| Often, the number of homeless people reflects the growing wealth of a city, soaring housing prices, and the need for a surplus labor force. Years ago, I used to see hundreds of families living in unlaid sewer pipes on the outskirts of the Gujarati city of Surat. As the pipes were laid (by these same people), their families would move to the next set of pipes.
Mysore used to be among my favorite cities in all of India, a place of great culture and arts under the Woodeyar princes. Bangalore to me is unrecognizable. |