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India's
mobile
phone subscriber base has hit 1 billion users, according to data released by the
country's telecom regulator
. But experts see the milestone as the beginning of some dramatic action rather than as a climax.
"A big chunk of these mobile subscribers will become smartphone users in the next couple of years, that is the thrilling next wave," said Amresh Nandan, research director at
Gartner, a US-based IT firm.
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At 65,
Steve McCurry
is one of the world's best-traveled photojournalists, but in 1978 he was still relatively new to globe-trotting. It was his first time in Asia, and, when he arrived in India, he was stunned.
"I was so taken with the excitement, the array of different religions, the disparity between rich and poor, people living in a very ancient way and other people living in quite a modern way," he said.
In the course of his storied career, McCurry has returned to India many times to document political and social milestones as well as scenes from everyday life, such as his image featured above. Highlights from three decades of McCurry's travels are featured in the exhibit, "Steve McCurry: India," at New York's Rubin Museum of Art.
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