whats the question? poverty is everywhere? In a land with 5 billion people you havent seen anything yet! Oprah only visited the upper class slums. Wait till you see an entire family living under tarps. That happens only in the biggest cities there, Delhi, Mumbai, Kalcutta. India is a country that is divided by castes, if you are not in the top two, its very hard to become successful or even fight for limited housing even if you had money. My husband was born and raised in India. Most of the time the smaller cities and villages do not let people live like this, however they are steeped in old culture and belief systems. The government there just can NOT help the poor, they dont have the money. Though honestly their system works. If you really looked down deep enough you would see we have the same here, and if you were to watch anything about South Africa, Brazil, and Sub-Sahara countries (there are so many) you would see worse. Its every where.
Addition: I hate to see anyone live in poverty. I often help and contribute to organizations geared to helping those people who want to change that, get on their feet. However, I really dislike Oprah's attempt here. She is visiting a "privileged" (if you can call it that, cause poverty is poverty) poor family... this family is only the TIP of whats in India. As far as fixing the issue and bringing awareness to it, there is far too many to people to even begin to help. The problem is religious, ethnic, and caste related. Cut through those 3 walls, then you will be able to touch the garbage heaped on these people. In this I am talking about India only. Not any where else in the world. I visited a slum in Morocco and was brought to tears every turn in the winding maze of cardboard, tarps, open air toliets, dying kids, dead animals, and blazing hot metal. I made the biggest mistake in my life there as well. I handed a starving child an Euro. 1 Euro. He brought the entire slum after me. It was a quick get away.
Want to see true suffering in a country? Watch Lisa Ling's "Inside North Korea" Makes me glad every single day I live here.