India untouched : the forgotten face of rural poverty
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TextPublication details: Chennai East West Books c2004Description: xv, 400 p. col. illISBN: 818866118XSubject(s): Rural poor | Rural development | Social service, RuralDDC classification: 362.50954091734 Summary: This book is a personal account of the experiences of an extraordinaryphilanthropist of Indian origin, Abraham George, who has devoted his life toworking for the poor in South India for the past eight years. The backdrop isthe day-to-day lives of a great majority of Indians who live in the villages,mostly untouched by the rapid economic progress that has been occurring in everycity across the country since reforms were introduced in 1991. He tells hispowerful story candidly and honestly as he seeks solutions that would reduce thehardships faced by hundreds of millions of Indians still living in poverty andsocial deprivation.
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This book is a personal account of the experiences of an extraordinaryphilanthropist of Indian origin, Abraham George, who has devoted his life toworking for the poor in South India for the past eight years. The backdrop isthe day-to-day lives of a great majority of Indians who live in the villages,mostly untouched by the rapid economic progress that has been occurring in everycity across the country since reforms were introduced in 1991. He tells hispowerful story candidly and honestly as he seeks solutions that would reduce thehardships faced by hundreds of millions of Indians still living in poverty andsocial deprivation.
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