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want poverty to be visible to the people who come here.¡±
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But activists have questioned the timing, claiming instead that the demolitions are part of a ¡°beautification¡± project – ÃáõÃâÀ帶»çÁöa campaign to rid the city of its beggars and slums – to impress foreign dignitaries.

The image of India that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to project at the G20 is one of a modern superpower, aŹéÃâÀ帶»çÁö leader of the Global South, and a voice for impoverished nations. But the government has been accused of hiding one of the country¡¯s own most entrenched and enduring problems.

¡°What strikes me most is that India, the Indian state, is ashamed of ostensible poverty,¡± said Harsh Mander,ÆòâÃâÀ帶»çÁö a social activist who works with homeless families and street children. ¡°It doesn¡¯t want poverty to be visible to the people who come here.¡±