Flooding Exposes India's Vulnerability ; Image of Economic Power Is Battered
The Columbian › August 04, 2005
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NEW DELHI Just days before the recent Bombay floods that killed close to 1,000 people, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned from a visit to the United States where he boasted about his country's growing economic clout and nuclear capability.
But critics say the death and destruction wrought by last week's monsoon rains reinforce India's image as a poor, undeveloped country unable to care for its own and shatter its claims to be an emerging economic power.See the full content of this document
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Flooding Exposes India's Vulnerability ; Image of Economic Power Is Battered
The floods' destruction makes India "cut a sorry figure" to the rest of t...
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