The paradox is familiar to millions of urban Indians. Pay slips look respectable, promotions arrive on time, yet savings ...

This scene is familiar to millions: dinner on the stove, children wrapping up homework, phone reminders for office meetings next morning. This is what normal looks like ...

As the budget deadline approaches, the expectations of ordinary working people and middle-class families are rising. Let's find out what the Indian middle class hopes for the government... The middle ...

In 1980, neither China nor India had much representation in the “global middle class” — people who neither belong to the bottom half of the income distribution nor rank among the top 10% worldwide.

Debating whether 3 lakh rupees makes someone an “Indian-equivalent lakhpati” misses the larger truth. The real story is not about currency conversion, but about economic decay.

Upper middle class homeowners have the means to invest in more luxurious features compared to middle class individuals. At first glance, it might not look like there are that many differences between ...