'The twenty-first century is India's to lose'

Came across a nice article recently. This article outlines a lot of issues that India currently faces and how it is still able to move ahead.

Read it here

Some favorite excerpts from the article:

1. India is like a truck with twelve wheels: even if one or two are punctured, the truck moves on. China, on the other hand, has fewer wheels that enable it to move faster, but others wonder what the consequences will be if a couple of wheels fall off.

2. The shining India that every newspaper praises as the country of the future is thwarted repeatedly when it seeks to acquire the trappings of a great power like permanent membership of the UN Security Council.

3. India never loses an opportunity to lose an opportunity.