The Mystery of Short Indian Children

Published on July 30, 2026 3:23 PM GMTThis is a crosspost of the full text of The Mystery of Short Indian Children from In Development. If you enjoy the article, you can subscribe to In Development's substack here. Even as global progress against poverty seems to slow, India has remained a bright spot. In the last several decades, the now most populous country’s transformation has been nothing short of extraordinary, with per capita incomes increasing by over a factor of six in a quarter century...