guest_writer 0 2009-03-23T23:59:58Z 0 It has been the night of the long knives for our burgeoning billionaire population. Its band has just been decimated, falling by more than half from 53 to 24. The latest Croesus Count, also known as the Forbes Billionaires list, makes that much clear. We also fell by two notches to the sixth rank in the list of nations with the most billionaires. Our earlier No. 4 slot being slyly usurped by the Chinese who clock in with 29. More mortifying, we are a rung below the Brits who've grabbed Perch 5, with 25. P. 57296 true 2009-03-22T13:31:36Z Sainath 0 20949 0 1 Slumdogs vs. Millionaires hdi-oscars-slumdogs-versus-millionaires-by-p-sainath The Hindu none 2009-09-25T15:26:44Z 10877