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Mon, 06 Aug 2007
India at Sixty
Time (international editions) is running a cover story on India's 60th anniversary. Nice set of articles.
In an article, William Dalrymple trots out the argument --- it's almost a meme now --- that the recent prosperity of India and China is really just the start of a return to global historical balances (before the British colonized India, its economy is thought to have made up 22% of the world economy).
A bit too early to extrapolate at this juncture, I'd say. WD's claim is a bit like saying that because India and China were the best sprinters in the neighborhood, they'll also be the best auto-racers now that everybody's got cars. I really hope it happens, but we Indians (WD being an honorary Indian) can be a bit too quick in self-congratulations (and self-denigrations!).
Also, watch out for the piece by Ishaan Tharoor. I'm guessing he's the son of Shashi Tharoor.