His father’s last earned salary of Rs 7,000 contrasts significantly with the Rs 1 lakh Kishore himself makes as a personal trainer. Sitting on the rocks facing the sea, Kishore and I listened to the voices of the crowd bubbling with excitement. Like Café Coffee Days (‘CCDs’), fashion outlets of American brands such as Levi’s and Nike, and fast-food restaurants, gyms were ‘suddenly’ everywhere, Kishore remembers. Their education will invariably have been in English, probably at a convent school with a network of similarly positioned people. Kishore’s upward trajectory is marked by seeking to close an economic gap as well as a social and cultural one.

Source: Huffington Post August 24, 2020 03:56 UTC