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THE MIDDLE CLASS
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Land of spiritualism, Maharajas, Snake Charmers and the Great Indian Middle Class
ABHIJIT BHATLEKAR
1,000 million Indians. 400 million don’t eat as much as they should. 350 million are neither rich nor poor. Ergo: 250 million are The Great Indian Middle Class.
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TRIBHUVAN TIWARI
Not all windows open out to the Taj, not all of us bathe in Benaras, not all of us spit fire and dance. But who will tell the firangs that a land of snaker-charmers we aren’t?
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LAND OF SPIRITUALISM
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PRASHANT PANJIAR
Why do the firangs wander our streets searching for means to wash their sins? Why do they think God is India, for if he was, would our per capita income be a few hundred rupees?
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PRASHANT PANJIAR
India may be a Republic for 51 years now, and kings and princes may be gone for as many years. But the Maharaja Myth burns bright.
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