One lesson to be learned from the unfolding saga of Delhi hosting the Commonwealth Games is that there are many different Indias
There is the India that the West turns to for everything from online maths tutors to computer programmers, and another that is home to one-third of the world’s illiterate people. There’s the India that built an entirely new airport terminal in just 37 months, and another that is attracting international criticism for its shambolic oganization of the Commonwealth Games. But in a country in which more people have access to mobile phones than toilets, perhaps contradictions such as these are to be expected.
While India scrambles to build bridges between its divergent and sometimes discordant realities, domestic and international businesses are constantly reminded of the risks of operating in such a diverse environment.
As recent events in Delhi reveal, even insiders and those who should know better struggle to operate in the India that is opaque and impervious to deadlines. How else can it be that with just days to go before what was to have been a celebration of a confident India, the country has had to endure the sullying of its image?
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