Contrasting styles.

The Economic Times printed a proud list of men and women of Indian origin leading some of the largest and most well-known companies in the world. There must be many more because, "A total of 8,81,254 Indians have given up their citizenship since 2015, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed the Lok Sabha," money- control. In a way Indians are forced to give up citizenship because, "The Constitution of India does not allow holding Indian citizenship and citizenship of a foreign country simultaneously. Based on the recommendation of the High Level Committee on Indian Diaspora, the government of India decided to grant Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) commonly known as dual citizenship," Australian High Commission. "According to the Expat Insider 2021 survey by InterNations, 59 percent of Indians working abroad relocated for their career -- a much higher share than the global average, which is 47%," 35% have a bachelor's degree, 54% have a postgraduate/master's degree and 6% hold a PhD degree. The Annual Status of Education (ASER) 2018 showed that although school enrollment is almost 97.2%, "After five years of schooling, at age 10-11 years, just over half (51% of students) in India can read a grade two level text" (appropriate for 7-8 year olds), BS. It was 56% in 2008. Math ability was more dismal with, "Just 28% of grade V students able to do division, compared with 37% in 2008." Following lockdown, "At least 80 percent of children in India between the age group of 14-18 years reported lower levels of learning during COVID-19 pandemic than when physically at school, according to a UNICEF report," ET. "Why are children not learning what they should in  school?" asked Anurag Behar. Not because they are stupid, but because children from poor families are often hungry, they are exhausted by having to do chores at home and poor parents cannot provide the kind of support the rich can. A nation of extreme contrasts. Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, accused of killing 4 farmers by ramming them with his vehicle last October, is out on bail, HT. "The number of Indian undertrials lodged in the country's jails since 2015 has increased by over 30 percent while that of convicts has reduced by 15 percent, NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) data showed," ET. This maybe because people are being incarcerated under false charges of terrorism under the pernicious Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) which cannot be proved in court, Scroll. Campaigning in Uttar Pradesh (UP) Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that, under BJP rule, UP was "safe for women and full of opportunities", BBC. But, "Even before the pandemic, only 9.4% of UP's women worked, and official data shows that the number fell further in the past two years." "Police recorded nearly 50,000 crimes against women in UP in 2020," with 2,796 raped, 9,527 kidnapped, 2,302 killed for dowry and 23 doused by acid. An app called 'Bulli Bai' and a website called 'Sulli Deals' have published photographs of Muslim women for sale, BBC. With great respect, no doubt. Dollar millionaires with personal wealth of over Rs 70 million have increased by 11% during the pandemic, BS, while massive youth unemployment is leading to a "nowhere generation", BBC. Extreme contrasts. Good for some.