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India: The Next Superpower?

After 70 years of independence, is India set to be the next superpower?

After 70 years of independence Global Questions travels to New Delhi to assess India today, where it stands on the international stage and its fast growing economic strength, which some say could help it rival China as a global powerhouse.

India is the world’s largest democracy and politically stable but does it have the potential to be the world’s most influential democracy by the end of the 21st century?

More than half of India’s population, about 600 million, are under 25 years old, with such a young working society what are the challenges that might hold India back from continued growth and modernisation?

Join Zeinab Badawi at Bikaner House in the heart of New Delhi as she brings together an audience drawn from across India, with a high profile panel of political and public figures, to find out if India is set to become the next superpower.

On the panel:

Meenakshi Lekhi – MP and spokesperson BJP
Chhavi Rajawat – Sarpanch, Soda Village Rajasthan
Manu Joseph – Writer and journalist
Binny Bansal – Co-founder and CEO Flipkart
Aditi Mittal – Comedian, writer and actress

Producer: Ben Carter

50 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Sep 2018 11:06GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 22 Sep 2018 18:06GMT
  • Sun 23 Sep 2018 11:06GMT

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