Interactive data journalism
A Playground For India’s Data — Not A Reading List.
No rhetoric, just data — we archive India’s story in visualisation: how the country is governed, financed and run, one chart at a time. A companion to Polity & Policy on Substack.
1.97 billion barrels a year, 88.6% of it imported, nearly half through a single strait — the anatomy of India’s oil dependence, told act by act.
Enter the story Interactive toolFive years of daily data — what petrol would cost if the pump chased global crude, against what you actually paid, to the day, across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.
Visualise DataHow India wired 35 nations into one grid for semiconductors, rare earths and critical minerals — a scrollytelling map, one country at a time.
Travel the map Interactive toolTrack every state’s economy from 2014–25 — levels, year-on-year growth and compound growth, side by side.
Visualise Data Interactive toolHow states spend — running costs versus building assets. Capex share, levels, share of GSDP and growth.
Visualise Data Interactive toolPit any two states against each other across ten fiscal measures that decide whether a government is solvent.
Visualise Data Interactive toolOne state against all 27 others across ten fiscal measures — the whole board in a single view, with a headline verdict.
Visualise Data Interactive toolTwo-thirds of those present and voting. Move every party For, Against or Abstain and watch the bar for the 131st Amendment move with them.
Visualise Data Interactive toolCompare states on any spending head — education, health, roads, police, welfare — in revenue or capital, total or per person.
Visualise Data Interactive toolHow much of each state’s budget is locked into salaries, pensions and interest — versus building things. Every head as a share of total spending.
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