India's poverty is western media's obsession( whether good or bad is debatable ). In Aus, whenever there is anything shown on India, it will be mostly about slums, call centres, riots etc. There will never be any report on India's positives - be it the growing middle class, good progress in space technology etc. Maybe it is one way of telling the local population as to how priviledged they are. Coverage of local issues which make them look bad is sometimes relegated to the background. As an example of media bias, most of the IPL matches were shown live on free to air channels here. However, they cut the opening and closing ceremony. Maybe that would have raised the question, "How could a poor country be capable of such pomp and flamboyance?"
JS On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
