India's influence soars: "Un-China" could be next economic superpower

[DeepModem Mom]

TIME cover story: India's influence soars
The 'un-China' could be world's next economic superpower
Sunday, June 18, 2006



You may not be aware of it, living in the United States, but your world is increasingly being shaped by India.

Even if you've never been to India, eaten its food or watched its movies, there is a good chance you interact with it every day of your life.

It might be the place on the other end of that call you call you make if your luggage is lost on a connecting flight, or the guys to whom your company has outsourced its data processing. Every night, young radiologists in Bangalore read CT scans e-mailed to them by emergency-room doctors in the U.S.

Few Americans are surprised today to learn that their dentist or lawyer is of Indian origin, and the centrality of Indian brainpower to California's high-tech industry has long been documented.

In ways big and small, Indians are changing the world, and may become even more influential in the decades ahead....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/18/india.influence.tm.tm/index.html

[samsingh]

1. it's about time.