Real money gambling: Addiction, debt, fraud, and a nation trapped
(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated June 2, 2025) It’s a sweltering afternoon in Brahimpur in east Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur district, but 35-year-old farmer Surya Pratap Singh seems oblivious to it. He is sitting beneath a neem tree, furiously tapping his phone screen. Around him, a few plastic chairs…










