Are India’s heady days over? India’s fantastic growth story that has dominated international headlines for the last five years is now being questioned. Strong economic growth, national icons acquiring global brands and foreign policy successes such as the Indo-US nuclear deal led us to believe that our time had come.

Or had it? The Mumbai terror attacks, travel warnings by Western governments, the Satyam scandal and layoffs are now the new reality. These events have made not only the world question our future but many in India, too, are questioning our growth story. Questioning is not a bad thing; it can even be useful if we learn from these challenges.

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