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Multi-part studies that build a dataset first and publish the findings as a series of research briefs, with the data and methods published alongside.
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Research project · Part 1 published; Parts 2 to 6 planned
Protest in India, 2000 to 2026
A six-part research series asking who is protesting in India, why now, who pays and who amplifies, and how much of it is engineered. Part 1 builds the dataset: ACLED demonstrations 2016 to 2026, the police agitation counts, NCRB rioting 1953 to 2024, internet shutdowns, strikes, an election calendar and a catalogue of 217 major protests with sources.
- Part 1: Are Indians protesting more? The counts, 2000 to 2026
- Part 2: The grievance baseline: jobs, exams, prices, farm incomes
- Part 3: The money: FCRA, foreign funding and what the documents show
- Part 4: The information layer: amplification, bots and the grey zone
- Part 5: Case studies: CAA, the farm laws, Manipur, Ladakh, the Cockroach Janta Party
- Part 6: The counter-case and the verdict