India: Machinery of Hope

Nov 20, 1979 on PBS at 9:00 PM

Summary

Most of India lives by the same rhythm, the same tools, as in centuries past. But there is another India—with thriving commercial centers, spotless research laboratories and large-scale industry. NOVA looks at how the gap between these two extremes i... (more)s shrinking because of a policy of "appropriate" technology that uses the resources of both to meet the greatest needs of all.

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