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Westland announces acquisition of The New BJP by journalist Nalin Mehta
FirstpostPublishing house Westland Publications announced the acquisition of the book The New BJP: Modi and the Making of the World’s Largest Political Party by journalist and social scientist Nalin Mehta today. The book uses AI to find patters in data and introduces three indices: The Mehta-Singh Social Index: studies caste composition of India’s political parties The Narad Index: looks at communication patters across topics and audiences, and The PollNiti: connects political and economic datasets. Commenting on the acquisition, Nalin Mehta said, “In a deeply polarised polity where TV news channels only shout to the converted on either side and where social media is deeply split into echo-chambers, I have deliberately chosen in this book to keep aside personal value judgments. This book sheds new light on the modes of political power in India, the mechanics of BJP’s election triumphs, the role of technology in politics, how the party won power nationally and what this portends for Indian politics.” It will be published in October 2021.
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