Rukmini, S. <br/><br/>
Whole numbers and half truths: what data can and cannot tell us about modern India 

 - Chennai:  Context,  2021. 
 - xiv, 326p.;hb.  ill.  23cm. 
<br/><br/> In Whole Numbers and Half-Truths, data-journalism pioneer Rukmini S. draws on nearly two decades of on-ground reporting experience to piece together a picture that looks nothing like the one you might expect. There is a mountain of data available in India, but it remains opaque, hard to access, and harder yet to read, and it does not inform public conversation. Rukmini marshals this information—some of it never before reported—alongside probing interviews with experts and ordinary citizens, to see what the numbers can tell us about India. As she interrogates how data works, and how the push and pull of social and political forces affect it, she creates a blueprint to understand the changes of the last few years and the ones to come—a toolkit for India.<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789391234676 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Demography<br/>Voting rights<br/>Living standard--India<br/>Migration--India<br/>Data Economics<br/>Money Expenditure--India
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.90954  / RUK