INDIA: Catch a Rising Star

By Geoff Uttmark and Urs Dür

“If you want to be a global player in the 21st century, you must have a presence in India.”
—U.S. State Department Press Release 1998

7th: largest country
6th: longest river
5th: largest economy
4th: largest rail system
3rd: largest road system
2nd: largest population
1st: largest democracy, tea exporter, movie maker and oldest stock exchange in Asia

It should come as no surprise that the world’s main exporter of mysticism is itself an enigma. Like a thespian playing dual roles, to some the sub-continent conjures images of staggering poverty, stultifying heat, rural backwardness, religious fractiousness and political divisiveness. To others, India is Kiplingesque accounts of the Kyhber Pass, the zenith of Victorian colonialism and reminisces of posh (Port Outbound, Starboard Home). Neither image defines India correctly, of course.

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