Asphalt to Vodafone Transform Rural India as Ox-Cart Era Fades For three decades, Indian rice farmer Lahu Bhiwa loaded his grain onto an ox cart and sold it to families in his village, earning about 2,000 rupees ($32) a month. His life changed in 2010, when bulldozers cleared a new road that has helped triple his income.
Dec. 31, 2013 - Bloomberg