UPI

Remember saying “keep the change”? UPI’s exact payments have made this generous phrase obsolete, silently impacting the incomes of millions of service workers. We investigate the death of India’s informal …

Remember saying “thank you” after paying? UPI’s seamlessness killed that simple ritual. We investigate how the “payment done” phone flash replaced human connection, creating a new, silent social contract in …

UPI didn’t just change payments; it changed friendships. The ease of peer-to-peer cash requests has turned us all into on-demand lenders, creating new social pressures and blurring the lines between …

That agonizing 3-second wait for a UPI payment to clear has created a new social ritual: the Awkward Pause. We explore this shared national anxiety, the silent stare-downs, and how …

From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Indian shopkeepers have adopted a single hand gesture for UPI payments. We investigate “The Great Indian Point,” an unspoken national sign language born from technology, necessity, …

The crisp ₹10 note of pocket money is gone, replaced by a UPI ping. We investigate how digital allowances are affecting our children’s financial literacy and their tactile connection to …

Remember when a dead phone was just an inconvenience? Thanks to our total reliance on UPI, it’s now a full-blown panic attack. We explore this new Indian anxiety and how …

UPI’s greatest achievement isn’t just digital payments. It’s the accidental creation of a massive, informal social safety net—a grassroots Universal Basic Income powered by millions of peer-to-peer transfers within families …

India’s UPI is schooling Silicon Valley. Explore how its public, open, and low-cost model for digital payments became a global phenomenon, with countries like Brazil and companies like Google now …

The UPI screenshot has become India’s new social media currency. It’s used to prove relationships, signal status, and tell stories. We explore this trend of ‘payment flexing’ and what it …