The government’s political calculus seems to favour the affluent and the marginalised, while largely disregarding India's middle class and its aspirations and concerns.
A growing brigade of young Indians is trading military and govt job dreams for a steady paycheck as private guards. For many, it’s better than working for Swiggy, Zomato, Amazon.
Pew study says Covid pandemic and its economic fall out saw global middle class population reduce by 54 million, South Asia sees highest increase in poverty numbers.
The millions of poor going home are a wonderful new generation of aspirational, working-class Indians. Modi and his government didn’t account for their fate.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
No governments cater to the middle class. All indulge in competitive socialism. Freebies, subsidies, reservation, loan waivers, and corruption are the staples of governments.
Everyone remembers the middle class and the tax payer, when out of power.
No governments cater to the middle class. All indulge in competitive socialism. Freebies, subsidies, reservation, loan waivers, and corruption are the staples of governments.
Well, the assumption here is that the Middle Class feels forgotten and exploited.
To the naked eye, it seems as if the Middle Class is quite happy dancing outside mosques on Ram Navami and digging under mosques to find temples.