"Incredible India" is making fast progress, but the gap between the rich and poor, especially in urban centers, is becoming a deeper abyss and there seems to be no bridge connecting the two worlds. The urban public landscape, viz. the sidewalks (footpaths) become homes for the rural poor who migrate to the city in hope of a better standard of living. They live with their families, including small children without roofs over their heads, and are forced to beg to make a living.
The same space is shared by the rich when there are outdoor street festivals or art exhibitions, and at that time the gap becomes even more glaring.
The rich feel that the poor are a nuisance, who are bringing down the economy. However, if the health, education, and finance policies in urban areas were at par with those in rural ones, why would the people migrate?
-- Behrooz K Y Avari
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