(lively music) - [Krishnan] India is booming. It's joining the elite
club of global superpowers. - India has it now. India should just to go and pick it up. - [Krishnan] Within a
generation India's economy will overtake Japan and western Europe to become the third largest in the world. But underneath this
glittering modern surface lies some painful realities. India is a country where tens of millions are born into poverty. - India's blooming only for
the rich, not for the poor. - [Krishnan] It's a country
where thousands of farmers are committing suicide every year. (speaking foreign language) It's a country where Hindu
right demand a Hindu state. (speaking foreign language) And it's a country where the
hierarchy of the caste system still leaves those at the bottom to clear up human excrement. Tonight on "Dispatches" is this the price India is prepared to pay to
be the world's next superpower or will the new India be
able to bridge the gap between its winners and losers? (upbeat techno music) (lively Sitar music) Mumbai, India's financial capital and a driving force behind the
country's economic miracle. In the 20th century, India was just another
struggling third world country. Now its economy is growing
at an incredible 9% a year. The second fastest in the world. This is a country with more billionaires than anywhere else in Asia. One of them is Jignesh Shah. - India is passing through
a very exciting time. There's a huge economic boom. You can, in a simple
term, you can say that all the international brands are available from Ferrari to Mercedes to private jet. - [Krishnan] Corporate
India is seizing control of businesses around the globe, and Britain is a prime target. Indian tycoons have taken
over Britain's steel industry and they've got everything
from whiskey distillers to financial services in their sights. From his offices in Mumbai, Jignesh Shah runs a global operation creating high-tech ways
to do age old business. In his online exchange, commodities like natural
gas, silver and gold are traded electronically. Jignesh has created a $2
billion empire from scratch that's catapulted him into the
top 40 of India's rich list. Where would you see yourself
in a few years' time? - Between Tokyo and London. We will stand as the number
one exchange in that region and connecting the market, bringing the Indian
potential to the world. (speaking foreign language) - Two billion pounds
worth of trading goes on on this exchange every day. No wonder the goddess
of wealth is looking on. (bell dings) In the new India, old beliefs endure. And Hinduism, the religion
of 80% of the population, goes hand in hand with
the economic miracle. For billionaires like Jignesh Shah, that means regular
visits to a Hindu temple to offer prayers to Ganesh,
the god of good fortune. - It is believed in Hinduism that you start anything with Ganesh god it removes all the hurdles. - So does it work? - Yeah, I think it works. (lively music) - India's economic boom is not based on sweat shops and factories. Hinduism has always placed a
premium on acquiring knowledge and the new India has tapped into this to create a high skilled economy, employing highly qualified graduates. And that's taking this country from the third world to the
first in a single generation. India's boom has been knowledge driven. It's been about information
technology, call centers, becoming the world back office, but it has ambitions beyond all of that and I'm on my way now to what's
very much the new frontier. One of the most important new
growth areas is biotechnology. Private research centers like this, take their pick of the 200,000 scientists graduating every year. In just five years, this company
has become a world leader in the potentially lucrative
field of stem cell research. - So this is the non-sterile area where you have all the equipments like-- - The team here are in a race with the best labs in the
world to produce cures for Parkinson's disease and heart failure. - Around the world there's no embryonic stem
cell therapy still available so I would say there'd be a one
of the leaders in this area. - But there's another reason
for its rapid success. Using human embryos for this research is highly controversial in the West where it comes up
against religious taboos, but in India it doesn't
offend Hindu sensibilities, seen instead as simply a part
of the knowledge economy. - Government in India is quite a friendly towards embryonic stem cell research. We really don't have any major concerns as far as the stem cell
research in India is concerned. - [Krishnan] Do you ever
get protestors outside? - No, we don't. - [Krishnan] Are there any lobby groups trying to shut you down? - Absolutely not. - [Krishnan] This is an industry without the kinds of problems
that it has in America. - Yeah, I would totally agree with that. - When it comes to biotechnology, India is racing ahead while
in America only this month, George Bush vowed to block
funding for such research. So once again, India's progress
apparently goes hand in hand with its religious conviction. Not only does India
escape the kind of moral and ethical debates and controversies plaguing stem cell research
in the United States, Hinduism seems to complement
the work going on here. India's high-tech high-skill approach is powering the country's economic success and not surprisingly, politicians
have tried to exploit it. (man singing in foreign language) At the last election, the then
government went to the polls with the slogan India shining. Candidates and spin doctors used this film to present a glowing
image of the new India. (man singing in foreign language) With the economy booming, the government expected to triumph, but the campaign backfired and they were kicked out of office. (dramatic music) Millions of Indians knew
that India was shining, but not on them. This is Dharavi, a slum
in the center of Mumbai, that's home to more than 700,000 people. Across the city, millions
more live in places like this. While many of India's
rich are getting richer, many of these people
are getting left behind. Anu has lived her whole
life on this pavement. - Now we are living from
here for so many years. Our parents were here. We were born here. We are grown up, we are
married, our kids are here. We use the toilet which
is inside actually. We are not supposed to go, but now we have no other alternatives. And we have one which we
pay one rupee and go there, but that's all. In which way is India booming? It might be booming for the rich people. They're progressing. The government, I don't
know, he's doing something, which is only satisfying the rich but for us it's the same,
how it was 25, 30 years back. There's no difference. (cars hooting) - [Krishnan] In the cities,
you can't miss the poor. The rich pass by them every day. In rural India, there are
millions more in poverty who remain hidden far from sight. (upbeat music) 700 million people live
in India's countryside. That's almost three
quarters of the population. And out here, there's a
huge tragedy unfolding. I've traveled nearly 200
miles from the capital, Delhi, to the state of Punjab. Supposedly one of the
richest agricultural areas in the country. It's so lush out there, you can see why they call
Punjab India's breadbasket and it is one of their great
post independence achievements. The Green Revolution, as
they called it in the 1960s, ended famine in India. But these days that phrase,
the breadbasket of India, is starting to feel a little hollow to quite a lot of the
farmers on this land. Most farmers only have a couple of acres yet they've had to buy
tractors, expensive fertilizers and irrigation pumps
to grow wheat and rice. And that's got them heavily into debt, forcing them into the
hands of the moneylenders. (men chattering) To break the cycle of debt, farmers were encouraged to
grow cash crops like cotton. (man speaking foreign language) They were auctioning the
last of this year's crop as I arrived. - No. (speaks in foreign language) - [Krishnan] Cotton has turned out to be expensive to produce. In recent years, the crop
has failed for many farmers and with prices at market low, debts have simply got worse for people like Baljinder Singh. (speaking in foreign language) - Now there's a minimum price set by the government for this, but the farmers say it's
nowhere near high enough and they're demanding the
government raises it dramatically. But that's not happened. It seems the consumer counts
more than the producer. And to add to the farmers' troubles, heavily subsidized American cotton is now flooding the market. Many small farmers have found
their debts too much to bear and that's having disastrous consequences. (women wailing) In several parts of the country, there's been a wave of suicides
where farmer after farmer has been unable to see a way out. Every day individual
tragedies are unfolding. The people of this
village have come to mourn with two young boys who've
just lost both their parents. Two weeks ago Bahadur
Singh set himself on fire after pouring kerosene over his body. His wife, Hajinda, tried to save him, but was set on fire
herself in the process. She died in hospital some days later and this is the 10th day
memorial service for her. This is your brother? Bahadur Singh had only two acres. In his efforts to grow cotton, he'd got heavily into debt
with local money lenders. How old was he? He was forced to sell his land
losing what little he had. (speaking in foreign language) (speaking in foreign language) Who do you blame for your brother's death? (speaking in foreign language) It's not just in Punjab
where debt-ridden farmers are killing themselves. Over a 10 year period, more
than 100,000 Indian farmers have committed suicide. It's a disaster of epic proportions and one that India has
been slow to wake up to. (lively pop music) India's economic boom has
transformed the nation's cities. They're expanding at a momentous rate, but that's causing thousands
to lose their land. Welcome to Gurgaon, a new town on the outskirts of India's capital. This is where you really see
the incredible economic growth in India because just
for mile after mile here is all brand new industrial
sprawl, just outside Delhi and it's not attractive, but it shows you the kind of wealth there is here. And if you'd have been here
just a couple of years ago all of this was farmland. And that's the problem. There's a penalty being
paid for all of this growth by those who used to work this land and have now been forced out. (man speaking in foreign language) Hari Kishan's village is only 25 miles from the center of Delhi. He's one of hundreds
of farmers in this area whose land has been taken
over by the government using compulsory purchase laws to make way for more factories. (speaking in foreign language) As the builders move in, farmers on the edges of India's cities are losing their ancestral livelihoods. (speaking in foreign language) As Hari took his cows
off in search of water, I headed into the center of the village to meet some of the younger men. They'd hoped to get work in the new factories built on
the land they used to farm, but that hasn't happened. (speaking in foreign language) (speaking in foreign language) Thousands of farmers equipped
only with traditional skills are struggling to find a
place in today's India, and the fear is that's sowing
seeds for future conflict. Back in Delhi, I met up with the man who's credited with founding
India's Green Revolution in the 1960s. Today M.S. Swaminathan fears a
different kind of revolution. - You must have a policy of government. which is pro farmer, pro agriculture. Modern industry is not giving them jobs therefore, you have a double bind here. In the sense, agriculture is
the only method of livelihood. Secondly, if agriculture is not supported in the way industrialized
countries are doing in a globalized economy with very poor farmers,
they can't compete. They see in the television
today very affluent. One section of the
community are so affluent, they can spend thousands
of rupees for one dinner, one marriage cost the rich
people cost so much money while millions of people
are starving, undernourished and you're are not. So I think any society, which transgresses from the principle of
social equity beyond a point then you have an explosive situation. - There are some people who argue that vast amounts of Indian agriculture is just economically unviable and that a lot of people will
have to move away from farming as their main source of
income into manufacturing. - You want to have a nation
of landless laborers, of 500 million landless laborers. That's what they're
recommending, such economists. If they create those 500
million landless laborers the country will be completely ruined, no? It will be a chaos. It will be a social chaos
of unimaginable damage. - So just how worried
is the Indian government about mass unemployment
and rural suicides? While your government has been in power, huge numbers of farmers
have committed suicide. How do you reconcile that? - Well, I feel distressed beyond words. The problem is there, but there
are a host of circumstances why some of these suicides have happened and I certainly would
attribute levels of poverty as one of the condition and agriculture for many people being only subsistence agriculture and not really very much
income generating agriculture. And that is what we want to achieve. - The man they call the father
of the Green Revolution, Mr. Swaminathan, warned
me that if you continue with agriculture in the state it is and millions of people end up losing their ancestral livelihoods, you could end up with a revolution. - I can tell you that we
shall not let that happen. Indian democracy, the Indian
nation state, our constitution and our political system,
will work together to ensure that we do not have lopsided
economic growth and development at the cost of the people's
basic ways of life. (soft music) - Small-scale farmers
on not the only people who are struggling to find
a place in the new India. Many Muslims say that their
faces don't fit either. As I was on my way to uncover that story, something unexpected happened, which brought the issue
clearly into focus. We dumped our plans and headed out of town because a few hours ago, we
heard that the main train from Delhi to Lahore in Pakistan was hit by a terrorist attack. There's talk of Muslim militants and dozens of deaths reported. So we're heading out to see
what's actually happened. (ominous music) Trains have become popular targets for terrorist attacks in India, often rooted in the tensions
between India and Pakistan. For the 30 years it has
linked the two countries, this train has been a symbol
of hope for both sides, making its destruction
all the more devastating. (ominous music) The fire is believed to have been started with suitcase bombs. I mean, just imagine this carriage jam packed with people in total panic. You can't get out because
there's bars on the windows. You can't get out of the door
because the doors are locked. (train clangs) And the thing you have to remember is that it is so hard to get permission to go from Pakistan to India or vice versa that the people on this
train would have been making literally a once in a lifetime journey. They wouldn't have been able to do this under normal circumstances. And this is where their journeys ended. At the nearby hospital, 65
bodies are awaiting burial. Many of them badly charred. Bags of ice are being used
to keep them preserved in the hope that relatives
can identify them. - No, no. - [Krishnan] Who is she? (speaking in foreign language) Most Indians blamed these
attacks on the Muslim minority supported by Pakistani groups
opposed to the peace process, but it's India's mainstream
Muslims who face the backlash. (chanting in foreign language) There have long been tensions
between Hindus and Muslims at times erupting into communal violence. Five years ago, the state of Gujarat was hit by some of India's worst rioting. It's reported that up to
2,000 people were killed. Mostly Muslims as Hindu
mobs went on the rampage. It followed an attack on a train in which 59 Hindu
pilgrims had been killed. Human rights organizations
claimed the mobs had been stirred up by the
politics of Hindu nationalism. (ominous music) On the outskirts of Delhi, thousands have come to honor
the late M.S. Golwalkar, one of the original leaders of the RSS, a Hindu nationalist group. (band playing triumphant music) The RSS believes the country
should be a Hindu state claiming that all Indians
are Hindu in origin, regardless of their current religion. The uniforms may look Boy Scout, but Golwalkar was an admirer
of Hitler in 1930s Germany and said India could learn from his ideas of racial and cultural purity. After the Gujarat's riots, today's leaders stated
that the safety of Muslims lies in the goodwill of the majority, but they deny being anti-Muslim. Today's speeches praise Hinduism and use coded language
without identifying the enemy. (speaking in foreign language) The idea of a Hindu nation
has entered the main stream of Indian politics. The RSS has close links with the former party
of government, the BJP. Up on that stage is the man who was Prime Minister up
until a couple of years ago, his former Home Minister
and the next Vice President. This is not a fringe meeting. (speaking in foreign language) The former prime minister, A.B. Vajpayee, recited an inspirational poem. (speaking in foreign language) As I left the rally, some
of the younger supporters were certainly fired up. (chanting in foreign language) It's a charming chant. When the nation calls, we will go with a blessing of bullets. Hindu nationalists no
longer run the country, but they still wield
considerable influence and their views leave many
Muslims unsure of their place in the new India. Many of them feel it fuels
anti-Muslim prejudice. (cars honking)
(gentle music) Mumbai has a large Muslim
population, more than one in six. Many live in poor areas of the city and struggled to join
the new booming India. Wassim Tanker is a commerce graduate. Despite his degree, he works
in his father's corner shop unable to get the job he studied for. - My dream job was to be an accountant, but I didn't get that opportunity so to earn my livelihood I
carry on with my father's shop. - Why do you think you didn't get a job? - Due to discrimination. If it won't be any discrimination, I will have got to get the job. Simple thing. - [Krishnan] Do you think
there's a lot of discrimination? - Yeah, there's a lots of discrimination. - [Krishnan] And it affects
all the people here? - Yeah. - [Krishnan] Wassim feels that Hindus discriminate against him because of his obviously
Muslim appearance, the way he dresses and his beard. - When I go for a job,
the person will tell that you will get the job, but you will have to remove
your traditional dress, you will have to remove your beard, you will have to come to the working place like the other peoples,
like the peoples are coming. - [Krishnan] So why don't you do that? - Because these are the fundamental things that we have to follow in Islam. We won't leave these things for a job. - [Krishnan] You would
rather be unemployed? - Yeah, I will be.
- Than lose your beard. - Yeah, yeah, I'd rather be unemployed. I will find my earnings
through other source of work. - Proving that Wassim has
been discriminated against is inevitably impossible, but the point is he and millions like him feel that they are the
victims of prejudice. (children chattering) Muslims who do manage to get ahead come up against other barriers. Trying to buy a property in
Mumbai's luxury housing market, for example, is pretty much
impossible in some areas. Successful businessmen, Salim Awari, has been attempting to
buy a flat in this complex for the last four years. - When I went there the very
first day, they gave us a form. They asked us to write details. Your name, telephone number, and all and they told us we will call you later. But they never called us. When I repeatedly called them, they says, "First phase is over, we'll call you in for second phase." Then second phase was over,
Then third phase was over. So I think almost 1100
flats they have sold out. And they never call us. Sometime they directly says, "We don't have space,"
and sometime they says, "Yeah, sorry, we don't
give it to Muslims." - [Krishnan] They've
said that to your face? - Yes. - How do you feel about
what's happened to you? - I feel very bad. I feel insulted. I feel humiliated. It's disgusting. - I decided to take a look for myself, posing as an investor from London. One of my colleagues followed
with a hidden camera. Another acted as translator. I wanted to know what kinds of
people lived in the complex. The people who live here, they're nice. It's a good area? (translator speaks in foreign language) (housing manager speaks
in foreign language) Professionals?
- [Translator] Businessmen. Businessmen. (housing manager speaks
in foreign language) (translator speaks in foreign language) (housing manager speaks
in foreign language) (translator speaks in foreign language) - [House Manager] Muslim
is not allowed here. (cars honking) - The current government has faced up to the widespread discrimination being endured by India's Muslims and recently published a
report detailing the abuses. Activists say it's time for action. And they're using street
meetings like this to urge Muslims to stand
up for their rights. (speaking in foreign language) India's founding fathers
dreamed of a secular nation in which people of all faiths
would flourish equally. It's a matter of growing concern that what has flourished is
anti-Muslim discrimination. - Deep down Indian people
are secularists to the core. Religion is important to
them at another level. It does not impinge on
their day to day relations with other human beings. - How can you claim that people don't let religion affect
their relationships with other people when this was a nation in which a million people
died at its founding, there's been communal violence ever since and there's still ongoing discrimination? - Well, I agree that there have been occasional communal
flashpoints in the country. And I do not doubt the fact
that there are fringe elements in any society, in any
country that would want to exploit the situation
that has happened in India. - I went to the RSS Founder's Day rally where they were saying,
"India for the Hindus." What do you think of them? - I can only condemn it. We never conceived of India, our parent, as an India were only the Hindus, or people professing the
Hindu's faith would live. This is a country which
for thousands of years, having showed a harmonious
existence of people of all faiths and religions. And that is the India I
would like to nurture. That's the India I would like to live in. (lively Sitar music) - In the big cities of India, hundreds of shopping malls have been built in the last five years. With the boom has come bigger salaries and that's fueling a retail explosion. Time was your relatives would ask you to bring them something
from Marks and Spencers when you came here. These days, if you've got the cash, you can get whatever you
want right here in India. The new middle class are making the most of the economic boom. If you've got it, flaunt it. Do you spend a lot of money on clothes? - A lot, a lot. She's a more shopping champion. - [Krishnan] You're the big shopper? - The economy's growing,
there's more money. That's why people are spending more. - The stuff you get is all original. So for a brand conscious person, I think this is the best place too. - [Krishnan] Do you think it shows India worshiping the God of materialism now? - I don't remember God saying
that I should to go to a mall. It wasn't part of the deal. - And why should it be? After all, this is a country
where the God of good fortune is on sale inside the mall. Solid silver Lord Ganesha
over half a million rupees. That's around 6,500 pounds. And they've sold six of these
in the last couple of months. (soft music) The Hindu gods sit comfortably
with the new consumerism, but there is a darker
side to the religion. An age old set of codes
limits the ability of millions to share in the new prosperity. It's called the Caste System. We're back in the nation's
capital, New Delhi, now, but there's not much
sign of new India here. We're in a poor end of town on our way to meet some of those who are absolutely at
the bottom of society because this is one of the
most hierarchical countries in the world. Still defined by the caste system, where Hindus have stratified themselves for thousands of years. Traditionally, every Hindu had his place in the social order. Each caste signified a profession from priests at the top,
down to warriors, traders, and farmers below them,
with the untouchables. These days, those at the
bottom of the caste system are called Dalit. They used to be called untouchable because they did the worst jobs in society and upper caste Hindus would refuse to have any physical contact with them. Satish Kumar clean sewers and toilets. It's a grim task. Even among the Dalits
there is a hierarchy. And as a member of the Velmiki caste, he's among the lowest of the low. He was born into this
job, his parents did it. It's been his family's
role for generations. (speaking in foreign language) But why does it fall
on you to do this work? (speaking in foreign language) At India's independence, caste-based discrimination was outlawed. College places and public
sector jobs were reserved for Dalits in a system of
quotas and reservations. It's given them new opportunities beyond their traditional roles, but it's provoked a backlash too, and last summer, the
issue turned explosive. (protestors chanting)
(truck engine revving) Government plans to extend the quotas to other low caste Hindus, known as the other backward castes, led to mass demonstrations
by upper caste students. (chanting in foreign language) I met up with students
involved in the protest at one of the prestigious
Indian institutes of technology, or IITs, the powerhouses of
India's high-tech revolution. - The IITs in India are a dream for most of the science
students at the school level. And with this new quota being introduced, the number of seats becomes very limited. - We have our friends who couldn't make it and our brothers and sisters. - People who really deserved
to get into places like this simply could not because
of the competition. - The vast majority of
people from lower castes still have terrible opportunities by comparison to most of you. Do you not feel that
apositive discrimination is a good thing? - The government simply
does not do anything for the education of
these backward classes at the younger level. The study pattern and
the course of the study are not very easy. - [Krishnan] And you're
saying there are students just not up to it? - Exactly. - But do you not see that all of you are from privileged backgrounds
by virtue of your birth. - Had it be genuine upliftment of the poor or the underprivileged caste, all of us would have been for it. - [Krishnan] Breaking down the injustices of the caste system will take generations. It's left millions like, Satish feeling there's little hope for his future or for that of his children. (speaking in foreign language) - Will your children end
up doing this as well? (speaking in foreign language) Upper caste students feel that having quotas and reservations increases prejudice
against the lower castes. - At the student level it
creates a kind of distinction. Amongst the students
there is this mentality, I'm sorry to say, but
there is this mentality that a certain section
of the students have come through a particular quota and the mixing between the
students is not of that level. - [Krishnan] So it's created separation within the university?
- It has created. Virtually there is divide between the general category students and the reserve categories. - [Krishnan] Do you think it's
reinforced the caste system? - It has to a certain extent
in trying to do away with it. - Some Dalits have given
up their Hindu faith in their desperation to find a way out of the injustice of the caste system. (chanting in foreign language) - As Hindus, all these people
here would have been condemned as Dalit, as untouchable. So their answer has been
to find another religion. (man chants in foreign language) They've all converted to Buddhism, a religion that doesn't
have a caste system. They believe it offers
an end to the humiliation from the upper castes that's depicted on the
walls of their temple. Hundreds of thousands of Dalits have converted to Buddhism in this way, but they're never truly able
to escape the discrimination from some upper caste Hindus. (speaking in foreign language) (speaking in foreign language) It's clear caste is still
central to Indian society however much the government
attempts to tackle It. For even though people acknowledge
discrimination is wrong, they still hold on to
their caste identities and that surely makes
discrimination inevitable. You can see it in Indian newspapers where there's not just
a lonely hearts column. There's a whole section
devoted to marriage partners. Just flick through the matrimonials in the Sunday newspapers. The front page may say cosmopolitan, and that's the ones where
caste isn't an issue, but the vast majority of
the section of a newspaper is all divided into individual
castes and communities from Brahmans, to
Kayasthra, to Kshatriyas, to the scheduled castes as well. And it really shows you just
how ingrained caste still is in the modern India. Eradicating the effects
of the caste system was a founding vision of this country. How much progress has been made? - Caste continues to be a problem. A politics driven by caste
consideration continues to be a challenge to our democracy. And I'm worried and I'm concerned. The fact is that thousands
of years of civilization and history is confronting modern India. And in that interface, I hope that modern and progressive India will prevail because that is where India's future lies. - Large parts of the Indian population are being left out of
this economic boom though. How long before they see this new India? - Well, the level of poverty
has certainly decreased, which all statistics show. We have successfully led to
the progressive enlargement of the Indian middle class, which means that the
lowest strata has come up. However, there are a
large number of people, at least 25% of our people, who still live in
conditions of acute poverty and that's really the challenge before the Indian nation state. - But right now, the
gap between the winners and losers in today's India is widening leading to some extraordinary
social divisions. I'm a couple of hours
outside Mumbai right now, but it feels a million miles away from the rural India I've seen elsewhere. The roads are remarkably smooth,
the cars remarkably fancy and there are probably as
many millionaires up here as there are in Chelsea. And I'm on my way to see what
must be the ultimate escape. (car honks)
(car engine revving) Amby Valley is a huge gated community where the ultra rich
can protect themselves from the uglier realities of Indian life. ♪ Amby valley ♪ This is a 10,000 acre
site of exclusive homes, which when completed will form
an entire self-contained city and at a price that will keep
all but the super rich out. - So how much are these properties? - When we started this,
it was $1.8 million, but right now any
waterfront property will be like $2.5 million. - [Announcer] Beautifully designed villas. - [Krishnan] With
average salaries in India so much lower than in the
U.K., that's like spending something like 40 million
pounds on a house. Incredibly, most of the
plots have already been sold. - I think my purchase
was one of the fastest. - One of the fastest, yeah. - I came here to spend one
day, a couple of hours, and as I drove from the
main gate to the reception, I decided to buy one. - [Announcer] A massive
outer wall surrounds the city while a bar fence provides
additional security. - [Krishnan] What is the appeal of living in a gated community? - I think it gives you a
lot of sense of security. - [Announcer] Teams of sniffer dogs and horse patrolling units
maintain strict, disciplined and highly motivated, unmatched security. - We want this place to become
as a city for the people. Those who wanna have this kind of life. - But this is so different to
anything I've seen in India. - Of course.
- It doesn't even feel like India. - No, it doesn't. - Is that good? - I think it's brilliant. - It's a country within a country. - Sir, I think we are
doing something better than what you have in U.K. ♪ Amby Valley ♪ - In a country that has for
so long embraced hierarchy, Amby Valley fits very comfortably. The rich and powerful
can escape the poverty and despair facing so much
of India and live in this. The fairytale version. (car engine revving) (ominous music) My last encounter with booming
India revealed its challenges in stark relief. Here in Mumbai was yet
another building site for yet more high-tech businesses that are powering the economic boom. Building them are hundreds
of migrant workers unable to make a living
in the countryside. These people are forced
to live in squalor on site with their families. People like Sindaby. (speaking in foreign language) - Do you think your
children will ever work in these call centers? (speaking in foreign language) I've spent a lot of this journey looking for the people left behind in this great Indian miracle and the poverty has been shocking and the discrimination
painful to witness at times, but I've had to keep reminding myself that the economic boom is very real. This is becoming one of
the world's great powers. Indians will keep praying
to their gods and goddesses. There isn't going to be a revolution here because they're used to
living with contradictions. They've been doing it
for hundreds of years. It's the rest of the world
that's going to struggle to get its head around a superpower we'll probably never really understand. (children chattering)
