FINALLY, NUMBER ONE
THE NEXT DECADE FOR INDIA will be momentous in terms of demography. If in 2000, we celebrated the birth of the billionth Indian, we will, in the next decade, celebrate the birth of a child who will help India overtake China as the world’s most populous country. The land of the Kama Sutra will finally reclaim bragging rights from its neighbour and that favourite phrase, ‘world’s largest democracy’ will be replaced by a simpler one—“world’s largest country”.
Yes, India has managed to add a billion human beings on our planet since 1947 and, by most projections, is slated to stabilise
