Demographics

'IT Providers Should Use Advanced Customer Segmentation Methods'

The most productive application of updated segmentation is lead management - particularly automated lead scoring.

Religious Census 2011 sucks: Hindu population may even now be overstated

Our religious Census 2011, which is being leaked by interested parties, shows that the data methodology may be seriously overcounting Hindus and undercounting Christians and Muslims.

How India is set to become a big player in global consumption

India currently accounts for 3.3 percent of the world's total consumption of $40 trillion. But a combination of factors - consumption growth, demographics, and the appetite of the ordinary consumer might just catapult India to the big league.

India can outpace China, but it needs a bit of 'Mao magic'

A young population is India's strength, but it still needs investments in human capital if it is to leverage them to economic advantage. Enter Mao Zedong...

5 reasons why we needn't panic over falling child-sex ratio

Census 2011 has renewed concerns over a continuously falling child sex ratio. But like every other demographic trend, this will reverse once couples rework their cost-benefit calculus. Not to worry.

Kill the girl child, let the woman live

Even as India continues to kill off its girl children even before they are born, those that are born tend to live longer.

Why the world wants old people to 'hurry up and die'

A Japanese Minister whipped up a storm recently by wishing that the old and the unwell would "hurry up and die" in order to save expenses on their life-support. That sentiment is evidently shared In parts of India, where a crude form of euthanasia is practised.