"Land of Contrasts" India by plexus77

This view is from the front yard of the house I was living in while in India. It was in a very upscale subdivision, a "Society" as they are called in India. The house was three floors (the top floor was a patio or roof garden), all marble tile, and very nice.
If you look closely you can see a monkey sitting on the fence.

This view is of the field right behind the "Society". It was regularly planted and harvested (one crop right after another) by people living in little shanties. One of which you can see in the center of the picture. The people working the fields are not living in the houses you see in the back, but in the little board and tin shack you can see.
There are other little shacks not visible.

This is a typical middle class apartment complex.
You can see one of the field "owners" in the background. This particular field was owned by Moslems, so you could purchase chicken and goat meat from them, as they were not vegetarian like the typical local.