Magazine Article

India Rising

Zakaria, Fareed

2006

Overview

\"Every year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, there's a star. Not a person but a country. One country impresses the gathering of global leaders because of a particularly smart Finance minister or a compelling tale of reform or even a glamorous gala. This year there was no contest. In the decade that I've been going to Davos, no country has captured the imagination of the conference and dominated the conversation as India in 2006. It was not a matter of chance. As you got off the plane in Zurich, there were large billboards extolling INCREDIBLE INDIA. Davos itself was plastered with signs. WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING FREE MARKET DEMOCRACY! proclaimed the town's buses. When you got to your room, you found an iPod Shuffle loaded with Bollywood songs, and a pashmina shawl, gifts from the Indian delegation. When you entered the meeting rooms, you were likely to hear an Indian voice, one of the dozens of CEOs of world-class Indian companies. And then there were the government officials, India's 'Dream Team,' all intelligent and articulate, and all selling their country.\" (Newsweek) This article discusses the growing Indian economy and how it has impacted the country and the world.

• Subject: Democracy, India / Developing countries, Economic conditions / East Indian Americans / East Indians, Attitudes / Free enterprise, India / Globalization / India, Economic conditions / India, Economic policy / India, Forecasting / India, Foreign relations / India, Politics and government / Individualism, India / Singh, Manmohan / U.S., Economic relations, India / U.S., Foreign relations, India