Mapping India's Gross Domestic Behaviour
A pioneering survey reveals some startling truths about our civic and social attitudes. Awareness and education remain key to bring about change
Civic behaviour | Gauging the conscience quotient
India's civic values exhibit stark contrasts across states—while some lay complete store by integrity and responsibility, others are marred by corruption and ethical ambiguity
The compliance conundrum | Guest column by Dipankar Gupta
Indians know civic responsibility but often don’t practise it. This survey reveals the disconnect between awareness and real-world behaviour
Public safety | The fear factor
The GDB survey results on public safety expose a diverse range of challenges, each demanding nuanced, state-specific solutions
A battle to win their trust | Guest column by Vikram Singh
The public safety survey reveals a nation neither wholly secure nor entirely anxious but rather existing in a curious state of in-between—a patchwork quilt of confidence and concern
Gender attitudes | Cracks in equality
While Indian society embraces gender equality in education and employment, entrenched patriarchy continues to shape household decisions and personal freedoms for women
A question of agency | Guest column by Rakhee Kalita Moral
The survey brings up concerning trends for women whose competence, qualification or potential agency are blunted in order that they conform within the patriarchal stronghold
Diversity and discrimination | The slow blurring of boundaries
Caste or religious discrimination find fewer takers, but the boundaries stay firm when it comes to marriage outside faith or caste group
A gradual move towards inclusivity | Guest column by Ravinder Kaur
Surprising results from several states—on religion and employment, for instance—point at softening attitudes on old divisions. The most liberal of our communities reside in all corners of the country
