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The BBC's Mike Embley travels to Delhi and Bhopal for the third programme in the series which looks at consumer issues around the world.

He investigates how the rich/poor gap could be brought closer together by the building of new shopping malls both in the cities and the countryside.

He also looks at how India's new consumerism is impacting on the mental health of the nation and asks, is economic growth the only way to solve the country's problems with poverty?

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