Mumbai Some things are meant to be it seems. Sitting in the Bengaluru airport before 6 AM in the morning waiting for a flight to Mumbai there was a rack of papers offered for free. Failing to find the Times of India, I settled on Economic Times, another more business oriented daily I often read. There …
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Back to Mumbai and “Behind the Beautiful Forever”
Mumbai Registering slums and settlements is very important business in India. Being a registered slum gives both immediate benefits and potentially some future entitlements. Immediately there are things like water, not just the tanks making the delivery, but a commitment from the city that ends in standpipes and the promise of more. Electricity may have …
India Right to Education Act and the Struggle for Equity amidst Corruption
Delhi As the United States confronts the issues of inequity it continues to be sobering in the improving economy of India to see how severe inequity can become and what it takes to try to catch up. A good example of the effort is the new Right to Education (RTE) Act which reserves 25% of …