Poverty in India Three years ago I traveled in India. India is a very big country, in some books it even counts as a continent. The first thing that was clear to me is the poverty in the streets. I have been in third world countries before India, but this time it's was different. The range of poverty in India is very wide, first time of my life I have seen somebody that have nothing but truly nothing. Every piece of land is occupied and there are so many beggars on the streets.