>>I am aware that middle class in India may be different than in the US As an Indian I can tell you, To give you a true perspective almost every one rich in In

>>I am aware that middle class in India may be different than in the US As an Indian I can tell you, To give you a true perspective almost every one rich in India apart from Ambanis and Tata(Kind of Rockfellers and Rothschilds of India) think they are from the middle class. The super poor in India die out of hunger. Farmers commit suicide day in and out. The lower middle class barely gets any education and nearly die fighting for opportunity all their lives. The middle class is a little above that. I can tell you stories of how difficult and crappy my child hood and teenage here was. And we were considered middle class. The fact that you can start a company in India, and do it relatively comfortably to have your parents support your through, pay your college fees, have a car, and give you comfortable cozy home to live means you are easily among the rich. In India middle class is an heavily overloaded terminology.