Overview
- A Threads post by real-estate creator Harsh Gupta quoted his Gurugram cousin saying he will not have a child because a decent 1BHK is unaffordable and private schooling would add ₹35,000 to ₹40,000 each month.
- The cousin is described as 35 years old and earning ₹2 lakh a month, with his wife at ₹1 lakh, for a combined ₹36 lakh a year.
- Gupta said the problem is not income and blamed what he called a structurally broken real-estate market in Delhi-NCR.
- Reaction online and in coverage was split, with some praising the couple’s caution and others warning of future regret, while a Mumbai-based property voice on X called the no-kids trend a “silent pandemic.”
- Outlets note the story is a secondhand account without independent verification, yet it is being used to discuss DINK choices—double income, no kids—and falling urban fertility linked to rising housing and education costs.