As Indian-Americans, we’ve watched India make strides in tech, space and innovation — and the stirring news that nearly 270 million people have been lifted out of extreme poverty since 2011-12. So… are street kids who sold balloons at stop lights entrepreneurs now? Are rural families skipping meals doing intermittent fasting? Data could say one thing. Lived reality often says something else.

Watch the full video — and decide for yourself what real progress looks like.