New Delhi, June 8 -- Air conditioning is no longer just a comfort metric in India; it is a socio-economic divide, Nithin Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, pointed out in a viral post reflecting on India's relentless warming trend.

Kamath pointed out that despite massive strides in national electrification, access to cooling remains heavily concentrated among the wealthy. He argued that basic fans do little to combat the modern climate crisis, leaving more than 40% of the population in outdoor sectors like agriculture entirely exposed to dangerous thermal shocks, with no safety net.

India has been consistently warming up, Nithin Kamath said in an X post. "Decade after decade, temperatures have been rising, and this is a one-way journey unle...