Understanding India through data: The Data for India project ft Rukmini S

Today, my guest is Rukmini S. Rukmini is an independent data journalist based in Chennai. She and her team have built DataForIndia.com, which aims to expand everyone’s understanding of India through data. The project takes public data, makes it usable, and helps consumers derive descriptions and insights about the country. Rukmini has also authored the book “Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India”.
In this episode, I will talk to Rukmini about the monumental effort behind Data for India and why it is important now, her experience working as a data journalist in newsrooms, and the challenges faced along the way during building the project. Please do like, share, and subscribe to this podcast, Shortcast Over Coffee, on top podcast platforms like UA-cam, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc.

[@sharmishtha_pal]

Wonderful discussion on the nuances of data collection and analysis! It's easy to forget how much effort and research can potentially go into presenting any data and in our everyday consumption of content and data, we tend to overlook the nuances and conscious/unconscious bias that accompany any survey or analysis! Great insight into how complicated this process is ... Quite intriguing to think even a 'household' definition can vary so much!

[@doraiswamyr1643]

👍👏👌

[@naman12977]

Mam what topic u talk about

[@naman12977]

Hi

[@naman12977]

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[@puthiyakavuvijayan]

too lengthy and crude...🤝