So, the first step would be to strengthen the Indian Army, Navy and Air force, to prevent and protect from any future external attacks. Secondly, we should be prepared for traitors within the country. The not so good citizens would not wish for India to become a powerful nation, and may even sell our secrets to unworthy competitors. This, of course, should be avoided, and spies and undercover agents should patrol the streets, literally. So, we are safe from any 'to come' attacks on India‐The superpower. Now coming to how to make India a superpower. First and most importantly, the people need to be educated. The much talked about 'Free child education' should be put into use. Girl children too, should get good education.
The government should aim to achieve a 100% literacy level by the 2011 census.
Now that we are on the topic of government, the people who constitute it should be educated too. At present, most politicians 'beg' for foreign aid, not for the country, but to fulfill their own greedy wishes.
This of course, should be stopped. However it is not only academic education that is important. The public should be educated on social subjects too. India, in 2006, I am sorry to say, lacks cleanliness and the citizens, when in public, lack good conduct. Most people, largely in rural areas, do not know the basics of good social behavior. I do not wish to go deep into this matter, for fear of exceeding the given word limit I would say, however, that this should be changed.
Now, coming to another aspect that has to be taken care of. (I beg your pardon for changing the topic so suddenly!) The word discrimination has acquired such a lot of prefixes in India. You have social discrimination, caste discrimination, religious discrimination you name it; you've got it. The