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Article: India's Coming-Out Party.(Fareed Zakaria)(Indian National Congress)
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- June 1, 2009
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Byline: Fareed Zakaria; Zakaria delivered the commencement address at Brown University last weekend.
The country puts aside its divisions.
One can date precisely China's debut as a great power. It was the evening of Aug. 8, 2008--the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. The event perfectly symbolized China's rise, a spectacular and expensive feat of mass organization, directed by the country's highly competent government. We might look back a few years from now and date India's coming-out party to May 18, 2009, the day its most recent election results were announced. They are also a fitting symbol--in this case of India's unique strengths, which ...