Friday 11 February 2011

10 Reasons why India will not & should not be a Super Power

Well Known Historian and Writer, Ramachandra Guha in a recent lecture in Montreal gave 10 reasons why India will not and should not be a superpower.

1. Political Extremism Of The Left - The Maoist Insurgencies In The Heart Of India

2. Fundamental Assertion On Religion And Communities

3. Decline Of Political Centre And More Importantly Political Parties Being Converted Into Family Firms

4. Corruption And Corrosion Of Public Institutions

5. The Growing Gap Between The Rich And The Poor

6. Rapid Pace of Environmental Degradation

7. Apathy Of Media

8. Political Fragmentation And The Incoherence It Gives Birth To.

9. Disturbances In North East (Kashmir) And North West (Manipur, Nagaland)

10. A Very Unstable Nepal

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