A central case for economic growth of a country is because of the strong correlation between GDP/capita and quality of life that can translate to well

A critique of life in India - by Sitesh Shrivastava

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2024-09-05 20:30:08

A central case for economic growth of a country is because of the strong correlation between GDP/capita and quality of life that can translate to wellbeing in all aspects of lives of its citizens.

But for India, despite faster economic growth of past decades, it hasn’t increased people’s satisfaction with their life and in reality has rather consistently deteriorated.

But, if you stand on a public square in any city of India - you can confirm the general sentiment that majority of people are chronically in angry, frustrated or vacuous state.

A precondition before details below is acknowledging that India is extremely poor country. If you’re here, you’re likely in top 1% of income or wealth bracket of country where bottom 90% of population essentially lives at a subsistence level.

I spent first 25 years of my life entirely in India and most of last decade in Western world. So, I do have an insider / outsider perspective on relative state of affairs regarding the gap.