India's Poverty & the Devastating Monsoon

"Seventy-seven percent of Indians -- about 836 million people -- live on less than half a dollar a day in one of the world's hottest economies..."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070810/wl_nm/india_poor_dc

Monsoon death toll reaches 2,000
The storms have stranded 19 million people in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Nearly 243,000 people were still living in relief camps in India, the Home Ministry said... Since the start of this year's monsoon, more than 1,550 people have died in India...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/asia.monsoons.ap/index.html?eref=yahoo