India Eyes Riches at Poor’s Expense

India presents a triumphant stance as it boasts growing financial success in the global sphere. While skyscrapers loom and information-technology professionals prosper in Dehli and Mumbai, hundreds of millions of others live in poverty, perform backbreaking labor and struggling to provide adequate nutrition for their children. This contradiction troubles Indian Health Minister Ambumani Ramadoss, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and leader of the ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi, who all encourage restraint in self-congratulation on the part of Indians. For some Indians, a “superpower obsession” gains momentum, while many others wait in the wings for any scrap of opportunity. – Yale Global