<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343318715609091726</id><updated>2012-01-30T15:13:44.592-08:00</updated><category term='India&apos;s growth'/><category term='IS INDIA SUPERPOWER'/><title type='text'>India - Next Superpower</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://indiaisnextsuperpower.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8343318715609091726/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://indiaisnextsuperpower.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466306823798523454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_X-j3mUCC4XY/R_fa9VjHiyI/AAAAAAAAAA8/IriLEJ_GwBc/S220/cute_little_girl_for_web.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343318715609091726.post-2874810652208411997</id><published>2008-04-01T17:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T17:55:47.325-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India&apos;s growth'/><title type='text'>INDIA - The Next Superpower</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;A sound and transparent financial system, booming IT industry and a well-regulated stock market – India is surely poised to be the world’s next superpower. India has been active politically and economically in the past decade as well. How do the superpowers of the world view India? Is India the emerging superpower a threat to their supremacy?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 17px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-046165503374962713 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/H3vyVfPqKTA&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;object height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H3vyVfPqKTA&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H3vyVfPqKTA&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;India has found its place in various reports by global political analysts as the next superpower already! Due to its population, military might and economic development India seems to be on a fast track economic boom. So does the world’s existing superpower USA perceive India as a threat? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;For now, the US stands to benefit from increased foreign investment in India as well as our well-educated young population. However India’s rising political, economic and military power will have profound implications on US foreign policy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Obstacles hindering the rise of India as a superpower&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Widespread poverty: In a population of over 1 billion, about 25% live below the poverty line (Source: &lt;em&gt;Planning Commission&lt;/em&gt;). Poverty in turn begets problems like child labor, unemployment, crime and health issues. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Disorganization: Poor governance and varying state regulations also hinder growth and are a cause of worry. Poor infrastructure continues to act as a bottleneck for further economic development.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Social divide and communal disputes: India is a diverse mix of religions, castes and communities, and is periodically afflicted by caste disputes and communal clashes. It would surely progress faster in a less caste-driven society.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Despite these seemingly insurmountable problems, India’s outlook appears good. In 10 years India’s economy would have overtaken Britain’s and by 2040 it would be the world’s third largest economy (Source: &lt;em&gt;Goldman Sachs&lt;/em&gt;). Will it eventually overtake the world’s superpowers?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;By many yardsticks India is on the fast track, and racing ahead. But is it early days yet for self-congratulation? Debt-related suicides, deaths due to starvation, illiteracy, increasing communal discord – when will we succeed in wiping out these ugly blots from the face of India? Or do they pale into insignificance compared to the rosy economic picture projected to the world?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PXUjEG-1iLU&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PXUjEG-1iLU&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8343318715609091726-2874810652208411997?l=indiaisnextsuperpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://indiaisnextsuperpower.blogspot.com/feeds/2874810652208411997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8343318715609091726&amp;postID=2874810652208411997&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8343318715609091726/posts/default/2874810652208411997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8343318715609091726/posts/default/2874810652208411997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://indiaisnextsuperpower.blogspot.com/2008/04/india-next-superpower.html' title='INDIA - The Next Superpower'/><author><name>ash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466306823798523454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_X-j3mUCC4XY/R_fa9VjHiyI/AAAAAAAAAA8/IriLEJ_GwBc/S220/cute_little_girl_for_web.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343318715609091726.post-3751703224520533759</id><published>2008-03-24T11:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-24T11:18:27.003-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IS INDIA SUPERPOWER'/><title type='text'>INDIA - The Next Superpower</title><content type='html'>India Will it be the next superpower??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The answer may be little difficult to say right now but yes definitely in the coming years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The pace at which India and the indians are growing , the day is not far when the indians will be on top of the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently 4 indians achieved positions in the world top 10 richest people list.&lt;br /&gt;India is developing in each and every sector weather it is automobiles, telecommunications, or science indians are moving very fast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;India holds the key for the bright future of the world!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8343318715609091726-3751703224520533759?l=indiaisnextsuperpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://indiaisnextsuperpower.blogspot.com/feeds/3751703224520533759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8343318715609091726&amp;postID=3751703224520533759&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8343318715609091726/posts/default/3751703224520533759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8343318715609091726/posts/default/3751703224520533759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://indiaisnextsuperpower.blogspot.com/2008/03/india-next-superpower.html' title='INDIA - The Next Superpower'/><author><name>ash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466306823798523454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_X-j3mUCC4XY/R_fa9VjHiyI/AAAAAAAAAA8/IriLEJ_GwBc/S220/cute_little_girl_for_web.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
