What Chetan Bhagat has said about Economic inequality in India
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 29, 2026
Chetan Bhagat, Indian novelist, columnist and former investment banker, author of Five Point Someone and 2 States, has been quoted on Economic inequality in India 2 times in 1 episode of Tomorrow, Today, most recently on September 29, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Bhagat says entry-level salaries for graduates have barely changed since he left IIT in 1995.
“I remember when I was in IIT, I mean, 95, the salaries when we were getting out were like same one and a half, two lakhs a year. It's still the same”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 27:56
Bhagat argues many Indians are content with low aspiration as long as data and food remain cheap.
“In Hindi, they call it sasta data, sasta atta. Which means data is cheap and dough, flour is cheap”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 29:44
Episodes
India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow TodayTomorrow, Today · Sep 29, 2026 · 2 h 9 min
Shekhar Natarajan and novelist Chetan Bhagat discuss India's gig economy, education, inequality, AI governance and creativity, fame, and Bhagat's life story.
Chetan Bhagat on other topics
- Artificial intelligence · 3 quotes
- Artificial intelligence in creative writing · 3 quotes
- Fame · 2 quotes
- Engineering education in India · 2 quotes
- Universal basic income · 1 quote
- Gig economy in India · 1 quote