http://montaraventures.com/blog/2008/08/03/atwied-stage-4/ Mike Harding's Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://montaraventures.com/blog/2008/08/03/atwied-stage-4/#comment-36958 mike Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:01:22 +0000 http://montaraventures.com/blog/?p=1286#comment-36958 Yes, it is a shocking contrast between the have and the have nots in India. And yes, I did notice the shanty town next to the airport which looked like many shanty towns witnessed in my travels and not just in India. What struck me was the progress I'd seen since my last trip, it's still pretty grim, but there does seem to be an emerging middle class..... Yes, it is a shocking contrast between the have and the have nots in India. And yes, I did notice the shanty town next to the airport which looked like many shanty towns witnessed in my travels and not just in India. What struck me was the progress I’d seen since my last trip, it’s still pretty grim, but there does seem to be an emerging middle class…..

]]> http://montaraventures.com/blog/2008/08/03/atwied-stage-4/#comment-36956 Andy Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:19:32 +0000 http://montaraventures.com/blog/?p=1286#comment-36956 I took 3 India trips during a 11 month period with a former employer. I was in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and much of the country in between but spent most of my time in Bihar. I agree, the people and their hospitality were wonderful. But the disparity between the <1% wealthy and everyone else is overwhelming. Pollution, rural education (as in none), and poverty are off the charts. Did you notice the neverending shanty town immediately adjacent to Delhi Airport? With the exception maybe of high tech offices in Hyderabad and Bangalore, Thomas Friedman's globalization doesn't look like much, does it? (Recall, India is his pro-globalization success story.) I took 3 India trips during a 11 month period with a former employer. I was in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and much of the country in between but spent most of my time in Bihar. I agree, the people and their hospitality were wonderful. But the disparity between the <1% wealthy and everyone else is overwhelming. Pollution, rural education (as in none), and poverty are off the charts. Did you notice the neverending shanty town immediately adjacent to Delhi Airport? With the exception maybe of high tech offices in Hyderabad and Bangalore, Thomas Friedman’s globalization doesn’t look like much, does it? (Recall, India is his pro-globalization success story.)

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