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Paul Brimble

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PhD student in economics at Michigan 🇺🇸 From 🇬🇧+🇹🇭; previously lived in 🇹🇭🇰🇭🇬🇧🇷🇼 pbrimble.github.io

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

🆕 The Sunday morning broadcast that changed Indian democracy Dean Yang (University of Michigan), Alessandro Saia (University of Bologna), @akhila-kovvuri.bsky.social (Stanford University), Resuf Ahmed & Paul Brimble discuss how a TV broadcast strengthened Hindu identity: ow.ly/Fple50Yosha

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The Sunday morning broadcast that changed Indian democracy

A religious television broadcast strengthened Hindu identity in 1980s India, catalysing lasting electoral shifts, conflict, and institutional change.

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Dean Yang @deanyang.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

At Princeton BREAD conference, my co-authors @pbrimble.bsky.social & Akhila Kovvuri will present our paper on the political economy impacts of the Ramayan TV show in India! 1 pm US ET, tomorrow Fri May 2. Watch on Zoom: princeton.zoom.us/j/93399992221 ibread.org/conference/b... #EconSky #Ramayan

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BREAD Conference on Development, Princeton, May 2-3, 2025 – BREAD

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The Hindu @thehindu.com · 11/02/2025

How the Ramayan TV show helped shape a singular nationwide Hindu identity www.thehindu.com/society/how-...

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How the Ramayan TV show helped shape a singular nationwide Hindu identity

Study on impact of Ramayan TV series on Hindu nationalism in India, exploring cultural, social, and political outcomes.

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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

The smash 80s serial "Ramayan," based on the Hindu epic, transformed the public sphere in India. An @nberpubs.bsky.social DiD working paper analyzing TV signal strength reveals it had lasting effects on culture, violence, and election outcomes. @pbrimble.bsky.social @deanyang.bsky.social #EconSky

Photo of The Ramayan, a screengrab from The Hindu archives.

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NBER @nber.org · 05/02/2025

Exposure to a 1987–88 TV adaptation of a Hindu epic strengthened religious identity, increased Hindu-Muslim conflict in the short run, and raised longer-run Hindu nationalist electoral success, from Ahmed, Brimble, Kovvuri, Saia, and Yang www.nber.org/papers/w33417

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