India's poor feel left out of G20 vision of 'inclusion'

Summit's lofty rhetoric clashes with reality for hidden slum dwellers

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A boy walks past a slum in New Delhi on Sept. 11, where a green tarp erected by the government hides the poverty from view. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

SAYAN CHAKRABORTY and STEVEN BOROWIEC, Nikkei staff writers

NEW DELHI -- Early this month, a group of workers arrived outside Komal's small shop on a busy New Delhi street to erect a green tarp they hoped would hide her and her neighbors from passersby.

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