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Jan 06, 2007 :: Ninan picks six trends

T S Ninan has picked six mega-trends discernible in India today. Five will make our hearts glad: Indian businesses will rival global giants in scale; speed of all manner of transactions will improve all round efficiencies; urbanisation and the growth of middle class that will follow it, will spawn caste-neutral politicians and force governments to provide better quality of life and services; common-Indian’s steadily growing integration with the world will bring about a new confidence and style in behaviour; with something like half of India being under 25, youth will gain ascent and their throbbing energy and desire for fairness will change India in unforeseeable ways.

The sixth one, his #4 in fact, is what makes Ninan’s exercise a serious one. Ninan says the destruction of environment, irresponsible energy use and insensitive pursuit of wealth could easily turn the modern day fairy-tale that the other five trends foretell, into a nightmare or even an endgame before collapse.

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