The lure of a pain-free life is a revelation in a country where incomes are rising for many city dwellers and 300 million to 400 million people.
This story is the first in a two-part series. Read part two here: "In India's Slums, Painkillers Part Of Daily Routine."
NEW DELHI — Pain, like death, is a universal phenomenon.
The sour grimace on the woman's face, registering her bodily complaints to Dr. G.P. Dureja in his East Delhi office, would be recognized anywhere. Slouched shoulders, pinched forehead. She wore a willowy black kurta and cast a disapproving glance at the five pain physicians-in-training huddled behind Dureja, founder of Delhi Pain Management Centre and one of India's pioneering pain physicians.
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