Topic: middle class
New Indian Muslim middle class is privately religious, barely political
The new Muslim middle class in India is neither a victim nor a threat.
The term ‘Muslim middle class’ in India goes against the present day ‘politi...
As BJP’s Hindutva grew, India’s pleasure-seeking middle classes looked away
It is futile for liberals to look for political space in this middle class – Gandhi and Nehru are, for them, just names from a lost world.
India maybe revolutionising, but when it comes to marriage, ‘middle-class morality’ wins
Author Flock says Indian middle class wants to push boundaries while maintaining a certain status.
PM Modi will meet his fall in the same middle class that voted him to power
Ironically, it was the same aspirant middle class with materialistic ambitions that had welcomed Dr Singh in 1991, but grew tired of him by 2014.
India has to grow at 8% for 30 years to achieve middle class status
The global middle class is typically defined as having daily consumption expenditure levels of above $10 (in terms of PPP), which is almost Rs 650.
Middle of Nowhere Class: When just 2.56% pay 100% of India’s income tax & govt wants more
Governments treat the middle classes rudely and squeeze taxes out of them as they are the usual suspects – without lobbies or electoral power.
The great Indian middle class, in charts
Three economists, Neelanjan Sircar, Devesh Kapur, and Milan Vaishnav went around India asking: 'Do you call yourself middle class?'
Three economists went around India asking: do you call yourself middle class?
The emergence of the Indian middle class has received much attention, but there’s no one authoritative way of defining what it means to be ‘middle class’.
India’s ‘Raja Beta’ culture: Here are five ways to raise your boys
The ‘Raja Beta’ culture is a heady, intoxicating mix of power and anger, and gives birth to unkind men who think their worth is limited to their conquests.
Sabarimala opens tomorrow: Bracing for street attacks on women or is SC order unworkable?
The Sabarimala shrine in Kerala is set to open its gates Wednesday to women of all age groups for the first time after the Supreme Court ruling last month. Seve...
