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Is India Destined To Remain A Land of Poverty?

The central paradox of modern India is that half a century of democracy, economic growth and constitutional commitment to social justice has not lessened the acute, mass poverty of the country. This is the central argument in Siddharth Dubey's book, In the Land of Poverty. The 350 million Indians now estimated to be living in absolute poverty are equal in number to India's entire population in 1947. Why, despite the efforts of modern India, does acute poverty still remains?

On June 29, 6.30 to 8.30 pm, a panel will discusses these problems and debates strategies for the future.

Panelists include: Dube, writer and health policy analyst; T N Srinivasan, chairman, department of economics and Samuel C Park Jr, professor of economics, Yale University; Katherine Sreedhar, director, the Holdeen India Fund; and Patrick Heller, assistant professor of sociology and international affairs and co-director, Program in Economic and Political Development, SIPA (Columbia). Mahanaz Ispahani, deputy director of Human Rights and International Co-operation, The Ford Foundation, is the moderator.

The fee is $7 for Asia Society and SAJA members and $10 for non-members.

To register, call the Asia Society Box Office: 212.517.ASIA or email . The program includes refreshments.

The Asia Society is located at 725 Park Avenue (70th @ Park)

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