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A tale of two IndiasMARY FITZGERALD in IndiaSat, Oct 02, 2010 india is booming, but as the Commonwealth Games brings the country to the world s attention, can it bridge the dangerous divisions and inequality that hold it back?TO GET A SENSE of the india that officials hoped to showcase at next week s Commonwealth Games, before the event became mired in controversy, it is best to leave behind Delhi s main stadium, with its collapsed footbridge, and head south. In the sprawling suburb of Gurgaon a dizzying transformation is taking place, providing as good a metaphor as any for the changing face of india . Once little more than a cluster of villages in Delhi s hinterland, Gurgaon is now home to swathes of the capital s wealthy elite. Its inhabitants live in gated communities with such names as Malibu Town and Nirvana Country, where property is priced at more than 300 times the average Indian s annual income.
A tale of two Indias MARY FITZGERALD in India Sat, Oct 02, 2010 India is booming, but as the Commonwealth Games brings the country to the world’s attention,
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