By the 1980s, cinema glorified the Gunda —Amitabh Bachchan’s "Angry Young Man" was a rebel, but real-life counterparts like Mukhtar Ansari (UP) and Shahabuddin (Bihar) became legislators while in prison. The rose steadily during the 1990s as political parties began "ticketing" criminals because they brought three things: money, muscle, and a guaranteed voter turnout (through fear).

The gunda is the postcolonial subaltern who refuses to be a laborer. He understands that in a corrupt system, honesty is a hamster wheel. By stealing, he skips the line. The index celebrates a fantasy of primitive accumulation —getting rich through muscle, not merit.

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It assesses disparities between men and women in health (life expectancy), knowledge (schooling), and living standards (estimated earned income) .

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