Talk by Dr. Maya Tudor on her recently published book (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Dr.Tudor is University Lecturer in Government and Public Policy, St. Hilda's College, Oxford University and has worked as a Special Assistant to Chief Economist, Joseph Stiglitz at The World Bank

Discussant: Prof. Sumit Ganguly, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University and holds the university's Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations

Based on her 2010 dissertation which won the American Political Science Association's Gabriel Almond Prize for Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics, the book investigates the origins of India and Pakistan's puzzling regime divergence in the aftermath of colonial independence.