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• 60 New Indias: Snapshots of Change ; Women Learning the Ancient Art of Kalaripayat in Kerala, Boys Sweating to Be Like M.S. Dhoni in Jharkhand, Nris Returning to Recreate a Patch of California in Bangalore and a Family Taking a Flight for the First Time. This Is Rising India, Bubbling Over with the Magic of Its Own Makeover.

The numbers are numbing in their growth. In 1950, India's annual growth was 3.5 per cent. Now it's a little over 9 per cent. In 1950, only 18 per cent Indians were literate, while the figure is over 60 per cent now. In 1951, 47 per cent of India's rural population was below the poverty line. It is 28 per cent now. In 1951, public health expenditure was Rs 22 crore, it is Rs 21,959 crore now. The narrative of India's phenomenal growth, rendered in facts and figures, in pie charts and percentages, in graphs and GDP, is a story that has become a global fairy tale. But there is an India beyond this scaffolding. This is an India where the change is as much personal as it is generational. It is an India where dreams are no longer dented by geography or nature. It is an India where a sweeper i...

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• India Today
• October 02, 2007