60 years on: new India revels in superpower dreams

New Delhi (ANTARA News) - When India comes to celebrate a century of
independence it will be as a superpower, a trading giant straddling the
world, just next to China -- according to conventional wisdom.



That may be 40 years away yet, but such predictions from major banks,
which put India ahead of Japan by 2025 and the United States in 2050,
delight many here.



The nation of 1.1 billion people -- marking 60 years since the
subcontinent was partitioned on August 14-15, 1947 -- proudly sees
itself well on the road to economic, political and social greatness.



It is a far cry from the harrowing end of British rule, when the colonial flag was lowered for the last time.



Partition of the sub-continent into mainly Hindu India and Muslim
Pakistan -- out of which Bangladesh was eventually born -- triggered a
huge population shift and widespread violence.

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