angeldust
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What I see is most Indians finding it difficult to make ends meet, while corporate elitists such as Modi (very few in number) exploiting the common people there to make themselves rich. I also think it's very telling that you have slums & run down places right next to mansions of rich people in Ahmedabad. Also, $80,000 is a lot of money my friend, people put their life investments on the line for this, & it takes years & years to pay it off, & there's no guarantee of that happening with the poor economic situation here.
What is your point of reference when you say "most" Indians my friend? Most Indians you know in Hoboken, NJ? While some would argue that New Jersey was actually the 29th state of India, I hope you realize that there is more to the real India than anecdotal claims. You will doubtless notice that of the two sides of Indians here, those pro and those against Modi, nobody actually denies his competence and what he has accomplished in his state as a leader and an administrator. You would also do well to recognize that Gujarat is not only about corporate/industrial/infrastructure development and pro-rich. Gujarat is equally the dairy queen of India, and the epicenter of the agri coop movement that empowers rural India.
Drive off NH8 into the hinterlands and off-roads of Gujarat and the Rann and you will see signs of affluence touching even B-towns and villages. Gujarat is not just Ahmedabad. It is equally Surat, Vadodara, Navsari, Bharuch, Vapi, Valsad, Himmatnagar, Dahanu, and myriad other smaller towns and villages that have benefited and grown. So there are slums and mansions abutting each other. What is different or unique about that compared to many other major cities all over the world? Or would you have the cities sanitized, and the poor kept out of sight somewhere less visible to spare delicate sensibilities of those who choose to see that and not the forest for the trees?