Looks like the author didn't get the memo that Varanasi (and India) has rejected this outdated poverty-porn view and chose to embrace progress like China and re

Looks like the author didn't get the memo that Varanasi (and India) has rejected this outdated poverty-porn view and chose to embrace progress like China and rest of the modern world. India has drastically reduced the number of people living in extreme poverty to 15MM (from 124MM) since 2016. This is why they keep voting in the "Hindu Nationalist" BJP in record numbers. 1: https://twitter.com/scienceisstrat1/status/1636764366052761604 https://twitter.com/scienceisstrat1/status/16367643660527616... 2: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/india-has-almost-wiped-out-extreme-poverty-imf/ar-AAVXfMo https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/india-has-almost-wiped-...