Can India ever become a superpower?

this could well be an end to the debate -
INDIA IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST OR ONE OF THE LARGEST 1)IMPORTER OF GOLD .
2)HAS THE HIGHEST SAVINGS RATE .
3)INDIA IS THE THE ONLY COUNTRY WITH LEAST DEPENDENCE ON PLASTIC MONEY .
4)INDIA PARALLEL ECONOMY UNPARELLELLED .
5)INDIA IS THE WEST OR AMERICA FOR LL NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES - BANGLADESH , SRILANKA , NEPAL , BHUTAN , BURMA ,PAKISTAN AND MAY CHINA .
6)INDIA IS THE ONLY COUNRY WHERE DELHI UNIVERSITY OFFERS YOU TO BECOME GRADUATE AT USD 100/- PA ( ANNUAL FEES ) .
7)INDIA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN GTHE WORLD WHERE YOU BUY BREAD FOR 80 CENTS A KILO .
8)IT IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE ARE CORRUPT TO THE CORE COMPELLING THEM TO LIVE LIKE POOR WHEREAS THEY DIE LEAVING BEHIND WEALTH FOR WHICH THE IMMIGRANT CHILDREN COME BACK AND LITIGATE .
9)INDIA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WHERE ALL IMMIGRANTS WANT TO BE BURIED AFTER THEIR DEATH .
10)INDIA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WHERE THE SYSTEM OF ARRANGED MARRIAGE EXSISTS AND WORKS .
INDIA IS ALSO MAY BE THE LARGEST PRODUCER AND CONSUMER OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS .
11)IT IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WHERE ALL GERMAN CAR MANUFACTURERS WANT TO BE .
12)OUT OF THE VETY FEW COUNTRIES WE MAKE MERCEDES AND AUDIS AND FORD CARS .
13)INDIA 'S HERO MOTORS KICKED OUT HONDA MOTORS FROM MOTORCYCLE PRODUCTION AND DECIDED TO GO SOLO AS HERO .
14)A VEGETABLE VENDOR CAN DO BETTER CALCULATION FOR VARIOUS MERCHANDISE HE SELLS YOU TAH THE IIT'S AND THE BEST BRAINS IN THE WORLD .
15)INDIAN 'S WORK RELATIVELY LONGER THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTER PARTS IN THE WORLD .
16)WE ARE SEVERELY DOSORGANISED BUT WHAT HAS ORGANISED SUPERPOWERS ACHIEVED THE BIGGEST BEGGARS ARE THE SO CALLED SUPER POWERS .
17)RECESSION WILL NOT HIT INDIA FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS INFACT WE WILL BE ABSORB THE WORLD DEPRESSION AS WE ACCEPT OUR GUESTS .
18)THE CUT OFF FOR THE DELHI UNIVERSITY NORTH CAMPUS ARE ABOVE 95 % AVERAGE FOR ANY COURSE .
THE DAY INDIA IS AWAKENED THE WORLD WILL BE FORCED TO BOW .
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Not even in the foreseeable future. Firstly, wealth has to trickle down to the poor. It is presently being sucked up by middle-men like in the PDS scheme. The justice system is flawed and no ordinary indian can escape the police even if he did not commit any crime. On the contrary a politician or babus can easily get-away scot-free even if he is proved corrupt by a court of law. Witness the case of Sukh Ram former minister. Also these babus and ministers have no conscience whatsoever. They are so shameless like Kripashanker Singh, Suresh Kalmadi, A.Raja etc.,. that when
caught they claim to be totally innocent. I challenge
any Indian who says that we can become a super power before the year 2100.

Iam Sorry & Surprised !.
Majority of the reports on India are prepared by out siders who not even have clear idea on indias demographics , geography & How is inside India look like !! , what London school of economics , Harward , wharton etcs... what they know exactly India , they are just filling the pages of their thesis basing on some stupid data which is not even worthy . One financial Dean or guru comes to India stays at Mumbai Taj , Plays gulf in the near 5 Star gulf course and in the evening gives lecture on India at another 5 star hotel !! and our eletronic media covers and highlights the same for their prp. They have to travel in Mumbai local trains to understand India once , Iam sure next time they will be afraid to talk on India , becuase its not decaying infrastucture , there is no infrastuctire . Please stop relying on these foreign designed reports , kindly travel in India meet the common man and understand and use all ur analytics and come to conclusion ???.

India cannot become a super-power atleast in the next 25 years! Why?
Muslim Minorities, who form a significant proportion of the population do not place emphasis for education & career. Control by Mullahs & Imams and their obsession with medeival 7th century Arab laws will continue keeping them out of the benefits that modern society offers. Their women are still under Burkahs and the male members continue their domination merrily. Polygamy is recognised for Muslims in blatant violation of a uniform civil code. Secular education is branded 'unIslamic'.

Next, Politicians' obsession with splitting the Hindu society into castes and each segment demanding quotas. Condition of Dalits in our Society is still pathetic. Even 65 years of independence and third generation of Dalits in the youth workforce has not made any impact. The only Dalit leader Dr. B R Ambedkar, foresaw reservations for 1 generation, but our assinine political class has ensured more and more reservations with no tangible benefits to these 'weaker' segments. Even the Dalit iconic CM of UP, Mayawati has frittered a golden opportunity by fragmenting UP society further and denuding the state exchequer of all the wealth. In typical Nero style, she built Elephants, Kanshirams, Ambedkars and Mayawati statues but forgot to use the same money for uplifting her Dalit constituency.

The educated class has lost its verve to bring in a revolution. This class is obessessed with migrating abroad and enrich itself. They prefer contributing to US & European economies leaving their homeland for good!

The key issues are Muslims, Resevation policy, Greedy creamy layer of the reservationists, apathy of government to take firm action on terrorism and communalism, oxymoronic 'dull educated' class, which is only after money..the list is endless. With these problems not addressed, How can one dream about becoming a economic powerhouse??

Dear Equitymaster ,
Since you all have contacts with all these experts through out the world would request you to convey the massage of common man that we also understand economics and express openly through protests ( getting bashed up even protesting against Corruption peacefully at the middle of night by these Politicians who comes asking for VOTE in the name of Democracy - even an IPS officer gets murdered for doing his job honestly taking action against Corrupt politicians interest ) are not scared to speak against the people in power which these ECONOMISTS? (of LSE) are . They are all DHONGI's. Times of INDIA publishes a full page coverage saying " MAOISM breeds out of HUNGER". Rahul Gandhi/Priyanka Vadra( Gandhi family) now have failed to make people of all ( specially UP )5 states FOOL ( ULLUH )and they this will happen in future also and a warning for all parties . They are not saint's . Naxalism / Maoism { brandname given by the so called mouth piece of Democracy ( Hypocracy)} will continue (its not someones pleasure to pick up arms). They are more patriots than these Politicians( Sucking/ Fucking this country and its people).
Jai Hind , Bande Mataram.

India posses all the ingredients but do not have a proper environment i.e society to make it a success.

I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE RBI,HAVING ALREADY CUT THE CRR BECAUSE OF URGENCY OF THE HOUR SHOULD RESCHEDULE ITS FORTHCOMING REVIEW MEET OF 15TH TO SAY ON 19 TH OF MARCH AND CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF BUDGET AND ACCORDINGLY TAKE DECISIVE STEPS/SEND STRONG SIGNAL TO MARKETS, RATHER THAN MEETING ON 15 TH AND DEFERRING THE ACTION,BECAUSE WE NEED TO ACT FAST AND DECISIVELY.

I very much doubt the capacity of India becoming a super power.India's growth is very much lopsided.Hardly one percent of its population is owning more than sixty percent of its wealth.It affects the effective demand cycle,its consumption pattern.With equitable distribution of wealth there would be effective demand which work as catalyst in generating more employment opportunities and more wealth.Just compare,one Mukesh Ambani having a home costing Rs 600.00crore ,and,with the same outlay,60000 people owning sweet home of their dream.The level of satisfaction will simply multiply several times.Super power should have super economy.Only one organ in a body is healthy and other organs are weak we won't call it a healthy body,do we?

Sir,
LSE has missed some other factors in their assessments.Like,We have a minister named Sibbal ,when not flashing his million $ smile,love destroying istitution of repute like IIT or can make a report of CAG type institution appear rubbish.Also have a partner of ruling party called T.C who are still learning how to behave not like opposison member

Never. Taking a cue from the current political scenario there is absolute no national aspirations. The regional aspirations of various political parties has jeopardised Indias success story.