How much powerful a country u think is INDIA? This question is to all non-indians?

Question

I want to have an idea,,of the present status(impression rather,,not actual situation) of India in world today.

Answer 1

Hi. I'm from Germany. At the moment we have the world's largest book fair here in Frankfurt and its theme is "Today's India". There you can already see something. Bollywood is well-known and Javed Akthar read in the library. Personally, I think India is well on the way to become one of the leading industries and it still has a lot of potential, economically and demographically. Only the extreme poverty, the corruption and the cast system that still exists in a lot of people's heads hems the progress. But one day all that will be better and then India is a most important country in our world.

Answer 2

First off India has just over 1 billion people and the US has just about 300 million. From a numeric standpoint it is a powerful nation, but it has so many barriers that keep it from reaching its potential.

Yes... it is a nuclear power, but its delivery system for nuclear weapons is crude and it could not project those weapons beyond a thousand miles, striking only Pakistan or China. In terms of its conventional weapons, they have high numbers on the ground, but they are using outdated equipment. They are just now acquiring aircraft carriers and ships that allow them to project their navy and air power beyond their borders.

They are still a society that has a rigid class system, that is very traditional, and is in some ways very closed despite a highly educated young population that can utilize technology. They will have to deal with a growing gap between rich and poor, have and have nots as well before they can advance onto the world stage. Their distribution of wealth is even more skewed then the US.

There is also the question of how to feed their growing population. I once spoke to a US congressman who stated he was on the most important committee in the US congress, the agriucultural committee. Everything you do as a nation depends on feeding your people. Even the army can only fight as long as they can be fed. Right now India has a tough time feeding their populace.

I think India has come a long way, but they have a number of issues to deal with socially, economically, and militarily before they can become a power broker on the world stage. They are gaining, but they aren't their yet. Given 25 years, they will be a legitimate superpower.

Answer 3

India is not a major player in the affairs of the world, but it is not weak, either. While they are of no real threat to anyone except perhaps a couple of countries near it, if the country ever decided to be a major world power, it could possibly do so. It probably never will, however, because India will never divert its attention from Pakistan, nor will it abandon Hinduism, a religion that puts everyone into a chaste system, making some people less valuable than others. Until this system is abandonded and India learns to respect all of its citizens, it will never be able to utilize its biggest and most important resource - its population.

Answer 4

I have great respect for India.

Huge economic potential...a genuine respect for scholarship and technical prowess (hence all the outsourced tech jobs), a long history of a culturally complex people who somehow manage to retain cohesion in a world where fragmentation seems to be the norm (yeah, the pakis went their own way....but that was probably for the best anyway)

I see India becoming more valuable to the West as a nuclear counter-weight to Pakistan when it eventually and surely devolves into an Islamic Caliphate.

I only rue the fact that India's population growth over the last four decades has horribly damaged the beauty of the subcontinent.

Answer 5

Not at all powerful. Very poor, heavily populated, some high tech but a reputation for very bad quality in manufacturing though better in textiles and rice production. Low academic standards so that qualifications earned in India can be only used in India. Low standards of hygiene and sanitation.

One of the biggest industries, movies, is still copying 1950's and 60's style movies full of Cary Grant clones, Cliff Richard clones or Elvis Presley clones and this is one of the reasons that the only audiences are Indians home and abroad.

Overall India looks like a country trying to jump from the 1950's to the new millenium missing out the decades in between.

In terms of military power, in common with most of the nuclear powers, India has the illusion of power because of having weapons that no country dare to use.

This is just an impression, as requested, so I don't know how true to life it is.

Answer 6

Mixed. India has an incredible population, and-not to make generalizations--many middle and upper class Indians who emigrate to the West do incredibly well. Culturally, Indians have a very strong work ethic. (I am Indian by the way, but I grew up outside of India). But at the same time, India itself is plagued with rampant corruption, extreme poverty and the country is currently selling itself to the highest bidder to attract FDI. Militarily, India is no superpower. However, given the instability of Pakistan and in northern central asia in general, i expect the US and Wester superpowers to focus much more on India in the next decade.

that's my 2 cents.

Answer 7

World power isn't really what is measured for me, it is effect of political movement and capacity to carry out political agendas.

India is as a unit is definately capable of acheiving things.

they have many "domestic and regional" issues to deal with.

They have big issue with mobilizing the major population. (the poor)

It has a lot of potential and as a country is in the top 10 or so countries for sure as far as world security risks. (with us russia china, england, france, brazil, germany, japan, rest of the EU..)

India is a wonderful country and plays off as a "deterent" to countries such as China.

Lots of issues, so much potential.. it feels like it is in the 70's and 80's.
but there is a very "modern" portion of the population. part of the country is current with a large poverty class looming behind.

They don't have much of a blue water fleet either.

I have a hard time picturing india as a ~military power~ ,however they are emerging as an economic power... and have been for a long time a cultural treasure.

The current president brings in a real technology drive mindset to india.

India is definately an emerging power, as it and China will start to outpace other powers.. the only real issue is "ownership of capital"

Answer 8

I live in the US and work in the Information Technology field where I have had the chance to work with many people from India.

My impression is that parts of India are very high-tech with very strong educational systems, yet in other parts of India millions of people live with extreme poverty and disease.

There is obviously a big movie and TV industry in India and in fact many cable-TV channels offer Indian shows, movies, and music.

India as a country seems very reasonable, politically. They have a strong military and nuclear weapons, but also behave rationally in world affairs.

I have worked with many computer professionals from India and about 80% of them were hard working and competent. (whereas about 50% of Americans that I have worked with fit that description)

Overall - I like your country and your people!

Answer 9

i hope u r not including NRIs as indians...
but i think india is a very gr8 place, trust me, OF all the ppl asians are teh ones with a bit of morals and values in them, and with such rich cultures and traditions, asians hav everything in them to b gr8...
and talking about india, india is richly nourished with its age old values and culture and traditions... so, u see... india needs to re-open the vedas and books like ashtadhyayi...trust me, the humanity v r leaving in r really losing it! the purpose of our living in a society in order is to improve the quality of life in a sense that it should lead to more time for reasoning and not for the humans to just move on from one day to another.... and then, there is this thing that everyone r focusing on sciences and going into a surreal world where everything is possible and those which are not, are invented or created, ppl are doing the right things bcoz it helps them stay away from the police...
i guess india will becum a gr8 country

Answer 10

They are a super-power, and gaining more by the day. I think American schools should start offering classes in Hindi, or bengali because they are going to be useful languages in the future, and now. anyway, that is my impression of India.