India occupies a unique position in the world today, and at a unique moment in history. Our 1.3 billion people—with an average age of just 29, ten years lower than in China—have more active person-years of life and work ahead of them than any other nation in history.
Naturally, the opportunity to make a defining and dominant contribution to the world as a new generation comes of age is ours to lose.
In many ways, one could call this the Indian dream.India can do justice to this historic opportunity only if we invest seriously in the education of our very large and young population.