'India living up to the dreams of 1947'

THE RISE OF INDIA: Time says India faces challenges the size of an elephant, yet continues to rise.

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New Delhi: The Time magazine has paid rich tribute to India on the 60th anniversary of her Independence, saying the world's largest democracy is "living up to the dreams of 1947."

In a special cover story, marking the 60th anniversary of India's independence, the reputed weekly has profiled India's middle-class, religion, politics and the transformation of its economy as well as the conflicts, trends and turning points that have shaped modern India.

In a special write-up, William Dalrymple, the author of The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857, says India's rise is not a 'miraculous novelty' as depicted by the Western media and that it is a return to traditional global trade patterns.

Dalrymple argues that "the idea that India is a poor country is a relatively recent one" as "historically, South Asia was always famous as the richest region of the globe".

The magazine, in its cover story ‘India Charges Ahead’, notes that the country faces challenges the size of an elephant, but the world's largest democracy is living up to the dreams of 1947.

"Twenty years ago the rest of the world saw India as a pauper. Now it is just as famous for its software engineers, Bollywood movie stars, literary giants and steel magnates," one article says.