India's population decline is coming sooner and faster than expected
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The Economist
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Summary
India's population growth is slowing and expected to decline faster than anticipated, as illustrated by the story of Parul Gayen, who witnessed a dramatic shift from large families in 1970s Delhi to her own children choosing to have only one child each. Despite widespread poverty, high marriage rates, and relatively young mothers, fertility rates are not being sustained at replacement levels.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledIn the sprawling slum in Delhi where Parul Gayen lived in the 1970s, children were everywhere.
Of the couple's three grown-up kids, only two decided to have children of their own. Both stopped at one.
One child feels lonely, she says.
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