A woman walks in the slums surrounding the Electronic city, on April 13, 2008 in Bangalore, India. Many residents work for multi-national cooperations and the economy is booming. New construction for offices is under way. Shopping malls open frequently and the shops are full of western merchandise for workers with high disposable income. India's new middle class is about 300 million, and growing.
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