Despite Widespread Poverty, a Consumer Class Emerges in India: "Inside the malls, young people sipped coffee at Barista Coffee, the Starbucks of India. They wandered through Indian department stores, Marks and Spencer, Lacoste and Reebok. Families took children to McDonald's, or the Subway sandwich shop. Moviegoers chose between 'Boom,' a Bollywood film with a decidedly Western touch of vulgarity, and '2 Fast 2 Furious.'
This is no longer the India of Gandhi, among history's most famous ascetics."
Monday, October 20, 2003
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