The poor of India always suffer when any International Circus arrives in town. Modi is no exception in criminalizing the poor at the expense of an International image

As it happens, the G20 Delhi summit was, as so many of these occasions are, much ado about nothing. The absence of China and Russia turned the occasion into a G18 gathering, removing a good deal of flavour that would otherwise have been present. At the very least it provided Modi an excellent excuse to rough up the slum dwellers, using beautification as a strategy to criminalise the poor.

Source: G20 Aesthetics: Modi’s Brutal Delhi Facelift – » The Australian Independent Media Network