On what is becoming an all too frequent basis, I hear a news stories that make me ask, "What kind of place am I living in?"
This happened again yesterday when I read the following headline in the local newspaper: Sacked workers beat CEO to death in Greater Noida. (Noida is a suburb of Delhi and how to lots of MNCs and industries). And now this story has made international headlines - 63 charged with killing the boss who fired them (CNN).
There are lots of instances of "communal violence" in India and this particular instance is being referred to as "industrial violence," which I think they just made up to fit this crazy situation. The government only made things worse when the labor minister said that the man's death should serve as a warning to management: "The workers should be dealt (with) with compassion and should not be pushed so hard that they resort to whatever that had happened in Noida." What?!?
And so, this is the crazy world I live in now. Where over 70% of the population lives in rural areas, but also where 3 of the most populous cities in the world are located. Where nearly 40% of the people live below the poverty line, but the rich are super-rich (the top 1% has over 16% of the wealth).
This happened again yesterday when I read the following headline in the local newspaper: Sacked workers beat CEO to death in Greater Noida. (Noida is a suburb of Delhi and how to lots of MNCs and industries). And now this story has made international headlines - 63 charged with killing the boss who fired them (CNN).
There are lots of instances of "communal violence" in India and this particular instance is being referred to as "industrial violence," which I think they just made up to fit this crazy situation. The government only made things worse when the labor minister said that the man's death should serve as a warning to management: "The workers should be dealt (with) with compassion and should not be pushed so hard that they resort to whatever that had happened in Noida." What?!?
And so, this is the crazy world I live in now. Where over 70% of the population lives in rural areas, but also where 3 of the most populous cities in the world are located. Where nearly 40% of the people live below the poverty line, but the rich are super-rich (the top 1% has over 16% of the wealth).
So is India really rising? Or even shining?
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