Book Excerpts
Is India a worse place to live than Bangladesh and Nepal?
Times of India, TOI+, 29 November 2023
An experiment in education at grassroots level schools in Bangladesh
The Hindu, 7 December 2023
A new book asks why India cannot match its poorer neighbours when addressing social inequalities
Scroll, 7 December 2023
Excerpt: Why India's Social Development Indicators Lag Behind its Neighbours
The Wire, 7 December 2023
Force India, 13 March 2024
UnEqual: Why India Lags Behind Its Neighbours by Swati Narayan
Article 14, 21 May 2024
Indian Parliament
Parliament Winter Session: 'PM Promised Jobs, We Need Data on Employment': RJD's Manoj Kumar Jha
The Quint, 5 December 2023
संसद में चुनाव नतीजों और रेवड़ी कल्चर पर मनोज झा ने भाजपा को जमकर घेरा
The Lallantop, 6 December 2023
Book Reviews
Zia Haq picks his favourite read of 2023
Zia Haq, Hindustan Times, 29 December 2023
‘Unequal’ offers enlightening glimpses of inequity in India, but the truth is more complex
Rajiv Thind, Scroll, 6 January 2024
Swati Narayan’s ‘Unequal’: Why Bangladesh and Nepal fare better
Aunindyo Chakravarty, The Tribune, 7 January 2024
Unequal review: How India lags behind all South Asian nations except Pakistan
Mayank Jain Parichha, The Federal, 28 January 2024
Unequal: Illuminating India's Social Landscape, Bridging Inequities for a Hopeful Future
Swapna Peri, Storizen, 27 January 2024
A land where inequality prevails
Shailaja Chandra, Hindu Business Line, 4 February 2024
Hindolee Datta, The Telegraph, 23 February 2024
M K Chandra Bose, Deccan Herald, 25 February 2024
Republic of Extreme Inequalities
Amitabh Ranjan, Financial Express, 10 March 2024
Unequal: Why India Lags Behind its Neighbours (Book Review)
Duncan Green, From Poverty to Power, 22 March 2024
‘Unequal: Why India Lags Behind Its Neighbours’ Throws Light on Bihar’s Plight
Karina B, Women's Web, 8 April 2024
Five books to understand India today
John Reed, Financial Times, 18 April 2004
What to read about India's economy
The Economist, 22 April 2024
Decoding Inequality: Comparative Assessment of Social Outcomes
The Book Review, June 2024, 48(6)
Yamini Aiyar, Biblio, April-June 2024
Deepak Thapa, Kathmandu Times
Interviews
India ने ऐसी कौनसी गलती कर दी जिसका फायदा Bangladesh ने उठा लिया? Kitabwala| Unequal
Kitabwala, The Lallantop, 29 Nov 2023
Roportaj, Daanish Bin Nabi, 24 December 2023
Unequal: Inequalities in India Sharper than Its Neighbours
TIW, 11 January 2024
Zaina Azhar Sayeda, Outlook India, 25 January 2024
World 5th Economy होकर भी Nepal-Sri Lanka-Bangladesh से भी पीछे क्यों है India?
Uncut, 4 March 2024
Bangladesh-Nepal ने ऐसा क्या किया कि India से आगे निकल गए?
Aaj Tak Radio, Padhaku Nitin, Ep 137, 6 March 2024
Why India lags behind its neighbours in human development
Sandip Roy podcast, Indian Express, 15 April 2024
Indiens Nachbarn machen es besser
welt-sichten, 22 May 2024
Interview: Swati Narayan, author, Unequal; Why India Lags behind its Neighbours
Syed Saad Ahmed, Hindustan Times, 25 May 2024
Modi's economic promises: Is India lagging behind?
DW News, 1 June 2024
‘Diminishing Inequalities Is The Key To Robust Human Development’
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend, 8 June 2024
What is happening in Bangladesh?
Saba Naqvi, Frontline Magazine, 9 August 2024
Media Mentions
Why Do Nepal, Bangladesh beat India in social indicators? Starts with caste
Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, Times of India, 26 November 2023
നേപ്പാളും ബംഗ്ളാദേശും മുന്നേറുമ്പോൾ ഇന്ത്യയോട് ജാതി ചെയ്യുന്നത് | വഴിപോക്കൻ
Mathrubhumi, 30 November 2023
Unequal: Why India Lags Behind Its Neighbours
The Caravan, Bookshelf, 2 December 2023
Seeing out 2023: Six new nonfiction books that illustrate the hard (and hopeful) realities of India
Scroll, 2 December 2023
Yearender 2023 | 5 big tests for global diplomacy
Suhasini Haider, The Hindu, 15 December 2023
In charts: how India has changed under Narendra Modi
John Reed and Andy Lin, Financial Times, 9 January 2024
How India can adopt low-cost, effective ideas to improve its living standards
Neerja Deodhar, Midday, 31 March 2024
In charts: Narendra Modi’s welfare ‘freebies’ offer an election boost
John Reed and Andy Lin, Financial Times, 3 April 2024
Reducing inequalities the key to making India prosperous
Subir Roy, The Tribune, 4 April 2024
India elections: how has the economy changed under Prime Minister Modi?
BBC Sounds, 23 April 2024
Can Modi sustain India’s growth miracle?
DW News, 25 April 2024
भास्कर एक्सप्लेनर- क्या सरकार हमारी संपत्ति बांट सकती है
Dainik Bhaskar, 27 April 2024
Why the biggest, fattest Indian wedding aka the Ambani extravaganza was also a humbling experience
Sandip Roy, The Hindu, 19 July 2024
Betraying Ignorance of Political Economy: Tragic Functioning of Manipur Government
Amar Yumnam, Imphal Times, 29 July 2024
The key to India’s economy? Making women safer
John Reed and Jyotsna Singh, Financial Times, 30 September 2024
The City University of New York and Association for India's Development: 21 October 2024, New York, United States
