India - Delhi and Mumbai

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Owen Bennett Jones introduces personal stories, insights and wit from BBC correspondents around the world. In this edition: an India special, with despatches from Krupa Padhy, who braves the new urban sprawl of Gurgaon, while Nidhi Dutt confronts the enduring menace of 'eve teasing' (sexual harrassment). Dynamic yet dysfunctional ? The power of India's new economy is the talk of the world markets these days; and the fortunes of the country's billionaires becoming the stuff of financial legend. But while the rich are getting richer, many of the poor are still struggling - even in some areas now considered 'affluent'. And there are enduring questions about how stable an infrastructure underlies apparently breakneck development. Krupa Padhy has been taking a look around the remarkable Delhi suburb of Gurgaon. When 'harmless fun' goes too far Some trends in India are eagerly watched by people all over the word – the innovations from hi-tech companies or the latest movies from Bollywood. But other aspects of life on the subcontinent are less admirable. Nidhi Dutt is unfortunate enough to have had first-hand experience of one very unwelcome social phenomenon.