Fat tummy on thin legs

Last weekend I was visiting my friend’s place at Noida. There was days when I used to visit Noida frequently but these days it is not so frequent visit. One of the highlights of my trip was “Great India place” (hope I spelled the correct name). I was hearing the name for past few moths on FM radio though. I was not very keen but my ecstatic friend convinced me. Apart from that I enjoyed the thrill of 4D movie at Spice one day before. There are few grand malls in pipeline in NCR like Mall of India and Metropolis at Gurgaon. These are the few examples of mushrooming retail business points, enhancement of spending power and new definition of entertainment. In the era of globalization, growing economy like India has produced urban spending power mainly through handfuls of jobs for IT/ITES professional, some MBA and service industries.

Few days back few Reliance fresh outlets was at public rage as they are selling vegetables at much lower price. There might be a debate if it was poised by something else. Some might curl their eyebrow for this so called ridiculer activity. Don’t take me wrong, this topic is not to support the incident. But it is fact that the truth is something else under the glitter. Growing Indian economics produces more Mercedes on road and more stoppage time at red lights, more high rises, flyovers and malls. But actually it is like a fat body on thinner and weaker legs. The ripple of economical growth did not reach the rural area not even lower class of urban area. Whatever growth we are shouting is mostly from urban area. When we (2-5% Indian) are biting ham burger at fully air-conditioned restaurant then 30% of Indians are starving for once a day food and another 30% with “Roti”, “Litti” or “Basi bhat”.

So is there no growth at all in rural area? Not really! There are few drops of developments there also. But the discrepancy is large enough to make it unnoticed. Large players are eating up other’s dream and growing frustration is simmering among the people we left behind. There might be a debate that one can spend his/her money as he or she wants. No one can stop that but as I told, fat tummy and thin body is not a sign of good health. And it is the responsibility of the brain to distribute or at least produce some chance or hope for legs as well.