(contd)

India must proliferate its SOFT POWER and utilize it to its best possible advantage.The concept has been brought out well by Dr Shashi Tharoor in his TED talk.

India has a long way to go before it achieves the status of  coveted power that we envisage for it.

But on a slightly little optimistic note, the notion is that we don’t expect…Read More

(contd)

India must proliferate its SOFT POWER and utilize it to its best possible advantage.The concept has been brought out well by Dr Shashi Tharoor in his TED talk.

India has a long way to go before it achieves the status of  coveted power that we envisage for it.

But on a slightly little optimistic note, the notion is that we don’t expect…Read More

Nice points put forward so far !! The discussion is now gathering pace ! :good:

Great views everyone. It is impressive to see how everyone has backed his opinions with facts and stats. Everyone has taken a definite side and not just presented mixed views which is in the spirit of the debate. This was pretty much expected too given the fact that it is about the shape India is going to hold in future. Of course as suggested…Read More

SUPERPOWER ?EVEN  BETTER …..

Firstly we need to change the cliched terms that define a country to be a superpower.Today we don’t require super power but rather a ‘Globally-Affluent country” is what we require any country to be , not only be economically and equitably prosperous but a ubiquitous partner in give and take relationships between…Read More