Thanks to Slumdog Millionaire, India is hot. Thanks to entrepreneurs, it's booming. Now a new government has to raise a billion people out of poverty without wrecking the environment. What's a poor country to do? More
In remote areas of India that have no access to electricity, project called Lighting a Billion Lives is supplying villagers with affordable solar-powered lanterns. Its organizers now hope to spread the idea to Africa and other parts of Asia.Diane Cook and Len Jenshel