While India should be concerned about disparities, the fact is that whereas three decades ago about half the people had incomes greater than $2.15 a day, today seven out of eight do, notes T N......
Dr Manmohan Singh would be faced with very few choices in Beijing given the Chinese conceived notions of the world today and India’s low ranking in their calculus, says Srikanth Kondapalli.......
'He is the man,' US President Barack Obama had said at a G-20 gathering, enhancing Lula's stature.Six years later, has Brazil's impressive economic growth turned to sand?Will a President, who......
'Modi is the first BJP leader to try to include Dalits in its fold.''But the rank and file of his party is backward and want to bash up Muslims and Dalits whenever they have a chance.' In Raisina......
The issue of class and privilege has been in the news in the US lately, with The New York Times running a serieson the topic and the Wall Street Journal carrying some stories as well. The......
The drop was amplified by exchange rate depreciation: at fixed exchange rates, the loss would have been 2.1%. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Covid-19 pandemic that brought life to a near......
There are some countries where income inequality is high, which means there is a big difference between the top and bottom earners, while there are nations that have low income inequality. Let's......
The average Chinese family's assets in 2012 were valued at 439,000 yuan ($66,596). One per cent of Chinese households own one-third of the nation's total assets, vastly increasing the gap between......
With India witnessing massive economic growth, there is a feeling that the gap between the rich and the poor is getting increasingly bigger. While it is true that the rich are getting richer, is......
As the latest War on Wasteful Weddings suggests, the issue has come to acquire an enduring significance as middle class incomes and lifestyles scale new heights of opulence, the band of crorepatis......