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Title Jewel of the World: Can the newly crowned most populous country finally become a global superpower? By Neil Dolby Jun 18, 2023 Media name/outlet https://www.igafencu.com/ Duration/Length/Size 1500 words Country/Territory Hong Kong Date 18/06/23 Description https://www.igafencu.com/articles/most-populous-country-india
Some academics now view India during that time as an Asian superpower within the structures of the British Empire, so perhaps talk of the country now becoming a superpower is just a return to the status quo. Go back even further, circa 1700, and it was certainly an economic might, accounting for a fifth of the global economy.
“I wish India could return to its former glory,” says Aditi Jhaveri, Senior Lecturer at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. “Despite being one of the oldest civilisations in the world, we haven’t been able to convey how modern, cultured, developed and scientifically and economically advanced we were before colonisation.”
And yet, India’s modern relationship with Britain is revealing. People of Indian ethnicity number about 1.4 million in the UK and are high achievers with some of the greatest levels of education and proportion of professionals. The ascent of Indian-origin Rishi Sunak to the British premiership was met with glee in India and by Indians the world over. “It also stoked the nationalistic sentiments of many Indians who really want to believe that the future can be ours,” says Jhaveri.
“Indians living abroad are go-getters who have done very well in different sectors around the world,” says Jhaveri. “Their contribution to the IT sector, medicine, literature and education is most notable.”
“India has to continue focusing its efforts on job creation, especially for people with university degrees who struggle to find stable employment,” says Jhaveri.
India faces other substantial challenges. Parts of the country may soon become unliveable because of climate change, and climate migration could be an issue of the future. There remain marked differences in the performance of different states across India and, even more worrying, religious and ethnic tensions can spill over into conflict. In just one example of this, ethnic violence left more than 55 people dead in the north-eastern state of Manipur last month.
"India has a long way to go before it can catch up with China,” concludes Jhaveri. “But this is not to say that it cannot in the future, especially if we can focus on eradicating of poverty, tackling illiteracy, bridging the gender divide, and stop obsessing about religion. There is a lot that India has to offer that most people don’t know about. India business communities are intelligent and enterprising but the government needs to reward the more ethical businesses that demonstrate social responsibility with many more opportunities that are currently available,”Producer/Author Neil Dolby URL https://www.igafencu.com/articles/most-populous-country-india Persons Aditi JHAVERI
Keywords
- India
- Population