I an "In the Margins" special in Mint, Rupa Subramanya and I demonstrate using a rigorous and parsimonious data analysis that making India a "less cash" economy, one of the stated goals of demonetization, has failed.

https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/PGRi4ySZO2HOWkARKq8GeM/Demonetisation-failed-to-make-India-a-less-cash-society.html

My latest Mint column assesses the political economy takeaways from the Sterlite Copper protest and plant shutdown in Tamil Nadu.

https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/bLPymr5FMDZnWpP6pwQdqJ/The-political-economy-takeaways-from-Thoothukudi.html

Writing in the Print, my co-author Praveen Chakravarty has a great explainer on our methodology and findings on spatial inequality in India using night lights luminosity data.

https://theprint.in/opinion/dark-side-of-indias-night-lights-as-states-prosper-rich-poor-gap-in-districts-widens/64973/