An Indian boy carries empty canisters to be filled at a water depot in a New Delhi slum. Data from India's latest census shows that although millions of Indians have access to technology such as TVs and cellphones, many millions more still lack basic amenities such as sanitation and water.
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Nikky Finney is an award-winning poet and the Provost's Distinguished Service Professor of English at the University of Kentucky.
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