New Scientist Special Report on India

NewScientist believes that India will be the next knoledge superpower.

Sounds very provocative, especially if you are not Indian, more so if you are American, Pakistani or Chinese! But that doesn't matter, because your opinion is just as valid as mine, as NewScientist's. No one know future for sure, but I for one tend to agree with the article.

India has resources, drive and environment to promote itself as the the-knowledge-work-destination, backoffice-of-the-world etc, and now that multinational corporates are willing to pay Indian engineers to do the thinking (research and development) as well, things might turn out a lot different in next decade or so. Its only a matter of time before succesfull and rich Indian firms, inspired by the profit-figures of the multinationals model their business and target wider markets. There's no stopping Indian economic growth.

But on the other hand, that positive outlook doesn't mean Indian villages are going to be nice and pretty like a Swiss couterpart - the divide will remain large for many decades to come, and as with everything else the ancient Indian society will take their time to evolve.

Anywhooo, at the moment, its looking good, its looking really good for an average middle class Indian.