A tally of 61 medals puts India at fourth spot among all participating nations at the recent Commonwealth Games (CWG), one place lower and five medals fewer than its showing at the 2018 edition of the games in Gold Coast, Australia. Yet, despite trailing its 2018 record, the CWG performance had much for the country to celebrate. For one, India is not only the most populous country among the 14 Commonwealth nations (11 if Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland were added to England as the United Kingdom) but towards the bottom in terms of (nominal) per capita income, ranking third