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    0 starsmohit | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 09 2008 | india, news, poverty
    Inside Gate, India’s Good Life; Outside, the Slums - NYTimes.com

    Definitely saw an explosion of gated communities the last time I was in India.

    Quoted: India has long lived with such inequities, and though a Maoist rebellion is building in the countryside, the nation has for the most part skirted social upheaval through a critical safety valve: giving the poor their chance to vent at the ballot box. Indeed, four years ago, voters threw out the incumbent government, with its “India Shining” slogan, because it was perceived to have neglected the poor.

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