A third of us live on Rs 20 a day ....

http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/artMailDisp.aspx?article=10_08_2007_001_004&typ=1&pub=47

Though I am not going to speak too much about this - I guess this was always known or at least I believed that the Indian growth that we hear about ...was superficial. A few rich people ...who get richer by the day. Agreed that the quality of life has improved for a lot of people. Agreed that now we get all "Imporrrrrted' stuff back at home itself and and agreed that we have Starbucks, Walmart ...right at our threshold - but the comman man ...his life ...is still a struggle.

-A