C'da thanks for the article, its a good article (though not an eye opener) and Umesh, you raise some good points.
One is left wondering which is worse, a country that can possibily afford to eradicate poverty within its boundaries, or a country that flaunts its riches that it can ill afford to. :) --Ram On 6/8/08, umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In Washington DC and New York the contrast may not be so obvious > but Harlem is a US slum near the riches of Manhattan. People do beg > in downtown DC. DC is the crime capital of the US. Does that make Bill > Gates or Bill Clinton apologetic or for that > matter Thomas Friedman or Al Gore who stay in multimillion dollar > homes and buy carbon credits. > > Poverty is relative -unless someone is dying of hunger. For sickness look > at PG county govt hospitals - 10 miles from White House which as per a local > College Park resident ( I haven't been there) where patients sit in > corridors for days without treatment. > > Umesh > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This page was sent to you by: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The Good Life of Gurgaon > > > INTERNATIONAL / ASIA PACIFIC | June 9, 2008 > Inside Gate, India's Good Life; Outside, the Servants' Slums > By SOMINI SENGUPTA > Gated communities have emerged in India, giving its growing > upper-middle-class giving Western amenities, along with maids and chauffeurs > who live in nearby slums. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/world/asia/09gated.html?ex=1213588800&en=223c319279fc0dfc&ei=5070&emc=eta1 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > ABOUT THIS E-MAIL > This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This > Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 > > Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > Umesh Sharma > > Washington D.C. > > 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] > > Ed.M. - International Education Policy > Harvard Graduate School of Education, > Harvard University, > Class of 2005 > > http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) > > http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) > > > > > www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) > http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ > > > > http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ > > --------------------------------- > Sent from Yahoo! Mail. > A Smarter Email. > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
