The image of India that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to project at the G20 is one of a modern superpower, a leader of the Global South, and a voice forÀÍ»ê¾ÖÀδëÇà impoverished nations. But the government has been accused of hiding one of the country¡¯s own most entrenched and enduring problems.
¡°What strikes me most is that India, the Indian state, is ashamed of ostensible poverty,¡± said Harsh Mander, a social activist who works with homelessÁ¤À¾¾ÖÀδëÇà families and street children. ¡°It doesn¡¯t want poverty to be visible to the people who come here.¡±