Best of WIB
A curated tour of WIB's strongest content — research reports, interactive tools, standout city pages, and our open data hub. Use this as your map if you're new to the site, or as a starting point for press coverage and citation work.
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If you only have time for three pages today, these are the ones that show what WIB does best.
📰 Research The reports that travelled furthest
Lifestyle · Careers · May 2026 · NEWBest Indian Cities for Remote Workers 2026
36 Indian cities scored across 7 dimensions of remote work life. Bangalore is the safe pick; Indore is the actually-good pick. Includes the relocation playbook (3-month trial, redundant internet, hospital empanelment, community-find-fast rule).
Synthesis · May 2026Metro vs Tier-3 India: A Side-by-Side Reality Check
Direct comparison of 8 Indian metros versus 5 tier-3 cities across healthcare, dining, education, and cost of living. Tier-3 wins by 45% on cost; metros lead by 29 points on hospital NABH accreditation. The relocation-decision logic in one report.
Healthcare · May 2026Beyond the Metros: Tier-3 Hospital Access
40 multi-specialty hospitals tracked across Bhopal, Nagpur, Mysore, Vadodara, and Patna. Headline: NABH accreditation runs at 68% in tier-3 vs 97% in metros — a 29-point quality gap. Cancer care and transplants still pull patients to metros; the AIIMS expansion is changing that.
Food & Dining · May 2026Regional Cuisine Renaissance: Tier-3 India Dining
50 verified restaurants across 5 tier-3 cities. Headline: regional-anchored restaurants outscore generic multi-cuisine 4.4 vs 4.3. Vinayaka Mylari's butter dosa in Mysore (4.6) is the highest-rated single dish in our entire 605-restaurant dataset.
Healthcare · Anchor reportState of Indian Hospitals 2026
The metro cohort baseline — 236 multi-specialty hospitals across 15 Indian cities. 97% NABH-accredited, 12% JCI. The reference report all our tier-3 work compares against.
Careers · Most shareableIndia Salary Index 2026
Realistic CTC ranges by role, city, and 0-15+ years experience. The honest salary map for the 2026 Indian job market. Bangalore-Mumbai-Gurugram-Hyderabad within 10-15% of each other; tier-2 trails by 25-40%.
🎮 Tools Interactive features readers come back for
Where should I live in India?
6-question quiz scoring against all 36 cities. Shareable results, no signup.
Compare 2 Indian cities
Side-by-side across 10 dimensions. URL-shareable for any pair of 36 cities.
Compare 2 Indian hospitals
Pick any 2 of 463 hospitals. NABH status, beds, specialties side-by-side.
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📦 Data Open datasets & developer hooks
CC-BY 4.0WIB Open Data Hub
140+ free CSV and JSON files covering 463 Indian hospitals and 605 restaurants across 36 cities. Combined datasets + per-city slices. Used by journalists, researchers, and developers. No signup, no API key.
For developersWIB Public API
JSON endpoints with documented schema, copy-pasteable code samples (JS, Python, curl), filter recipes, and a roadmap. CORS-enabled. CC-BY 4.0.
🗺️ Cities Standout city pages
Most of WIB's organic traffic lands on city pages. These are the ones that combine substantive data with strong editorial — useful as press case studies.
📋 Editorial How we work (for journalists & reviewers)
Methodology
The 7-step verification protocol for hospitals, 6-step for restaurants. Plus what we don't do.
The team
Solo founder + AI-augmented editorial. Decision rights, accountability, philosophy.
Press kit
Logos, fact sheet, founder bio, quotes, methodology — everything a journalist needs.
What's on my desk now
Active build log, what shipped this month, what's queued next. Updated monthly.
India glossary
46 plain-English definitions — NABH, sadya, CBSE, biryani vs pulao, and 40 more.
Editorial process
How posts are written, reviewed, and corrected. Plus the affiliate disclosure.