With legal Team After Son Aryan's Bail

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6 years

I had rolled my eyes at #RahulGandhi 's strategy of projecting the #Congress as the "party of love" (whatever that means). But these coordinated counter-attacks by #BJP ministers - note the use of the word "hate" - suggest that it may actually have touched a nerve!

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4 years

One of the biggest problems in India at the moment is that people think "democracy" is limited to the right to vote and elect a government into power, but not to critique/question it.

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4 years

One of the biggest problems in #India at the moment is that people who can’t bear to see a democratically elected govt. fulfill its manifesto, nor accept a point of view different from their own, are called liberals. #BharatBananaHai

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6 years

1) A lot of our heroes will fall from grace - accept it. Don’t get defensive on their behalf. And don’t pick and choose which allegations you want believe based on how much you like/admire the accused [2/n]

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5 years

I’m just surprised that @BCCI didn’t get @ICC to create a rule where in the event of a tie, India is declared the winner. No matter who’s playing. #ICCCricketWorldCup2019

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

5 years

But... do they like mangoes? How did they polish their shoes when they were children?

Szarita Laitphlang,ज़रिता लैतफलांग

@szarita

5 years

Perhaps the cutest sibling clip in a long time @RahulGandhi and @priyankagandhi as they both go on different Campaign trails from Kanpur Airport.

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5 years

On May 23, will someone please make a list of all the journalists and commentators whose “ground sources” caused them to make incorrect predictions about the election outcomes in the columns and tweets they are so confidently writing right now?

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Rohan Sandhu

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4 years

Money quote from @jamescrabtree on #BadBoyBillionaires : “The grand corruption you see in countries like India works hand in glove with a different & much more anonymous form of corruption, which is entirely created in rich countries like Britain, or Switzerland and America.”

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Rohan Sandhu

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4 years

Education is nothing, if not about active citizenship. In solidarity with students around India, 300 people converged on the Harvard campus, in defence of India's founding principles #CAAProtests #Harvard #insolidaritywithstudents

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

3 years

Going to play well in Vietnam.

CNN Politics

@CNNPolitics

3 years

Vice President Kamala Harris to promote "America is back" message in Singapore and Vietnam

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3 years

Very excited to be moderating this conversation with the incredible #ZoyaAkhtar , NEXT SUNDAY, at the India Conference at Harvard, which you should register for here:

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2 years

An orchestrated boycott of a movie because you have an issue with the actor’s faith/political opinions, issuing fatwas against public personalities, and extremists stabbing a writer on stage, all exist on a continuum. Think about what you are gradually normalizing.

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1 year

2/ @Timodc ’s Why We Did It is incredibly engaging and entertaining - when it isn’t depressing. Miller makes profound points about how DC’s politics and policymaking has collapsed into a game, relying on personal experience as well as rich sketches of a range of key personalities.

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Rohan Sandhu

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5 years

Major props to @smritiirani , whose persistence is a great example for emerging leaders - don't abandon a constituency even after a defeat. Remain present and responsive! While part of her win may be attributed to the larger wave, Irani's own commitment to #Amethi has been key!

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

7 years

@nistula @SushmaSwaraj @rvmoorthyhindu Almost as great as this pic

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@Rohan_Sandhu

1 year

I loved @isabelkaplan 's NSFW (probably one of my favorite books this year), and I love her new piece: "The ability to bend an inch at a time while seeming to stand up straight is a useful and gendered skill"

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Rohan Sandhu

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6 years

1) @AzmiShabana led several actresses to sign a petition to support Padukone after she received death threats 2) Several film associations apparently organized a blackout in Nov Key Q: does the film industry need to organize itself differently against ethnic/political groups?

barkha dutt

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6 years

How many of her colleagues stood with @deepikapadukone - and vocally- when she most needed it? My @htTweets column argues that #Padmavaat was let down by lawmakers, yes, but also by the craven silence of Bollywood icons

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4 years

*sigh* As much as I want to applaud this, what does this mean? That you’re running a faulty “sorting system” well? Major props for administering this system better than other states, but really, what does any of this signify in terms of human capital development? #cbseresults2020

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A moving and heart-wrenching tribute to #IrrfanKhan by @yooday ⁩: “There has perhaps never been a Hindi film actor so unanimously regarded as the best of his generation”

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2) If I’m unsure about how to respond, I’m just going to keep quiet. In any case, as a man, it’s my turn to listen to and try to understand some of these lived experiences that have hitherto been unreported. [3/n]

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

Ok then. 😐

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@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

@prabhateshwaram Don’t disagree with that. But 2 things - the reporting makes it seem like it’s a policy targeted *specifically* at Indians, which misses the actual incentives & implications. And there’s a real failure to collaborate with other affected countries, in what is a much broader issue!

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How can we expand productive employment in services? In our new paper, @rodrikdani & I draw on a range of existing programs & present 4 broad strategies: large firms, SMEs, tech tools to complement low-skill labor, and training and wraparound services

Servicing Development

The future of developing countries is in services as that is where the jobs will be. Enhancing productivity in labor-absorbing services must be an essential priority, for reasons of both growth and...

www.hks.harvard.edu

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4 years

MPA-ID class check-in included a virtual concert led by @VarunG1407 and @GuillermoTovarM , & @rodrikdani joining in with his guitar | keeping a community alive while #SocialDistancing | @Kennedy_School

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3 years

I find this logic silly. This thinking may have been valid some decades ago, but in a globalized world where content is accessed across national borders, does it still mean anything? For instance, Twitter is a global platform, so are we ambassadors of our countries here too?

Monica Jasuja

@jasuja

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Really sorry! but demeaning and deriding your country on foreign shores is not my idea of desh bhakti / humour / comedic act / or anything else. You are an ambassador of India when you’re on foreign soil , behave and be responsible for all you do/say and who you represent to be

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As someone who’s been fortunate to study in places where freedom of speech & expression has been the culture (high school in India, and college/grad school in the US), it’s painful to see people opposing students’ expression of dissatisfaction. In solidarity, at Harvard:

NDTV

@ndtv

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#DevelopingStory | The number of student protests across campuses in India have gone up since morning. Here is the latest situation. #CAA2019 #CAAProtests #CitizenshipAct Watch live

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

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Excellent piece by @Noahpinion on the need to build state capacity and invest in bureaucracy in the US:

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

1 year

🧵 Building the capacity of the state is very important. But we must clarify what this means (hint: it does NOT mean "training"). And the state still needs to partner effectively with non-government actors to deliver public services. But who should it partner with? And how? (1/n)

Anant Sudarshan

@anantsudarshan

1 year

@teevrat In my India experience this mostly reflects very low capacity within government. Consulting firms offer senior management in govt a *combination* of services from grunt work to "expert" analysis, which academics cannot. Displacing them requires improving the quality of govt staff

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

I have a governance joke, but might need to hire some 20-something-year-old mangement consultants to deliver it effectively.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

6 years

Very important news. Thank you, @ANI .

ANI

@ANI

6 years

Delhi: No blockage of traffic as Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for #Chhattisgarh , where he will address a public rally in Bilaspur. He will later visit UP's Varanasi to inaugurate several development projects including multi-modal terminal on River Ganga.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

South Asian mother looking at your grades:

Becca Brubaker

@itsmebecca

4 years

aaaand I’m already cackling 💀 #VPDebate

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

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Also, speaking as an alum, don't mistake a statement from a set of student groups to represent the views of the student body. The truth is that students in a large university are just not coordinated enough or engaged in the statements that leaders of some groups write or sign.

Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

8 months

Good to see the Harvard leadership taking a clear stance after that drivel from a bunch of student groups: "While our students have the right to speak for themselves, no student group — not even 30 student groups — speaks for Harvard University or its leadership."

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Industrial policy isn't a one-time static intervention but a dynamic & iterative process... The implication is that governments must inculcate a range of capabilities to play this role effectively | My piece (with Kartik Akileswaran) in @ProMarket_org

Industrial Policy Is a Verb - ProMarket

Critics of industrial policy claim that state interventions into the market lead to inefficient subsidies, protectionism, or the “picking of winners.” Kartik Akileswaran and Rohan Sandhu argue that...

www.promarket.org

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

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. @niralidesaii : "we're particularly excited to see @amitvarma moderate this *one* hour session, instead of his usual freewheeling four-hour podcast episodes."

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

5 years

" #GullyBoy is a reminder that Zoya can make a film set in any context, because she is a keen observer of the essential humanity of people—their aspirations, emotions, and relations" | Took a break from policy, to write on #ZoyaAkhtar and the zeitgeist:

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

1 year

My annual break from writing on policy - Todd Field's #T ÁR, featuring a magisterial Cate Blanchett, pulled me out of an extended writing hiatus. I write about how this deeply existential screenplay investigates power and leadership |

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

3 years

@Nidhi Me too. Should have paid more attention when my grandparents tried 🤷🏽��♂��

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

#IrrfanKhan 's death is unbelievably tragic and feels strangely personal. I guess that's the power of a great artiste - to make themselves real through the characters they play. And Irrfan did that consistently. A legend has gone too soon. #RestInPeace

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

If the Congress party were a TV series, it would be exhaustingly predictable & boring. Even when dead characters came back to life in Ekta Kapoor’s shows, there was more intrigue - will they come back with a new face thanks to plastic surgery, how will they wreak havoc, etc

Shekhar Gupta

@ShekharGupta

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Sonia unveils a ‘Kamraj Plan’ for an out-of-power Congress... Sets stage for Rahul’s return, sidelines Patel, Antony and other veterans is incl its LS & RS leaders... Neelam Pandey @NPDay reports #ThePrintPolitics

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

Soooo... if #Covid19 hadn’t happened, Trump would have won in a landslide?

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

5 years

@kunalkamra88 More like:

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

10 months

How not to create an environment for independent, rigorous (and yes, *peer-reviewed*) research⬇️

Ashoka University

@AshokaUniv

10 months

Ashoka University is dismayed by the speculation and debate around a recent paper by one of its faculty members (Sabyasachi Das, Assistant Professor of Economics) and the university's position on its contents. As a matter of record, Ashoka University is focused on excellence in

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

5 years

Several articles the past few days blaming Praveen Chakravarty, Divya Spandana, and data & social media for the #Congress rout. But what were Congress leaders & candidates doing & why did they fail to read voter sentiment? Data, etc aren’t substitutes for leadership/instinct.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

3 years

Congratulations to ⁦ @nebuer42 ⁩ for being nominated for the Think Tanker of the Year Award! Reuben, @pritika13 ⁩ and the ⁦⁦ @IDFCinstitute ⁩ have consistently been setting a standard for what think-tanks can & should do to maximize impact!

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

3 years

Some Boston area fall content for your feed.

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

3 years

Such an honor for the Harvard Social Enterprise Conference to host this keynote session with @MazzucatoM and @rodrikdani , two economists at the forefront of challenging existing norms, ideas, and institutional arrangements. @SEimpact #socialenterpriseconference

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

2 years

Excellent - and powerful! - panel on the politics of inequality at @HarvardCID ’s annual conference. Answering an audience question “are you optimistic about democracy?”, @pbmehta fittingly concludes the session with: “Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will”

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

This year’s India Conference at Harvard will bring together prominent voices in policy, politics, civil society, & arts & culture. Book your tickets now (and feel free to ask me for a discount code too ;))! Get tickets here:

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Rohan Sandhu

@Rohan_Sandhu

4 years

@taapsee @RichaChadha @ReallySwara Thank you - you’ve been relentless and honestly, we need more reasonable people to be that way, or the trolls win.

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