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Poverty in India
June 05, 2020
Amid Virus, Those in India’s Largest Slum Help One Another
By Associated Press
Dharavi, India’s largest slum, has been hard-hit by the pandemic.
March 27, 2020
Jobless After Virus Lockdown, Indians Struggle to Eat
By Associated Press
Unable to work, India’s poor find themselves in dire straits.
September 18, 2019
The Dirty Work Behind India’s Smart Cities
By Angel L. Martínez Cantera
Modern Indian cities sweep garbage and the poor aside in multimillion dollar schemes to modernize.
September 09, 2018
‘Amma Meri’ and the Dark Side of Rural Poverty in India
By Avinash Giri
A new short film attempts to bridge the gap between imagined and real poverty in India.
September 09, 2017
India’s Biggest Shopping Mall Reflects Rich-Poor Divide
By Rukhsar Ansari and Vishal Arora
A literal wall hides the poor from those going to the mall next door.
January 05, 2017
Demonetization and Beyond: Narendra Modi's Vision for India in 2017
By Padmapriya Govindarajan
The Indian prime minister's new year's address outlined his plans for the year ahead.
August 04, 2016
India's New Child Labor Law: Billed to Fail
By Neeta Lal
Child labor is India's worst-kept secret, and a new law will do little to change that.
August 29, 2014
Indian Government Launches Plan to Give Poor Bank Accounts
By Ankit Panda
The policy represents a major shift in how India handles welfare.
April 23, 2012
India’s Misplaced Priorities
The launch of the Agni-V missile was hailed as a success. It’s actually an example of misplaced priorities.
December 29, 2010
Why India is Worrying
A recent stay in New Delhi is a reminder of how rife with corruption India is. And how bad things are getting for women.
December 01, 2010
Bihar's Brighter Future
For too long, Bihar was a byword for backwardness. But Biharis these days can show some pride in their state.
November 09, 2010
Has India Emerged?
Barack Obama might have been a little premature when he said that India has ‘emerged’.
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