Identifying a billion Indians. What it looks like to try to issue biometric-based identification cards to a country with over a billion people. Contractors have already created a database of 1 million people, only 0.1% of the total population.
Tag: India
A look into Indian slums
With the recent popularity of Slumdog Millionaire there has been a lot of attention going toward what the realistic conditions on the ground in Indian slums are. Foreign Policy has a great photo slideshow up of some photos and information about just what the conditions in this slums are. Definitely worth checking out if you’re interested in photo-journalism.