The Mystery of Economic Growth
Letter from India, The International Herald Tribune EDAYANCHAVADI, INDIA — Around here, in rural South India, development over the last few decades has been an uneven process. Some people rise, others fall. Some get rich, some stay poor. The rich build concrete houses, buy motorcycles and send their children to private schools. The poor […]
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A Hindu Sect Devoted to the Environment
Letter from India, The International Herald Tribune DHUNDLI, INDIA — About three kilometers from this village, across dirt tracks and open scrubland, there is a settlement of seven mud huts bordered by millet and lentil fields. No electricity or telephone poles run to these huts. There’s not a satellite dish to be seen. In the […]