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The introduction links India’s promise to ancient culture, large and youthful human capital, economic scale, and military capability. It also examines global expectations through U.S. perspectives, Cold War comparisons with China, and the post–Cold War resurgence driven by economic liberalization and democratic resilience, while noting hesitance toward hard power.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTo my teacher and mentor, Ambassador Husain Haqqani, who, after my father, has been my greatest source ofsupport and inspiration. His faith and guidance have been  \ninvaluable.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nIntroduction: Potential and Promise  \n1. Ancient Culture, Modern Times  \n2. Human Capital  \n3. Economic Potential  \n4. Geopolitics and Foreign Policy  \n5. Military and Grand Strategy  \nConclusion  \nNotes  \nIndex  \nAcknowledgements  \nAbout the Book  \nAbout the Author  \nPraise for the Book  \nCopyright  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nIntroduction  \nPotential and Promise  \nLet us remember first that India is not a little island, nor a continent sparsely inhabited by savages, but a vast territory containing 320,000,000 souls – three times as many as in the United States, more than in North and South America combined, more than in all Europe, west of Russia combined; all in all, one-fifth of the world’s population. 1  \nHISTORIAN WILL DURANT makes this argument in his book, The Case for India , written after his visit to the subcontinent in 1930. Since then, two new countries have been carved out of what was then India, with a combined population of 1,800,000,000 . The country that carries the historic name and traditions of ancient India has a population of 1.4 billion and is still as vast a country as it was in Durant’s time. Every sixth person in the world today is Indian.  \nThe promise of India, therefore, is old: it lies in the centuries-old culture, the possibilities of the large and youthful population, the size and potential of the economy, and the capability and capacity of its military. The Indian national movement, which initiated the end of the colonial era worldwide, was built on India’s great prospects. The sense of Indian exceptionalism that the country’s founding fathers spoke about and that the average Indian believes in, comes from the seeming inevitability of its rise to great power status. For Indians, India’s greatness is a given. The only question is when and how it will manifest itself on the world stage.  \nAs one of the only two countries in the world with a population of over 1 billion, half of it under the age of twenty-five, India has a huge labour force, a massive recruitment pool for soldiers and a formidable consumer market. 2 Its ability to build and consistently maintain a democratic political system has made it a natural partner for Western democracies.  \nIndia will be the most populous country by 2024 and the world’s third largest economy by 2028. It already has the fourth largest military and one of the largest English-speaking populations in the world. India ranks fourth in the global rankings of countries that produce the most doctoral students, with over 24,000 PhDs annually. 3 Over 90,000 books are published annually in India placing it sixth in the ranking of countries publishing the largest number of books. In two decades, between 1994 and 2014, India halved the number of people living under poverty. 4  \nIt is, therefore, natural that the prospect of India’s rise attracts global attention. China has quadrupled its GDP in the last two decades. 5 If India can manage to do the same, it is the natural competitor for China in what is dubbed as the Asian century that lies ahead. But India’s march towards great power status is not likely tobe as smooth as it sounds. Much as Indians want their country to bea global leader, there is also hesitance in building and exercising hard power. It is almost as if India wants to be a great power because it is its right to be one. Methodical development of the wherewithal of global power has thus far not proved to be its strong suit.  \nAs early as February 1947, the United States saw a united India as‘making its rightful and honourable contribution to the maintenance of international peace and prosperity’. 6 Even after Partition, the consensus in Washington was that In","cbCaiie4uKqRSleV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiie4uKqRSleV","pdf",1668882,4,1,250,"English","en",105,"# Introduction: Potential and Promise\n## Ancient Culture, Modern Times\n## Human Capital\n## Economic Potential\n## Geopolitics and Foreign Policy\n## Military and Grand Strategy\n## Conclusion\n## Notes\n## Index\n## Acknowledgements\n## About the Book\n## About the Author\n## Praise for the Book","[{\"question\":\"What makes India’s promise described in the introduction?\",\"answer\":\"The introduction ties India’s promise to centuries-old culture, a large youthful population, economic size and potential, and the capability and capacity of its military.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the text say India’s rise may not be smooth?\",\"answer\":\"Despite strong desire to lead globally, the document highlights hesitance in building and using hard power, and suggests methodical development of global power has not been India’s strength.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the introduction frame international views of India?\",\"answer\":\"It cites U.S. and Cold War era assessments that viewed India as a democratic counterpart to communist China, and later links renewed U.S. interest to India’s liberal reforms, technology embrace, and sustained democracy after the Cold War.\"}]","Making India Great - 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