HarperCollins · 2021
The Art of Conjuring Alternate Realities
A clear-eyed guide to information warfare: how power, platforms and persuasion manufacture the realities we live inside.
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I study how ideas, data and power move people.
Shivam Shankar Singh is a bestselling author and political strategist whose work makes the hidden machinery of elections, information warfare and public opinion legible.
University of MichiganSchwarzman ScholarNational television panellist
240M+voters reached through campaigns
10+years across the political landscape
14Indian states
650volunteers managed
240Mvoters reached
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Inside the systems that shape what we believe.
Two acclaimed books bring rare campaign experience and rigorous analysis to the defining contests of our time.
Penguin · 2019
How to Win an Indian Election
An insider’s account of the data, organisation, messaging and political machinery behind winning campaigns in India.
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Strategy informed by the field—not the sidelines.
From managing data analytics for some of India’s largest political parties to building volunteer organisations across fourteen states, Shivam has worked where political theory meets execution.
His writing now explores the forces remaking democracy: data, technology, privacy, social media, political finance and the stories societies choose to believe.
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Ideas in public.
Long-form conversations, interviews and debates on elections, information warfare and democracy.
Manthan
How Information Warfare Shapes Your World
FifthEl
Weaponizing Data for Politics
Newslaundry
On Alternate Realities
The Seen and The Unseen
The Business of Winning Elections
NDTV
How to Fight Fake News
The Lallantop
The book and Bihar Elections
France 24
India Elections Special
India Today
The Economics of Election Funding
Mojo Story
Pegasus Phone Hacks: India’s Watergate?
Mirror Now
Are social-media giants political tools?
NewsClick
The Plummeting Standards of Indian Democracy
RSTV
One Candidate, One Seat
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A stellar examination of how modern conjurers apply the art of perception management to shape reality. A breath of fresh air, relevant to a global audience of laypersons and experts alike.
Cody Gentry BarrowFormer Senior Intelligence Officer, The PentagonA beguiling and fascinating story of the worlds we have created. Perhaps the most important battle of the century ahead will be the one for people’s minds.
Group Captain Keith DearFormer Advisor to the Prime Minister, UKA gripping account of the underworld of politics. The first-hand knowledge and experience of the author make it a mine of insights. A must-read.
S. Y. Quraishi17th Chief Election Commissioner of IndiaA brave insight, and essential reading for those following elections in India.
Shekhar GuptaSenior Journalist and Founder, ThePrintThrough his personal experience and insights into electoral campaigns, Singh takes a young Indian through a tough but exciting journey.
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