THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MIDDLE CLASS IN INDIA
What does it mean to be middle class in India today? Let me try to elaborate on a simple consumer-based criterion to describe the middle class - ownership of a…
PANDEMIC EFFECT – ‘32 MILLION INDIANS EXIT MIDDLE CLASS’
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed about 32 million Indians out of the middle class, while job losses pushed millions into poverty, according to a report by the US-based Pew Research…
MAKING SENSE OF THE WORLD
There is so much happening around us and with the accompanying noise, it gets difficult to make sense of the issues. It is imperative to see things in perspective while…
A PAGE FROM A MIDDLE CLASS GIRL’S DIARY
“Mom, what’s wrong?” I finally asked. It has been a few days since she was not talking to me properly. “Why are you so quiet? Have I done something wrong?”…
“MIDDLE CLASS MUST VOTE IF THEY WANT TO BE HEARD”
In conversation with Middle Class Hub, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Assistant Audit Officer, Indian Audit and Accounts Department, talks about the importance of the Indian middle class, and the challenges and…
IT’S SUGAR, HONEY; AND IT’S A CRIME
The honey we eat because of its intrinsic goodness is adulterated with sugar syrup. This adulteration cannot be caught because Chinese companies have “designed” the sugar syrup so that it…