Is Gurgaon worth living in? Or, for that matter, is a fancy apartment in Koramangala or a gated colony in South Delhi? For much of the time, most of the year, those who have done well enough – thanks to circumstances, inheritance, luck and, of course, hard work – to buy their way out of the tribulations that the majority of Indians suffer through don’t even really ask the question. We can go from an air-conditioned private vehicle – Ubers and Olas included – to an air-conditioned office, looking at the heat, sun and those who live on the street through tinted sunglasses. Our children do not need much from the state – their school is private, their care and that of the home often outsourced, wholly or in substantial measure, to the “help”. Healthcare can be afforded and availed in private hospitals that rival hotels in their swankiness.

Lives of luxury that would be unfathomable to most of our counterparts in the West, made possible by........

© Indian Express