Includes bibliographical references.

India is expected to become a $30 trillion+ economy by2050. With a size like that it will be the world’s second- or third-largest economic power, enjoying unprecedented influence over global affairs. This will also make India the third pillar of a tri-polar world—the US and China being the other two. Will India seize the opportunity and assume leadership with responsibility? This book seeks to answer that. Besides becoming an economic and military superpower, it will also increasingly dominate in the culture sphere. India is already claiming its place in a new global order in the making, and in less than a decade, it will begin to assert itself globally in all realms of life. The book seeks to highlight these trends—spanning across society, government, diplomacy, economy, military, and culture—through the visions of leading Indian thinkers and public intellectuals who are considered experts in their chosen fields.