India's miracle

India's miracle is the subject of a special issue of the british weekly New Statesman. I have already posted on one article, about the country's economic growing pains. But there are five other articles worth mentioning:

* Ramachandra Guha kicks off the special report with a brief history lesson, looking at the factors behind which make India such an unlikely nation

* Over 60 years, democracy in India has been challenged by poverty, violence and religious extremism. But against all the odds, it has survived. Salil Tripathi writes about Midnight's adults

* Kalpana Sharma on India's looming energy crisis: Fuelling the fire

* In Moving on, Sandy Howard explains how Delhi's transport captures the divide between rich and poor.

* Mahmood Farooqui writes that India's 150 million Muslims face poverty, illiteracy and attacks from the Hindu right, but their identity and traditions are inseparable from the rest of the country: Minority report

Comments

[GVV]

There is no miracle.The rich are getting richer and the poor poorer.Most alarming thing is the consumption spree and luxurious living of the middle class neo-rich (a direct result of the opening up and liberalisation trends in the Indian economy).Both minority and majority fanaticism is on the increase.

[Henri, Paris]

Many thanks for the pointer - great series of articles I would never have come across without you.

[CT]

India might be a democracy, it's a democracy at its worst. 60 years after its independence, India is still a shithole nobody would like to touch

[Peter]

Mahmood Farooqui's article is nice, but I'm not accept 150 million Muslims facing poverty in India and attacks from the Hindu right. In India Muslims are safer than any other Muslim countries, like Pakistan,Iraq, and etc., Yes, still there is some attacks against Muslims in India, but you should remember that Muslims also attacking Hindus and general public. We can't forget Mumbai blast, Covai blast, Parliament attacks and so many like this.
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[andiron]

indian growth is a symptom of credit bubble as well as rampant clueless globalization.
credit crunch will lead to FII flight and indian growth will dip down to 3-4%.
Indian demographics is a BOMB and not a blessing as some dunces in india often crow about..

[TA]

I really hate to bring this to you, but there is really not an India's Miracle, or a China's Miracle.

The living standard in India, and in China for that matter, dramatically improved in the past two decades thanks to the progress of technology in the west. There was a Japan's miracle, a Korea's miracle, yes.. but this India/China bandwagon is nothing but a brain child of those globalizationists.

[Self Help Zone]

India never got chance to develop... it was attacked by emperors got looted...what not? It has an ancient history...People who talk about religious topics only to get highlight or fame and selfishness of few politician made it hard for India to develop. Yes I agree whatever development happening now in India is because of Technology.

[Sharetipsinfo]

Its a fact in India rich people are becoming more rich and poor are becoming more and more poor.
Still our country is doing very well. Thanks to IT segment. Just see now India is seeing brain gain and USA brain drain. still sounds like dream but its true...

INDIA KEEP IT UP , but do something for poor segment.

Regards
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