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India Tomorrow 2003: Global Giant or Pygmy? Take
me to Conclave now
CURRENT ISSUE JANUARY 05, 2004
Midas
hour
So, to borrow the title of an American bestseller,
Dude, where's my country? In the autumnal fog
of 2003, even if the vision of the stocktaker
is impaired by that familiar annual malady of
calendar fetish, can't you really see where it
is? No, it is not a stagnant shame in the backyard
of civilisation-and if you want to see one, look
in the distant deserts of Mesopotamia. And, sorry,
India is not an oriental remoteness in tatters.
That
is the only way perhaps to sum up the second-term victory of
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, writes India Today's Sayantan
Chakravarty. Read the full report. RISE
AND RISE