Rupa Subramanya


Rupa Subramanya is a Mumbai-based economist and co-author of Indianomix: Making Sense of Modern India. Follow her on Twitter: @rupasubramanya.
Articles by Rupa Subramanya
Indian people living in the US gather in support outside the White House, where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with US President Barack Obama in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2014. Modi launched his Washington visit late on Monday at a private dinner hosted by Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the ornate Blue Room of the White House. He came to Washington after wowing members of the Indian diaspora in New York and making his debut at the United Nations General Assembly, following his Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) landslide election win in May. AFP PHOTO/MLADEN ANTONOV        (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)
Indian people living in the US gather in support outside the White House, where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with US President Barack Obama in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2014. Modi launched his Washington visit late on Monday at a private dinner hosted by Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the ornate Blue Room of the White House. He came to Washington after wowing members of the Indian diaspora in New York and making his debut at the United Nations General Assembly, following his Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) landslide election win in May. AFP PHOTO/MLADEN ANTONOV (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 28:  Google senior vice president of product Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address during the 2015 Google I/O conference on May 28, 2015 in San Francisco, California. The annual Google I/O conference runs through May 29.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 28: Google senior vice president of product Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address during the 2015 Google I/O conference on May 28, 2015 in San Francisco, California. The annual Google I/O conference runs through May 29. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers his speech during the 46th Indian Labour Conference in New Delhi on July 20, 2015.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 46th Indian Labour Conference as well as dedicated the National Career Service (NCS) portal to the nation and launched health reforms of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation of India (ESIC) in New Delhi.    AFP PHOTO/ PRAKASH SINGH        (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers his speech during the 46th Indian Labour Conference in New Delhi on July 20, 2015. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 46th Indian Labour Conference as well as dedicated the National Career Service (NCS) portal to the nation and launched health reforms of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation of India (ESIC) in New Delhi. AFP PHOTO/ PRAKASH SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)
India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate and western Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi (2nd L) interacts with India's Madhya Pradesh state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (2nd R) after offficiating the solar energy plant at Bhagwanpura, Diken district Neemuch, some 480 kms from Madhya Pradesh' state capital Bhopal, on February 26, 2014. Modi inaugurated the solar energy plant which is spread over 1,000 acres of land. AFP PHOTO/STR        (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate and western Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi (2nd L) interacts with India's Madhya Pradesh state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (2nd R) after offficiating the solar energy plant at Bhagwanpura, Diken district Neemuch, some 480 kms from Madhya Pradesh' state capital Bhopal, on February 26, 2014. Modi inaugurated the solar energy plant which is spread over 1,000 acres of land. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
An Indian beggar waits for donations as Muslim devotees walk towards Eid-Ul-Fitr prayers at a mosque in Agartala on August 9, 2013.  Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO/ ARINDAM DEY        (Photo credit should read ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images)
An Indian beggar waits for donations as Muslim devotees walk towards Eid-Ul-Fitr prayers at a mosque in Agartala on August 9, 2013. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO/ ARINDAM DEY (Photo credit should read ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images)
Indian Prime Miniser Narendra Modi (C) launches the "Make In India" project as Minister for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitaraman looks on in New Delhi on September 25, 2014. Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged September 25 to slash red tape and harness the benefits of a huge young population as he launched a campaign to attract global business to manufacture in India. India's business-friendly new leader wants to revive his country's flagging economic fortunes by kickstarting a manufacturing sector long eclipsed by that of neighbouring China.  AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN        (Photo credit should read RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Indian Prime Miniser Narendra Modi (C) launches the "Make In India" project as Minister for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitaraman looks on in New Delhi on September 25, 2014. Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged September 25 to slash red tape and harness the benefits of a huge young population as he launched a campaign to attract global business to manufacture in India. India's business-friendly new leader wants to revive his country's flagging economic fortunes by kickstarting a manufacturing sector long eclipsed by that of neighbouring China. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN (Photo credit should read RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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