--- title: Yamini Aiyar | TIME description: Yamini Aiyar is a Visiting Professor of Practice at Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. canonical: https://time.com/author/yamini-aiyar/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/yamini-aiyar/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Yamini Aiyar ## Yamini Aiyar Yamini Aiyar is a Visiting Professor of Practice at Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. ## Yamini Aiyar *  Jul 29, 2026 ### [How India’s Young Faced Down Modi](https://time.com/article/2026/07/29/india-cockroach-youth-protests-unemployment-modi/) The young are searching for a new political grammar rooted in democracy and accountability. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":"summary\_large\_image","\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/yamini-aiyar/","name":"Yamini Aiyar"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/yamini-aiyar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/yamini-aiyar/"},"name":"Yamini Aiyar","jobTitle":"","description":"Yamini Aiyar is a Visiting Professor of Practice at Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University.","url":"https://time.com/author/yamini-aiyar/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```