Akash Kapur on the Two Indias

Kapur has been writing a series of articles from India about the contradictions between the new "shining India," the grinding poverty in villages and slums, and about the environmental devastation that accompanies rapid modernization. I was struck by how much his assessment accords with the one I posted after my return from a second visit there. This is the last in a series of articles he's been writing and you can read it here.