Inequality
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Bharat is a different country
Sets out Census 2011 deprivation indicators showing that 69 per cent of Indians live in rural Bharat, where most households lack tap water, drainage, toilets and clean cooking fuel, far…
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Economy
How big is Indian Middle Class? From Laptops to Motorbikes: 10-20%
Answering a reader’s question on how big South Asia’s middle class is by global standards, the poster uses Census 2011 household data on amenities and possessions to estimate that India’s…
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Economy
10 mil millionaires
A short comment on the USA’s 10 million dollar millionaires, up 58 per cent since 2008, with the poster arguing that skin colour matters less to them than to the…
