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Monographs and Edited Volumes
Divided We Govern
The Indian Ideology
Understanding India’s New Political Economy
Peer Reviewed Papers
Contesting the Right to Law: Courts and Constitutionalism in India and China
Minimum Government, Maximum Governance: The Restructuring Power in Modi’s India
Rethinking theories of institutional moderation - Hindu nationalism 1996-2004
India’s New Rights Agenda: Genesis, Promises, Risks
How the Politics of Recognition Enabled India’s Democratic Exceptionalism
Rethinking Institutional Theories of Political Moderation: The Case of Hindu Nationalism in India
Minimum Government Modi Managing the United Progressive Alliance - the challenges ahead
Policy Oriented Reports
Progress despite Regression: National Rural Health Mission in India
Enacting Socioeconomic Rights: Lessons from India
Governance and Development in Afghanistan
Local Perceptions of the State in Afghanistan
A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Development Effectiveness
Policy-Oriented Study of the Asian Developmental State and Poverty Reduction: Going Beyond History
The Opportunities and Challenges of Courting India
Public Essays
Modi’s Saffron Democracy
Dissent, Spring 2019
Pandemic failure, democratic backslide in India
OpenCanada, 15 July 2021
The BJP’s Drive for Hegemony
Dissent, 22 May 2024
Working Papers
A Progressive Juristocracy? The Unexpected Social Activism of India’s Supreme Court
The Role of Judgment in Explanations of Politics
A surprising convergence: the politics of India and China under Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping
The corrosion of democracy in India
When the dangers of backsliding may be greater than breakdown: reflections from India
Conference Presentations
The shifting dynamics of diaspora politics in Canada: towards a new framework
12 September 2025
Sanjay Ruparelia and Phil Triadafilopoulos (University of Toronto)
2025 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Vancouver)
Development, Education, Civil Society Collaboration
02 October 2025
Inaugural Indo-Pacific Forum, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
Assembling India’s Constitution: A New Democratic History
23 October 2025
53rd Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison