Here is my post from another thread, in response to the childish denial mode posts by Indian on this thread.
Foolish indeed are any efforts to belittle Ms. Roy. She is right on her figures, Indians on this forum have to broaden their horizons, stop living in cloud cuckoo land and denial mode.
Let me introduce some facts from your favourite “Wikipedia” the beacon of knowledge,
Now, let see what the Government of India's commissions says about poverty, do they say anything different from Ms Roy?
Therefore, the deluded Indians on this forum who are blaming Ms. Roy and belittling her or pretending the figures she quoted are wrong, or that this thread is not worth the salt, should wise up. Look what the Arjun Sengupta Report says, 77% Indians live on less than Rs20 a day. This makes 847 million Indians using a round figure of Indian population of 1100 million.
Arundhati is right, remove the bias masks from your faces and face the truth, India is dirt poor, 77% of your people live on Rs20 a day, fact.