Riz Khan - India's Poor - November 25 2008 - part 1

Riz Khan continues our coverage from Mumbai. In this show we look at the growing divide between rich and poor in India.

India has the fastest growing number of millionaires in the world and also has than 700 million people living on less than two dollars a day many of whom reside in slums or shanty towns.

Some accuse greedy developers of refusing to build low-cost housing, because there is much money to be made off the real estate.

Others fault the politicians for letting things get out of hand by refusing to change the status quo.

Still others blame the poor themselves. They claim that the poor have a fatalistic attitude and believe it is their destiny to live in squalor.

In this program Riz speaks with Milind Deora, Member of Parliament, and Gerson Da Cunha, a member of the Action for Good Governance and Networking in India which aims to increase government transparency and raise awareness of people's rights.

Riz asks, what can be done to reduce the gap between the rich and poor in India's Cities?

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[oceanbound222]

Fuck the Indian and Pakistani elite who want this poverty to continue. They want the big pie all to themselves and their children. They want servants to work for $1 a day.

The South Asian elite are evil and devils and I hate them !!!!!!!!

[piercemjsh]

for god sake, put those pokis on moon so that world can live peacefully.

[superking445]

SOLID EVIDENCE THAT ALL INDIANS ARE SLUMDOGS.

[eleven451]

7:30 Millind says it well giving an economic perspective of why prices are so high ... nice to see such a high calibre person in politics !

[ozstudd]

what u fucking dumb is the fatboyblitz is

[BengalG3]

hey,you seriously need to work out you insecurities,because the way you talk sounds like you have a really shitty life. What you need to do is get some friends fast OK.

[ameshkin69]

Funny...I'm third world scum, and yet you can barely speak ENGLISH.

ha ha ha ha ha.

You're a pathetic loser

[ameshkin69]

Hey douche nozzle,

I would rather be a "sand nigger" than a WHITE TRASH LOSER that has nothing better to do than be a TROLL on SATURDAY NIGHT.

ha h ah aha

Shut the fuck up euro trash. Apparently, rednecks also exist in Europe

[BengalG3]

well yes there alot of poor people in india. Thats what happens if india was plundered for its resource from the british for more then 200 years. They took and left. poverty cant be fixed so fast OK. As far as Kashmir non of you no the people of Kashmir or what they want. Pakistans reason for Kashmir is because its full of muslims...OK why not talk Afghanistan its filled with muslims. Please stop acting like you now so much about india.

[ilikeicecreamandcake]

that's because india was ravaged by the british for 300 years plus.

before colonization, india was the world's richest multi state kingdom along with china.

within60 years of the british leaving, india has founded dozens of its own pharmaceutical, automobile, 2 wheeled automobiles, steel, oil, IT which is only seen in japan and korea.

china has massive FDI.

india should get rid of its caste system. as a muslim, i believe God judges the worth of a man by his character.

[ameshkin69]

So you think its OK for people like the AIG CEO to get 30 million in bonuses, for DOING A SHITTY JOB?

That's what fat idiotr rush limbaugh said the other day.

It's a sad country where executives who bankrupt their companies are given 30 million in bonuses FOR ONE YEAR, and others are forced to eat trash.

very very sad indeed. Then the government gives billions to AIG and AIG execs treat themselves to million dollar vacations.

Very very sad indeed.

As far as kashmir, India should withdraw