India's miracle
Sixty years since India’s independence, we report on the success of a country many predicted would fail – and one which remains an unnatural nation and an unlikely democracy.
In India
An unlikely nation
- By Ramachandra Guha
- 02 August 2007
Many predicted that the state of India would fail and that its races and religions would surely not hold together when the British left. But 60 years after independence, the country remains united and mostly democratic. Ramachandra Guha kicks off our special report with a look at the factors behind a miraculous success
Moving on
- By Sandy Howard
- 02 August 2007
From SUVs to battered buses and auto-rickshaws, Delhi's transport captures the divide between rich and poor. But its cheap, safe Metro system may level the field.
Minority report
- By Mahmood Farooqui
- 02 August 2007
India's 150 million Muslims face poverty, illiteracy and attacks from the Hindu right, but their identity and traditions are inseparable from the rest of the country.
Growing pains
- By Randeep Ramesh
- 02 August 2007
Behind India's astonishing growth rate lies an economy that can do the impossible, but fumbles the mundane.
Midnight's adults
- By Salil Tripathi
- 02 August 2007
Over 60 years, democracy in India has been challenged by poverty, violence and religious extremism. But against all the odds, it has survived.
