used to belong to the formula one racing legend michael schumacher. he proudly drives it around the city where he co-founded a textile, entertainment and real estate company. his dream is for each of his employees to drive a mercedes, bmw or audi. very hard work people here. he chose surat because it s one of the fastest growing cities in the world. the city produces 40% of india s textiles and 8 out of 10 diamonds in the world are cut or polished here. the municipal commissioner runs sutra. there is even an empire state building and world trade center.
khan and a prime minister. the show s 14 episodes was seen by over 500 million people. people are still talking. people call in from small villages. i don t even know the names of these places. telling me what they like about the show. that dialogue made me realize how people are reacting in different parts of the country. when you look at the anti-corruption protests and the protests and you look at your show and discussion it provokes and action it provokes, do you think all of this tells you that we re witnessing some kind of a change in india? it does tell me that. will change happen overnight? certainly not. i would like to believe that one day things will change dramatically. season two of khan s show is expected to air early in 2014. up next, i ll give you my take on whether india will make it.
economic growth. when we think of india, we think of a messy democracy, of organized chaos, a place where growth is sacrificed for freedom. now imagine a place in india where both are true, where there is democracy but also strong economic growth. the top official of this state might well be leading india after the 2014 national elections. if you look at the growth in gujarat, it s better than china if you think about it as a country. nr narendra mody is you can really improve. you may think that sensible governance is lacking in america but india has a way of making us
if you cataloged one person every second, the effort would take 38 years. sounds crazy. in 2010, india s government began such an effort hoping to create the largest personal data base in human history. in the waning hours of a hot afternoon in northeast india, a man waits patiently in a dimly lit room full of laptop computers. he s here with his three sons to get their fingerprints recorded, their eyes scanned, and their photos taken. his hope is that all of this high tech gadgetry will give his boys something they ve never had before. an official identity. today millions of indians have trouble proving who they are. that means they are shut out of
parliament follow iing india s last election in 2009. charges ranged from rape and murder to corruption but something here is changing. the usually apathetic indian middle class is making demands of its government and from this anger a movement has emerged. call it the indian spring. the problem that hits 99% of indians is every day i go for a birth certificate and i m asked for a bribe. i go for a completion certificate for my house, i m asked for a bribe. the former ceo of procter & gamble in india says that corruption is endemic across the country even in small, every day transactions. when i die, my children will have to bribe somebody to get a death certificate. that birth to death corruption is the problem. this man goes a step further.