Also by Varna Sri Raman
A few projects that share this book’s preoccupations—how a country is measured, and who decides what counts.
A data-driven reading of India’s economy from 2004 to 2026. Interactive charts and three original indices—Statistical Suppression, Fiscal Centralization and Democratic Quality—set beside the headline growth figures to ask how the numbers are made, and who decides what counts.
Two hundred and five choropleth maps across 36 states and union territories and twelve themes—health, the economy, gender, education, religion, food and the environment—showing how much the national average hides, and why one policy rarely fits a country this varied.
A free, open-source platform for the people doing the work: courses, interactive studios, games and data tools in development economics and policy, built for practitioners across South Asia—with no paywalls on its core content.
A crowdsourced visual archive of the posters, placards and photography of India’s protest movements—preserving what the movements said, while automatically obscuring the faces of those who said it.
Varna Sri Raman · The Measurement Trap