Building Modern India

 People who cannot read or write work as laborers

·         They get $3 for 8 hours

·         24 hour work site

·         Giving them stability keeps them from leaving during peak of agricultural season

·         800-900 people

·         Once and 15 days someone gets hurt

·         Give them safety belts and helmets

·         People regret not studying when they got the chance because they could have been making better money

New Arrivals Strain India’s Cities to Breaking Point

·         They apartment collapsed because it was unsafe and India’s Poor Struggle for shelter

o    built to many floors 

o    the basement was flooded

• Since they don't get a lot of money they have to live in places that do not mean the criteria of the living conditions  which i unhealthy and unsafe
• One family of 5 lived in a 10x10 house before they lived in the apartment that collapsed
• 3/4 of the people in India have either bribed or know someone who has bribed a cop
• Many people died
• There were 400 people crowded into the building
• Cheap rent
• The government has been forcing people to evacuate unsafe places now

India’s College Exam Season

·         Exams take month of many tests

·         People work really hard to get into good colleges

·         There is limited slots in the country’s system of higher education

Souring above India’s Poverty, a 27-Story Home

·         The tower is known as Antilia

·         Home of India’s richest person Mukesh Ambani

·         He has $27 billion fortune

·         Ranks him among one of the richest men in the world

·         60,000-400,000 sq. ft.

·         The cost was about $1 billion

Answering the Questions

1.    Who builds such a fast growing country?

The laborers are building the buildings

DLF is building an Office Park (not physically)

2.    What happens when huge numbers of people hit the cities looking for these jobs?

The failing threatens to undermine the nation’s ability to vault its multitudes out of poverty and share the fruits of its nearby double-digit growth more widely

3.    Where- and how- do you live when you work on a big construction project?

You live in cheap places that do not fit the criteria of the living conditions

4.    What if you don’t want to be a laborer?

Middle class people study and work hard to try to get into college because there are limited spots available.

5.    Where do you live if you are the richest man in India?

You live in a 27-story house called the Antilia.