India, April 26 -- For decades, India's middle class followed a script-steady jobs, a home, gold as a safety net, and investing to secure the future. In 2026, that script is unravelling. Property prices are racing ahead of incomes, gold is swinging, and markets are falling. Households are being forced to rethink how they define financial security itself

For decades, the Indian middle class believed in a simple formula: work hard, buy a home, save in gold, and let compounding do the rest. That formula is now cracking. The year 2026 has delivered a blunt message - the old pathways to wealth creation no longer guarantee stability. What looked like a booming market just months ago has turned into a landscape of sharp corrections, unpredictab...