In 2023, I got one prediction wrong, which was to do with the metaverse, though I still believe it will happen in due time. The Indian economy will grow around 6 per cent next year while the global economy will grow close to 3 per cent. Most of the big economies will grow and the excessive pessimism around recession in 2023 in the US and Europe has luckily been wrong. The housewife is outsourcing what society once saw as her core job — making food, birthday party management, dropping kids to school, education and so on. The Indian housewife will be the ultimate ‘Make Vs Buy’ decider in 2024 and shed her old perceived role of kitchen goddess.

Source: The Hindu December 31, 2023 19:21 UTC