There were great times open fields where we could play cricket matches
Movie tickets were Rs. 2 Fewer cars no rickshaws only taxis and walking was fun.
Andheri was really far away suburb.
Now people tell me that India is doing great I wanted to see it first hand.
As plane landed in the night, Still a huge crowed at the airport but still not so bad. Took taxi to go home in Andheri. Great hotels next to the airport Not bad at all. Taxi stopped at a traffic light and I saw an old man sitting out of what seemed like a small one room house in the middle of that hot sweaty night. And I could see at least 5-6 more people sleeping inside. No electricity, light was from a candle. They were sleeping in the middle of all that chaos of noise, fumes and dirt. Old man looked resigned not even sad. This was at 2 Am.
And I thought somewhere on the road to progress many more (read millions and millions) have been thrown out of these exists of poverty. It seemed worse than when I grew up.
I saw many more things in that visit to convince me that we are not there yet but worse we could be going backwards for majority.
