>this article gives me pause as to whether things have actually changed in shining New India or if it's just a facade with air conditioning. In the "old" India

>this article gives me pause as to whether things have actually changed in shining New India or if it's just a facade with air conditioning. In the "old" India things like this would have gone on as a matter of course. The fact that such financial crimes are publicized and prosecuted, and that large industries are being subjected to professional management instead of capricious rule by the rich scions is definitely forward progress. If anything is incentive not to move back at this point, it's the traffic, poor urban planning, and air quality. In that one respect, everything seems to be getting worse. (Communalism seems to be rearing its head in nasty ways too)