India Races to Get Rich Before It Gets Old as Population Passes China
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A fleeting moment in western India on the evening of March 8 will remain etched in Nikita Punjabi’s memory forever: The first glimpse of her newborn daughter as the doctor held her up after delivery.
Aniket Rai, nervously waiting during the birth, cried tears of joy when the nurse told him he had a baby girl. “It was surreal feeling... Unparalleled. I cannot describe it really, it can only be felt.”