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In a world torn by economic stress, India stands as an island of relative calm. If its economy isn't topping the charts, it isn't doing badly either. However, if we have to stay this way and do even better then we need to get cracking without delay.

At its very foundation the economy needs meaningful reform and real change in the living standards of the people below the poverty line. Growth will become more sustainable if the states become smarter, both, in their economic performance and governance standards. That way the ideal inside out flowering of a Nation will become reality.

Then we shall have thriving city-states, functioning as commercial and business hubs that will take the burden away from the handful of already choking metropolitan centres. This will also engender a new wave of greening in India, where the commitment to the environment will transmute from mere slogans to actionable ecology.

All this requires readiness at the bottom, commitment from the top and honest work all around. The time is right for a new kind of leadership, a leadership that is truly osmotic and sustainable in the long term- economic development that promotes laissez faire with a socialistic charter in its heart.