> They may be opulent and in stark contrast with the surroundings. If >they are totally funded with private >capital and are >self-sufficient, there is not a whole lot you can complain about >their being.
**** Think a bit more, and tell us if this "PRIVATE CAPITAL" is really private, and if so how. At 5:49 AM -0700 6/9/08, Dilip&Dil Deka wrote: >We all agree that there is a vast gap between the rich and the poor >in India. Slowly but surely, India's middle class is also growing in >number due to free enterprise. >Before we criticize the likes of Gurgaon and IPL, we need to ask the >question - are they funded from government revenue in which all >Indian citizens have a claim? They may be opulent and in stark >contrast with the surroundings. If they are totally funded with >private capital and are self-sufficient, there is not a whole lot >you can complain about their being. If the Gurgaon complex installs >its own generators to get UPS, why should they be criticized? If the >residents manicure their lawns with their own money, where is the >problem? >Should the residents of Gurgaon spend time and money in improving >the lives of Shephali Das and her kids? MOST DEFINITELY. >Most entrepreneurs in the western world do and it is a trait Indian >entrepreneurs lack. THEY NEED TO WAKE UP before Maoists move closer >to them and cause terrorism in the cities. >Dilip Deka > > >----- Original Message ---- >From: Jyotirmoy Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the >world <assam@assamnet.org> >Sent: Monday, June 9, 2008 6:23:45 AM >Subject: Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Inside Gate, India's Good Life; >Outside, the Servants' Slums > >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. 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