Last year on the 75th anniversary of its independence from British rule, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, urged the nation to “dominate the world”. India’s rising role in the global economy is indeed becoming harder to ignore. In April, it overtook China as the world’s most populous country. The IMF expects its economy to grow over 6 per cent this year, and investors increasingly see the country as an alternative to China. On Tuesday, as India celebrates 76 years of freedom, a look back at the progress made since Modi’s rallying cry only underscores the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of the country’s new assertiveness.
去年，在印度脫離英國統治獨立75週年之際，印度總理納倫德拉•莫迪(Narendra Modi)敦促印度「主宰世界」。印度在全球經濟中日益上升的地位確實越來越不容忽視。今年4月，印度超過中國成爲世界上人口最多的國家。國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)預計，印度經濟今年將成長6%以上，投資者越來越將該國視爲中國之外的另一個選擇。週二，在印度慶祝自由76週年之際，回顧自莫迪發出這句戰鬥口號以來所取得的進步，只會凸顯出這個國家新的自信立場的好、壞和醜陋的一面。