Book Launch and Panel Discussion

UChicago Center in Delhi

While there is overwhelming support for democracy in India and voter turnout is higher than in many Western democracies, there are low levels of trust in political parties and elected representatives. Authored by Dr. Ronojoy Sen, this book is an attempt to look beyond Indian elections, which has increasingly occupied analysts and commentators. It focuses on the Lok Sabha (The House of the People), comprising 543 members directly elected for five years by a potential 800 million plus voters in 2019.

Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Time: 5:30 - 7:30 pm IST 

Schedule: 

• Book Launch by Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha

Panel Discussion:

• Neera Chandhoke, Professor of political science, Delhi University
• Madan Lokur, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
• Ronojoy Sen, Author
• Alex Travelli (moderator): India correspondent and Asia news editor, The Economist

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About the Author: Ronojoy Sen is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies and the South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore. He has worked for over a decade with leading Indian newspapers, most recently as an Editor for The Times of India. He is the author of Articles of Faith: Religion, Secularism, and the Indian Supreme Court (Oxford, 2010) and Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India (Columbia University Press/Penguin, 2015). He has a PhD in political science from the University of Chicago and read history at Presidency College.