I am Gurgaon. The new Urban India (Marije Meerman, VPRO 2009
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Uploaded by VPROinternational on Oct 5, 2009
The shining facades of Gurgaon, a satellite city of New Delhi, are symbols of Indias unparalleled economic growth. Gurgaon was built at the turn of this century by the largest project developers in the world. A village 15 years ago, has now grown into a city of 1,4 million inhabitants, but with little or no infrastructure. How viable is this new type of city?
Residents of the gated communities of this privatized society offer insights in their hope, desires, and in the new self-confidence of the Indian middle class. Gradually it becomes clear what the consequences of the credit crisis and the growing gap between rich and poor are for the city and the psyche of its inhabitants.
Gurgaon: a Ponzi Scheme or the prototype for future mega cities as they will be found all over India within a few decennials?
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God help her kids
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What a bitch
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This is fucking surreal, middle class coconuts looking for beggars!! Well these beggars will eventually rise up , burn and rape these gated places. lets all hope so for the sake of indian humanity
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How funny that they give subtitles. Everyone here is perfectly understandable. When the young man makes a phone call asking for juice (room service?) he says 'Ek Mango Juice, Ek grape'... Ek means ONE. He didnt say EIGHT mango juice as the subtitles put.
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@WellIAMScottish youre right, it doesnt have that feel of India. also did you notice when the guy made the call for the grape juice, the subtitles said 'eight mango juice, 8 grape..' actually he said 'EK mango juice', EK meaning ONE. they didnt do a good job with the subs.
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The chubby mother is unbearable! She's got the combined arrogance of upper Indian caste and upper American class. Gurgaon may be cleaner and more organized but it lacks the heart and soul of India.
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I live in UK now but i remember al them places and while waching this it made me cry and laugh at the same time! Cry because i realzied how much i miss this place but laugh because i reazied what a clean enviroment i live in now!
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haha eight mango juice, eight grape juice.. it's not eight, it's EK, meaning ONE hahaha
ps haters piss off ok thanx love you
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fucker lady being oversmart rahi gi to indian hi na trying to be west lool
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re-in-CAR-NATION.....too much KARma, CHARacter, CHARisma in past lives...everybody gets what they DE-SERVE. Howz life in IN-DIA?. DIAblo....
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This is not India.This is Gated India.Mera FKING toast leke ana
tilakchowdary 1 year ago 5
to some of you HATERS OUT THERE- i know the lady in the pink, not the other one, but her and my family has provided funds for her project at Sanshil. The whole organization is very effective and helpful and you would be surprised to know that some of those children HAVE made it to Delhi Public School from all their hard work.
iWaNtMy0rAnGeS 1 year ago 4