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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    Refer to the news article: 62% of Mumbai lives in slums: Census - Hindustan Times 62% of Mumbai lives in Slums. So about 90 lakh (9 million) Mumbai residents now live in slums. This is as against 60 lakh (6 million) recorded in 2001 census - a 50 per cent increase. Mumbai may be ahead of...
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    Uncertainty in Bangladesh ("incredible amount of anti-India feeling within BD")

    Maybe you need to introspect on why BD govt' is going against some of their own people. Is it really to appease India?? No party can harm innocents at a large scale or they'll be beaten in the elections. If BD govt. is going against some people, then it is because they believe that those are bad...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    How India is preserving the rich historic literary wealth of the subcontinent National Mission for Manuscripts (National Mission for Manuscripts), established in 2003, works in the field of restoration and conservation of Indian manuscripts, and their digitization. It runs a network of 32...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    ^^^ world's 1'st mass rapid metro system?
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    India’s first navigation satellite soars to success SRIHARIKOTA, July 2, 2013 India’s first dedicated navigation satellite, the IRNSS-1A, developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, was successfully put in orbit on Monday night. The launch vehicle, PSLV-C22, bearing the...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    A project worth closely tracking... the Nalanda International University (apologies if u r not interested to read abt projects at conception stage on this forum) ASEAN countries have agreed to re-establishing the Nalanda University which was one of the oldest ancient center of higher learning...
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    This Is Why I Love My Pakistan.

    no no. what i meant was that u can find people do similar stupid or funny things anywhere in south asia :D I'm not saying that these pics are not from pakistan. I'm just relating to them as an indian...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    Dude, the card itself is not important. What is important is the no. If you have the no., then u can do anything required since you just need to provide your number and any agency wanting to do verification will scan ur retina or fingerprint. The card is just for u to know the number. This...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    Development doesn't just mean buildings n highways. There has to be cultural and social development as well. This forum is to highlight development and I think it makes sense to also show what we are doing to preserve and promote our cultural heritage. In the subcontinent, apart from all the...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique number which the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will issue for all residents (and not just citizens) in India. The number will be stored in a centralized database and linked to the basic demographics and biometric information – photograph, ten...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    WORLD OF KHUSRAU, an exhibition at UP State Archives, Lucknow – in collaboration with Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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    India supporting "Terrorists" in Afghanistan against Pakistan

    India An outside presence Afghans actually welcome Newshound - India An outside presence Afghans actually welcome - YouTube
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    India supporting "Terrorists" in Afghanistan against Pakistan

    India is doing many development projects in Afghanistan. In general, there is a positive feeling of afghanis towards india. Of course, no one does charity and if India is doing the development projects there, we must have our own selfish motives. Even if we assume India wants to harm...
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    Pakistan | Roads, Motorways & Highway Infrastructure.

    The quality of some of the motorways are certainly at par with the best that I've seen in UK, US. Can people also post pics of new highways/motorways being constructed or upgraded? In India, we didn't really invest much in highways for decades and we certainly lagged behind Pakistan for a...
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    Pictures from cities: Karachi

    Vibrant and beautiful city! There's always something very nice abt living on a coastal city, which residents of land-locked cities miss out on.
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    This Is Why I Love My Pakistan.

    there r certain traits that connect all south asians! And even if we choose to fight on the basis of recently drawn borders or religions differences, no one can deny similarities developed due to centuries of cultural co-existence... many of the pics posted here could be from anywhere in south...
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    Night time Photos of Pakistan

    nice pics... and nice thread :)
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    ^^^ Hyderabad is a nice city to live in. Much lesser traffic jams compared to other big cities, but still needs a solid public transport. Had it not been the Satyam fiasco, the Hyderabad metro would have operationalized the first phase. Anyway, L&T is doing a decent job now, so let's hope they...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    If you really want updates, please visit skyscrapercity site (Path: SkyscraperCity > Asian Forums > India > Infrastructure & Transportation > Railways and Transportation). All projects are discussed there in much more detail...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    Is that extra space left for another track or is it pedestrian movement or something?
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