Word: panis
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...activism of young urban voters is nothing more than an élite phenomenon, and that this Indian election, like nearly every one that has preceded it, will be decided by the masses in India's villages, who vote for the candidate most likely to bring them bijli, pani, sadak - power, water and roads. But even young people in rural areas are looking for something new: not just a better life, but a better system. Vikram Rai, for example, is a 29-year-old college lecturer in Darjeeling, in northeastern India, who can't understand why the water from the lush...
...Vajpayee's government?which last month scored a sweeping victory in assembly elections in three states, with the campaign slogan "Bijli, Sadak, Pani" (electricity, roads, water)?is intensifying reform efforts that have been on again, off again since 1991. Last year, India's Supreme Court stunned investors when it derailed the government's attempt to sell stakes in two state-owned oil refineries. Undaunted, the government has set a target of raising $2.9 billion by March 31 by selling state-owned assets, including $2.5 billion through the sale of 10% of Oil and Natural Gas Corp., the country's largest...