For @livemint, I looked at recent population projections for Indian states for the next 15 years, and I was struck by the generational divide that is coming up between India& #39;s north and south. Short thread follows:

Fifteen years from now, the median Tamil person will be over 40 while the median Bihari will be not yet 30. That& #39;s a considerable age gap, and it has widened further.

I& #39;ve written earlier about how fertility is declining all over the country, but Bihar isn& #39;t doing very well in pushing this decline, that is a product of rising incomes, and better access to health and education for women, forward https://www.livemint.com/news/india/as-india-moves-to-slow-population-growth-bihar-gets-left-behind-11594110050215.html">https://www.livemint.com/news/indi...

Well 15 years from now, Bihar will still not have achieved replacement fertility - and Kerala did this in 1998. That means 15 years from now, Bihari women will still be having more children than women from Kerala did over a generation before

We know broadly that these processes are taking place, but it& #39;s still quite something to picture how we& #39;re going to be quite nearly generations apart. The full piece is here: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/demographic-divide-between-north-and-south-set-to-widen-official-projections-11597820598319.html">https://www.livemint.com/news/indi...