[Assam] NYTimes.com: Inside Gate, India's Good Life; Outside, the Servants' Slums

Chan Mahanta cmahanta at charter.net
Mon Jun 9 06:16:17 PDT 2008 

>  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
>
>
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>Subject: Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Inside Gate, India's Good Life; 
>Outside, the Servants' Slums
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>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 <assamrs at gmail.com> 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 <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> 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
>>  >
>>  > cmahanta at charter.net wrote: This page was sent to you by:
>>  > cmahanta at charter.net.
>>  >
>>  > 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.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
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>>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/world/asia/09gated.html?ex=1213588800&en=223c319279fc0dfc&ei=5070&emc=eta1
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