By Nick Harris

20 January 2011

The most obvious and visible sign of India’s economic boom is in the vast mount of property being built – and marketed. It is impossible to drive for more than a few hundred yards without seeing another huge billboard offering dream homes for sale.

A special series about the new Indian owners of Blackburn Rovers is running on sportingintelligence this week; those owners, the Rao family, live in Pune, south-east of Mumbai, and the following pictures were all taken within a few minutes of each other on a drive across the city last week.

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