Even if India manages to rebound now it is not looking very bright ahead.
Foreign supermarkets will not have an easy ride if India does lift the restrictions on their entry.
If India is the yoga capital of the world, California is the yoga capital of the United States.
If India and Pakistan ever managed to bury the hatchet, the two nations could even become friendly neighbours.
If India is to be a vibrant global economy, this has to change.
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It seemed as if India's state-dominated system might not be a staging-post towards full liberalisation but instead the end destination.
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If India is to grow at 9% a year, it needs to add at least 25, 000MW of power a year.
Roads and highways are being built nationwide, but if India goes car crazy, maddeningly slow traffic is inevitable for several years.
Of course Dr. Reddy's can only succeed in becoming an international drug major if India adopts--and polices--a product-patent law by 2005.
If India avoid defeat in Nagpur they will reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, while only a win will do if Australia are to retain it.
If India successfully manages its relationships with Pakistan and China, will the country's rise to global prominence trigger serious anxieties elsewhere in the world?
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But the power industry, which must double its output roughly every decade if India is to grow fast, has long been a disaster waiting to happen.
If India can continue to develop its infrastructure and lift more and more of its people out of poverty, this will be a triumph for humanity.
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Virender Sehwag, who probably needed to be still there at tea if India were to have any hope of getting the required runs, lasted just nine balls.
Our documentary concludes that most politicians believe this will only be possible if India's age-old tradition of religious tolerance remains at the centre of its national ideology.
If India and Pakistan could learn to set aside their differences, they might be able to divert their energy into dragging more of their people out of poverty.
If India could match the per capita production output even of the Russians, it would be a 20 trillion dollar economy and easily the biggest in the world.
If India gets normal rains, overall farm-sector growth rate could nearly double to between 3% and 4% this fiscal year, said Sujan Hajra, chief economist at Anand Rathi Securities.
The finance minister began his speech by saying that if India has to achieve any of its social objectives, it has to return to a higher economic growth path of 8%.
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On a recent trip to India, Mike Duke, Wal-Mart's boss, said that if India scrapped its restrictions on foreign retailers it could create 3m new jobs, cut food inflation and boost productivity.
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Imagine if India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Sumatra all had nuclear power plants along their shores, when the 2004 9.2 magnitude earthquake and tsunami, with waves up to 98 feet hit those shores.
If India's political and business leaders could show a little more of the bravery, and especially the wisdom, that Nehru called for in 1947, there would be surer and less nerve-wracking grounds for optimism.
He too pledged co-operation but said if India began to mobilise troops, Pakistan would respond in kind, even if that meant pulling soldiers away from fighting Taleban and al-Qaeda militants on its border with Afghanistan.
It seems as if India's influential Planning Commission realised this when it warned that the poor state of the country's economy was being forgotten amid the political crisis being faced by the United Front government.
If India - with its own important historical association with Africa - was initially taken by surprise by the scale of China's interest in Africa it has been playing catch-up in a major way, too.
If India calls but the flight is too much of a slog, head to Lucknam Park in the southern English county of Wiltshire for an Indian cookery course, plus roaring fires, scenic walks and horse riding.
Are U.S. airlines really better off if Air India buys Airbus products with financing assistance from European countries?
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