New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- India knows how to count the poor. From ration cards to multi-decade surveys such as the National Sample Survey , there are sophisticated systems to track deprivation - who's getting by, who's falling behind, who needs support.
But when it comes to the rich - or even just the securely well-off - we're oddly clueless.
This isn't just a data oversight. It's a conceptual blind spot in how we think about economic life. In a country where inequality is widening and wealth is concentrating, we still don't have a clear picture of who's doing well, how they live, and what that means for the rest of society.
What people own - and what that ownership says about their place in the social and economic hierarchy - is one of the ...