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HOME > PAST ISSUE > SPECIAL REPORT [Premium content]May 2007
Strength in services will only take India so far. Moving forward, manufacturing has to play a larger role
Even as a child, Mullaram Kharida knew he would eventually have to migrate to a city to find work. So, in 1979, he left his father's small farm and made the 70-kilometre trip to New Delhi in search of a job as a driver.
The first year was hard. As an apprentice, he worked virtually for free, earning a few rupees by washing cars and assisting other drivers. Eventually, he landed a job driving a taxi and, several years later, one chauffeuring private tourist cars.
"I work ...
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