What is life like for poor people in India?

To put it in one sentence "Life for the poor in India is miserable". A misery that starts with the birth of a person into a poor family and most probably will last till his/her death. read more

Poor people struggle for basic needs. Their sole objective is to earn for food and shelter. Life is hard for them. As there is no fix definition of poor or poor people, I will try to classify poor people: People who struggle for daily bread. People who earn just enough for food, but don't have basic house or live in slums. read more

The film “Slumdog Millionaire” was somewhat true depiction of poverty in India and some of the issues poor people of India have to face. However, movies like these that show an image of India that is still frozen in poverty and slums sell like hot cakes in the West which is not entirely true. read more

Wise people say: Poverty is easy to spot, but hard to define. The income based one dimensional poverty line of the World Bank fails to reflect the hardships faced by the poor. It gives only headcount. A life in poverty means living deprived of sufficient food and nutrition, education, proper shelter, sanitation, clean water and so on. read more