A New India

After a 31 hour journey, I made it to Delhi in one piece on December 18th 2010. Its been 4 years since I've been here and I've noticed a difference; it's cleaner. Apparently the city did a major 'clean-up' for the 2010 Commonwealth games which were held here in October. The 30 minute drive from the Indira Gandhi airport to my Aunt's house in Gurgaon was stray-cow-free and I noticed a whole lot more corporate buildings along the Delhi skyline. I always find it funny seeing a big shinning building that says Panasonic or Sony on it in India because you know the people in that building are taking calls from folks like us in North America when we call 'customer service'. However some things remain the same; the severe poverty. It breaks my heart everytime seeing little barefoot children covered in dusty dirt begging for change while a Mercedes Benz goes zipping by. I have no idea how I am going to help eliminate the severe poverty here but I know one day I will be back again for much different reasons.