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кухня и стигнем до принципа за ненасилствена East India Company arrived in the 17th century, In-
съпротива на Махатма Ганди, хуманизма на dia was the richest country in the world, accoun ting
Тагор и факта, че Индия никога не е нападала for approximately 23% of world GDP. However, two
друга държава през хилядолетната си история, centuries of colonization left India impove rished
може да кажем, че Индия е обичана и уважава- and underdeveloped with a growth rate of less than
на от много хора по света. Както казва амери- 0.01%.
канският политолог Джоузеф Ний, в епохата на Today India is the world’s largest and most
информацията победител е „меката сила“. vibrant democracy, the fastest growing big economy
Може би най-големият източник на сила in the world and the top foreign direct investment
е нашата разноликост, способността ни да destination globally. At the same time, its compa-
приемаме и да интегрираме, да поддържаме nies are emerging as important investors in both
единство във впечатляващо многообразие. Ще developed and developing countries, and India has
цитирам известния индийски политик и ди- transformed from being a recipient of aid to an
пломат Шаши Тарур, който казва, че Индия има important aid provider and partner in development
способността да разказва завладяващи истории for several Asian and African countries. India is also
както никой друг. И аз съм уверена, че хората the world’s largest sourcing destination for the IT
ще искат да чуят какво имаме да им разкажем! industry and emerged as an important R&D hub
Това е красотата на моята очарователно with several global IT giants setting up innovation
многопластова страна. Затова я наричаме Неве- centres in India. It is an acknowledged space power
роятната Индия! as well.
Превод от английски език: Лилия Денева In the last three years alone, India has climbed
up virtually every global ranking index and nowa-
days is considered the world’s seventh most valued
India: Past, Present ‘national brand’.
As Prime Minister Modi often says, India’s
and Future strength lies in its three Ds: of Democracy, De-
Pooja Kapur mography and Demand. India will be the youngest
country in the world by 2020 with an average age of
India is the world’s seventh largest country by only 29 years, affording an enviable workforce.
size, third largest economy in PPP terms and the Indian economy is expected to overtake that of
second most populous. It has a continuous civi- the US by 2050 and to become the second largest in
lization dating back over 5,000 years ago. It is the the world.
birthplace of at least 3 world religions: Hinduism, India is well-placed to succeed because the roots
Buddhism and Sikhism. It is also the only country of its soft power run deep. From classical art, music,
in the world which has an ocean named after it, dance, yoga and Ayurveda to mo dern-day Bolly-
signifying the historical influence it has enjoyed in wood, fashion and cuisine to Mahatma Gandhi’s
the world historically. non-violence, Tagore’s humanism and the fact that
Ancient India was a cradle of learning. The India has never invaded another country through-
world’s first university was established in Takshila out its entire history, India is widely loved and
in 700 B.C. Ancient Indians invented the Number respected. Perhaps our biggest source of strength
System that we use today. Ayurveda is the earliest is our pluralism, our ability to maintain unity in
known school of medicine. Sanskrit is the mother astounding diversity. That is why we call it Incre-
of most European languages. By the time the British dible India!