Reimagining India: Unlocking the Potential of Asia's Next Superpower

by McKinsey & Company, Inc.

world’s most populous nation before 2025.

Rakhigarhi

first to use wheeled transport.

politics of hope and aspiration,

decentralization.

authoritarian government

Embracing competition:

technology can help India close the gap between rich and poor.

Swasthya Slate,

leapfrogging:

“leapfrog mentality

Sustainable development:

India’s people hold the power to unlock their nation’s full potential.

“India has historically been a strong society with a weak state,

The countryside is where the vote is; the city is where the money is.

traditionally thinking it was politically irrelevant and so adopting an apolitical stance.

to get rich

dare simply to have good ideas and work hard.

Indians to think of themselves for the first time as individuals, not merely members of a religion, caste, or tribe.

bottom-up process of protest and politics