Religion, Caste, and the Politics of Food in Contemporary India

• In Event: Religion and Politics in India

Brief Overview

Focusing on India under the Hindu nationalist BJP, we draw on panel data of household consumption and a survey experiment to explore whether, and how, political power can transform religious practices among both majority and minority groups.

Authors

• Sebastian Lucek, Stanford University

• Deepika Padmanabhan, Yale University

• Radha Sarkar, Tecnologico de Monterrey