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Sunday, June 14, 2026
TopicInequality

Topic: inequality

Are smart cities really for the better? Promise, gaps and the problem of proof

While smart cities have boosted life satisfaction for residents in some parts of world, in others, communities don’t have access to basic resources, let alone novel technologies.

What are Indians watching? More screens, less equality, says study

Indians are watching more frequently but in shorter, more distracted bursts.

7 in 10 Indians believe religious & caste discrimination is a big problem in India—Pew Research

In survey spanning 36 countries, Pew Research tried to ascertain what people thought were major causes of inequality. In India, more people blamed automation than in most other countries.

Heat is unequal. Summer water crisis affects Geeta Colonies, not Vasant Vihars

Unlike a tsunami or an earthquake or flooding, where death and destruction are violently visible, heatwaves are not considered natural disasters in India.

SubscriberWrites: Wealth of a Nation is not measured in gold or money

In the process of wealth assessment, there is a need to distinguish between poverty and inequality. Poverty is an economic construct.

SubscriberWrites: Snakes and ladders or only snakes? Examining the inequality in India

The long-run income inequality dynamics in India over the period of 1951-2022 has seen an increasing graph of the share of the top 10% population touching nearly 60% in recent years.

How globalisation in last quarter century has coincided with falling inequality & poverty in India

3 decades ago, half the people in India had incomes greater than $2.15 a day. Today 7 out of 8 do. Unemployment, though, remains a problem with no easy answer to providing well-paying jobs.

Climate change deadlier than cancer, widening gap between haves, have-nots, says new UN study

Global warming has had a negative effect on livelihoods, labour efficiency and increased energy consumption — all of which trigger a cycle of adverse climatic impact, the report says.

Covid-induced migration ‘was a shock’, economist blames ‘failure to understand inequality’

In a new book ‘Dynamics of difference', put together over a period of four years, economist Narendra Pani attempts to spell out the different levels of inequality in rural India.

‘Running Boy’ Pradeep Mehra’s overnight fame shows India’s obsession with merit and success

Feeding the idea ‘hard work will give rewards’, in a country where ‘a chaiwala can become a PM’, helps stave off questions about inequality.

On Camera

Queer protesters refuse to be a meme. Armed with painted nails & defiance

Attacks against the queer community are launched with twin purposes: to strike the fear of endless memefication in the hearts of trans people and dismiss the political movement they’re a part of.

Pakistan’s Economic Survey celebrates stability, its Budget for FY27 shows how fragile that stability is

Pakistan is seeing stabilisation without transformation, satisfied creditors without serving citizens & its most lauded fiscal achievement is deteriorating, even before it's fully realised.

Yet another AN-32 crash. Replacement of aging fleet planned since mid-2000s could see movement soon

The primary task of the over 100 AN-32s with the IAF is to deliver all that is needed for sustenance of soldiers across the country, from high altitude and mountainous terrain to the island chains.

Five challenges await Modi. First, he must shake off the past and Nehru

It’s a perfectly reasonable presumption that Modi will be around for a significant enough time for us to reflect on the challenges that lie ahead. I will list five.