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Poverty in India
![Amid Virus, Those in India’s Largest Slum Help One Another Amid Virus, Those in India’s Largest Slum Help One Another](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-04-6.jpg)
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.
![Jobless After Virus Lockdown, Indians Struggle to Eat Jobless After Virus Lockdown, Indians Struggle to Eat](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-26-11.jpg)
Jobless After Virus Lockdown, Indians Struggle to Eat
By Associated Press
Unable to work, India’s poor find themselves in dire straits.
![The Dirty Work Behind India’s Smart Cities The Dirty Work Behind India’s Smart Cities](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-dharamshala-5a.jpg)
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.
![‘Amma Meri’ and the Dark Side of Rural Poverty in India ‘Amma Meri’ and the Dark Side of Rural Poverty in India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-untitled-picture.jpg)
‘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.
![India’s Biggest Shopping Mall Reflects Rich-Poor Divide India’s Biggest Shopping Mall Reflects Rich-Poor Divide](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-pic1.jpg)
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.
![Demonetization and Beyond: Narendra Modi's Vision for India in 2017 Demonetization and Beyond: Narendra Modi's Vision for India in 2017](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-17_00-56-53.jpg)
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.
![India's New Child Labor Law: Billed to Fail India's New Child Labor Law: Billed to Fail](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-03_18-38-35.jpg)
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.
![Indian Government Launches Plan to Give Poor Bank Accounts Indian Government Launches Plan to Give Poor Bank Accounts](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-08-28_19-54-33.jpg)
Indian Government Launches Plan to Give Poor Bank Accounts
By Ankit Panda
The policy represents a major shift in how India handles welfare.
![India’s Misplaced Priorities India’s Misplaced Priorities](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sizes/thumbnail/17190_527c53bea0b93.jpg)
India’s Misplaced Priorities
The launch of the Agni-V missile was hailed as a success. It’s actually an example of misplaced priorities.
![Why India is Worrying Why India is Worrying](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sizes/thumbnail/16115_527c4c9be6a4b.jpg)
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.
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Bihar's Brighter Future
For too long, Bihar was a byword for backwardness. But Biharis these days can show some pride in their state.
![Has India Emerged? Has India Emerged?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sizes/thumbnail/15934_527c4b5b997bd.jpg)
Has India Emerged?
Barack Obama might have been a little premature when he said that India has ‘emerged’.
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