On the economic side, indeed, the country has made phenomenal progress in the last 75 years. The year 1991, when the country embraced liberalization, is a significant landmark. Our internet penetration is second largest after China. India has achieved new heights in physics, maths, chemistry, literature, music, film, sports, or space.
Four Indians have won the Nobel Prize in the past 75 years. But simultaneously, there is also a broader disparity in skill development.
In foreign policy, India has become the leader of the subcontinent. However, she has lost her premier position as the champion of the non-aligned world. She has come closer to the United States in a unipolar world. It is also a nuclear country, a member of G 20 and other world fora.
Today, India needs a roadmap for moving towards its ambition to become a global power, but for that to happen, the government of the day needs to work for an inclusive India, in which diversity of all kind is respected.
(IPA Service)
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