'Don't forget India's farmers.' That was the message Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh had for the Indian business community at a conference held in Mumbai. This report from Karishma Vaswani:

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India's economic growth has created wealth for many in India's cities. It's given birth to a consuming class here who want to spend their hard earned cash in the brand new malls that have sprung up across the country.

But that wealth has yet to trickle down to Indian villages where over sixty percent of Indians live. Millions of India's farmers still live on less than two dollars a day. This growing income inequality is fuelling resentment, giving rise to a fury that has manifested itself in demonstrations and protests across India.

Karishma Vaswani, BBC News, Mumbai

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addressed
spoke to

the plight
the bad, unfortunate state

created wealth for many
made a lot of people rich

given birth to
created, led to the appearance of

consuming class
a large group of people of the same economic or social background who buy various goods and services

cash
money paid at the time of purchase, as opposed to credit

malls
shopping centres

to trickle down to
to reach slowly, bit by bit

income inequality is fuelling resentment
the situation where some people get less money than others is causing angry opposition

giving rise to a fury
causing wild and passionate anger

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