India's Middle Class Has Shrunk by a Quarter. Here's Proof
India's Middle Class Has Shrunk by a Quarter. Here's Proof
New data on middle class decline, healthcare barriers for trans people, and the impact of a Donald Trump win on India-US relations.
India's middle class is shrinking. We knew it anecdotally. Now, the latest data released by the tax department has confirmed it – don't miss senior journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty's deep dive. Behind the festive rush lie cancelled trains, delays, and crores earned through cancellations – Shadab Moizee unpacks this crisis in the latest episode of 'Janab Aise Kaise?'. From trade to immigration to human rights, what's at stake if Donald Trump wins the 2024 US elections? Sakshat Chandok decodes. In 2014, the Supreme Court noted that trans people face a ‘pronounced discrimination in the field of healthcare'. Ten years on, queer people talk to Pratikshya Mishra about how they continue to face stigma to the point that they would rather avoid accessing healthcare than disclose their gender or sexual identity.
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