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by jlmorton 4580 days ago
And this is part of working on poverty, in India and everywhere else. Forget all the other reasons. People need inspiration, and this is one way to provide it. The payoff may not be immediate, but it will come.
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They also need local jobs in high-tech industries, rather then a continuous brain-drain off to Western nations.

India's poverty also has very little to do with "lack of money" as does poverty everywhere - i.e. why does the US have poverty, despite it's incredible wealth?