![]() These people may come from smaller cities, they may be less worldly, and they may speak only poor English. ![]() ![]() The old cosmopolitan elite have done well enough, with their degrees from Berkeley and Cambridge, and their jobs in banking and management consulting: "But they are surrounded by very different people – private businessmen, entrepreneurs, estate agents, retailers and general wheeler-dealers – who are making far more money than they are, and wielding more political power. ![]() A few years ago, Rana Dasgupta wrote an eye-opening article in Granta about India's new rich, in which he explained that the country's economic growth had been far too explosive for the small English-speaking upper class to monopolise its rewards. ![]()
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