India may never be a super power: LSE study

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Not a superpower. But perhaps an influential regional power.

Considering the current trend with the neighbours , i think we are more of a middle power.

 

[The SC]

troll thread although

india is super power but slowly in making..after 15 yrs..we will be.

You are talking from an emotional point of view.

 

[SHAHED]

come on !!!

india and russia have strong relations
we both are trolls

my parents are russian but i born in iran

 

[The SC]

the troll war has died down i see..........nyways i am login out now........see you guys later!!

Indians are thinking about their own internal problems now I guess.

 

[Paan Singh]

my parents are russian but i born in iran

so you dont have interest in russia..taking interest in iran

 

[SHAHED]

so you dont have interest in russia..taking interest in iran

what is your laugh ... i interest Both of them

 

[The SC]

I think India will not become a superpower in near future. Maybe after 100years or so.
Reasons are many, government and dirty politics let their citizens down.
The civic sense in India is appalling (eg: people throwing rubbish on the ground, spitting and really really bad DRIVING to name a few)
Corruption too is a major let down and delay in implementation of projects and short sighted old wrinkly leaders. MMS is a good person on paper but he lacks his own voice and is a puppet.
Besides India doesnt invest in making its own weapons except navy and ignores domestic weapons and go on to buy fancy weapons from abroad just will not help.
Caste discrimination I have seen now and then just disgusts me how some higher caste bhramins treat poor dalits. Its just wrong but that is not going to go anytime soon as arrogance is has developed in south asia (even in pakistan, nepal, bangladesh) They think they can do anything we are the best but they lack civic and social sense. Some or most people just hit the streets for just about no reason like anti nuclear protests they just follow like a headless chicken and do as they are told or paid in some cases.
These things will not be go anytime soon and will take generations to fade away. Social and ethnic divide plus add fanatic religious nutcases into th equation spells disastrous.

It all sounds like a 3rd world country.

 

[Paan Singh]

what is your laugh ... i interest Both of them

but more in iran

 

[SHAHED]

but more in iran

i am muslim

 

[kriish]

Earned his bread and butter for the day....... happy eating............ ittadakimass.......

 

[Developereo]

It's unfortunate that the study's authors put the word superpower in the title. It derails the discussion because being a superpower is not the point. That's not the point at all!

Would somebody care to comment on their repeated focus on social issues which, they claim, are actually getting worse. Far from a "rising tide lifting all boats", India's growth is exacerbating existing social problems.

The study, India: the Next Superpower? acknowledges India’s "formidable achievements" in fostering democracy, growth and cultural dynamism but concludes that these are nullified by its structural weaknesses, widespread corruption, poor leadership, extreme social divisions, religious extremism and internal security threats.

India, it argues, still faces too many "developmental challenges" to qualify for "super power" status, or to be considered a serious "counterweight" to China, a role sought to be thrust on it by some in the West. Some of the report’s authors wonder whether India should even aspire to be a super power given its institutional weaknesses and social and economic divisions.

Historian Ramachandra Guha, currently the Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at LSE, suggests that rather than being seduced by the bright lights of great power diplomacy, India should instead focus on reforming its institutions and repairing the social fabric that seems to be coming off its seams.

“We need to repair, one by one, the institutions that have safeguarded our unity amidst diversity, and to forge the new institutions that can help us. It will be hard, patient, slow work,” he writes.

[...]

Plunging the knife into Indian ambitions, the report says:"Still, for all India’s success, its undoubted importance and despite its undisputed potential, there is cause for caution in assessing India’s claim to superpower status. India still faces major developmental challenges. The still-entrenched divisions of caste structure are being compounded by the emergence of new inequalities of wealth stemming from India’s economic success. India’s democracy may have thrived in a manner that few ever expected, but its institutions face profound challenges from embedded nepotism and corruption. India’s economic success continues to come with an environmental cost that is unsustainable."

These problems are compounded by India’s "pressing security preoccupations" arising out of "insurgent violence" affecting large parts of the country and long-festering cross-border disputes.

 

[Hindustani]

India a superpower?

India is doing the right thing of increasing the literacy rates and decreasing poverty. Too many problems persist internally, the key to moving forward is through education.

 

[SamantK]

Now is it official india super power dream is all over

I thank the authors of the articles to say India will not be a superpower, it needs to set its house in order first.

I'm sick of some Chinese and Pakistanis saying that India wants to be a super-power, please its not logical.. till 1962 we were not even concentrating on our armed forces.. then bang, we had to learn the tough way, 65, 71 (albiet our internal security was challenged) then 98.. so what you see, the build-up is not to be a Soooperpower but to blooody secure ourselves.. cant you guys see that much... im surprised..

 

[Hello_10]

Now is it 'official' india super power dream is all over

my last post was meant to say, as per the official intention of Indian government, they are more interested in having equal opportunities for every person of world/ having progressive environment in this world, regardless which country is super power. We believe in providing equal opportunity to all those who may perform high to go high in their life, regardless they belong to a super power country or not. Becoming a super power isn’t the main concern of India, but having a progressive environment in world, with keeping resistance to those who may be dangerous to the world peace, are the prime concerns of Indian government. India doesn’t believe in becoming superpower but we believe in giving strengths to all those people of any nationality/ race or religion, who may make this world a better place to live, by use of their talent/ education, regardless which country is super power

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

India wont be a super power like USA . Anybpdy who thinks otherwise is fooling himself .

India will become a regional super-power and major global power . That is a given .

Becoming richer and developed , a welfare state should be India's priority while at the same time doing enough to protect its territorial sovereignty .