NOVA · Season 6 · Episode 16

“India: Machinery of Hope”

Aired Wednesday 21 November 1979

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 is shrinking because of a policy of "appropriate" technology that uses the resources of both to meet the greatest needs of all.

S6 E16 discussion