What a church in Mumbai reveals about Indians’ desires
As the country grows richer, its people dream bigger
THE SUPPLICANT enters the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount and walks to the sanctuary. On the floor, far below the feet of the golden-robed Madonna and the baby Jesus, he finds a row of blue plastic boxes. In one of them he carefully places a small piece of wax shaped to look like a pair of human lungs. Stepping back he bows his head, joins his hands and utters a silent prayer.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “What Indians pray for”
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