TCPD Columns is an online space dedicated to publish data-driven pieces on various aspects of Indian politics. The articles are grounded in the datasets made publicly available on TCPD’s website. Articles published so far have drawn on data from our flagship data portal on elections – Lok Dhaba – and other datasets covering the Governors of India, Indian Council of Ministers, and Individual Incumbency across states. The distinguishing feature about TCPD Columns is that it is meant to be accessible to anyone who stumbles upon it. And as such we ensure that the articles are readable without unnecessary details. This model is inspired by the award-winning online magazine, Political Violence at a Glance. We have drawn upon their submission guidelines, of course with their permission, and hope that TCPD Columns becomes a go-to source for people interested in accessible and jargon-free articles about Indian politics.
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- Normalization of the Nominated: Investigating the political activity of the Nominated Members to the Rajya Sabha
- Turncoats: State Politics or National Ideology?
- The Metric of Merit: Comparing the Sociological and Educational Backgrounds of IAS Officers and Rajya Sabha Members
- Who are our politicians? A socio-economic glimpse of Karnataka’s MLAs from the 2010s
- Rise to Power: An In-Depth Look at the 2022 Delhi Municipal Elections
- Call to Action: The Political Representation of Women in Telangana
- Internet and Communications: Analysis of the Question Hour Indian Parliament Dataset (Lok Sabha – 16th Term)
- Profiling India’s Presidents: Exploring Political, Educational and Gender Backgrounds
- “Muslim” Concerns in Indian Parliament
- Understanding the Rajya Sabha through the TCPD-RSD dataset
- Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election Through the Lens of Vote Share Between INC and BJP
- The Privilege of Education
- Experience over Education: Has the Educational Attainment of IAS Officers changed since the 1960s?
- Yes, Ma’am: Career Trajectories of Female IAS Officers from 1951-1979
- Exploring education in the Indian Administrative Service
- Women in Bureaucracy: An Analysis of IAS Recruitment Data (2011 – 2020)
- Exploring Women’s Participation and Representation: Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat
- Anti-Incumbency in West Bengal
- Fielding ‘new’ faces : First-timers and turncoats in Punjab assembly elections
- Gender Politics in Nagaland
- Multi-Party Presence in Haryana State Politics: An Exploratory Piece
- Betting on Greener Pastures?
- An analysis of women contestants from 1962-2022
- Who are our politicians? Exploring the socio-economic backgrounds of women politicians in Uttar Pradesh
- How competitive are Punjab’s Assembly Elections? | Here’s what ENOP tells us
- An Analysis of Political Backgrounds of Contesting Candidates in Goa Elections 2022
- Decoding Regional Strongholds in Punjab
- On Women Dynasts and Widows’ Succession in Indian Politics
- What does the recent increase in participation of women voters mean for BJP?
- 2022 Uttar Pradesh Elections — Examining the Digital Presence of Political Parties
- Representation Through the Lens of Language – Examining the Language Proficiency of IAS Officers
- Punjab 2022 Elections – Preliminary insights from social media
- Exploring AAP’s entry into Punjab Politics in 2017
- Cabinet Data – On Reshuffles and Stability
- Chief Ministers Tenures and Political Stability in Assam
- Exploring the Representation of Women in Haryana State Politics
- Southern Leaders : An Analysis of the Tenures of Chief Ministers of South India (Part 1 – Andhra Pradesh)
- Demonstrating Women Under-representation in Kerala state politics
- High Activism and Low Political Participation of Women in Assam
- Women Politicians in Tamil Nadu
- Exploring Governors’ Data
- Using Dashboards to visualise data
- State Assembly Terms and Chief Ministerial Tenures: Mapping Churn and Continuance Among Chief Ministers in India
- Surf: An Entity Mapping and Resolution System for Indian Names
- An Analysis of the Criminal Background of Political Candidates in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
- How do caste and religion affect the political representation of women in Kerala?
- Caste Demography of the Two Major Alliances in the 2021 Tamil Nadu State Elections
- Battlegrounds: Analyzing national and state level parties’ performances in Assam and West Bengal in the 21st century
- Kerala: An analysis of newcomers, turncoats and the stable political class
- Woman Power : Trends in the performance of women candidates in Assam and West Bengal over the years
- Analysing the TCPD-ICoM Dataset
- New Waves: Looking at the trend of newcomers in Assam’s politics
- The Fates of Defectors: Looking at the trend of political defections in West Bengal
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