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20 Through a billion voices: India’s role in a multi-polar world to perceive India as a “naysayer”, are likely to become a thing of the past. Over the last few decades, India has repositioned itself and has succeeded in establishing stable relations around the world. The emphasis today is still on its basic interests, conditioned by its innate conservatism in a changing situation. Ultimately, India’s policies and positions will be grounded in its national interest. This could entail agreement with the positions of the west on certain occasions. At the same time, the protection of its interests may at times require cooperation on some issues with other countries. In this way, India remains truly ”nonaligned”. ARUNDHATI GHOSE is a distinguished fellow at the Institute of Peace and Conflict studies. She is a former permanent representative of India to the UN in Geneva. Continuity in change: India in a turbulent world | Arundhati Ghose
Data on India Through a billion voices: India’s role in a multi-polar world 21 With its one billion people, India exhibits enormous linguistic, cultural, regional and religious diversity, which is reflected in its complex politics. Although its population has been rising, the birth rate is declining and population levels are likely to stabilise in the decades to come. In recent years, economic growth has been very rapid and poverty levels are falling. However, given its historic impoverishment and size, per capita income remains low. At the same time, there is a great degree of variation within India. Indian political system With 26 languages, numerous religions, and thousands of different ethnic and cultural groups, Indian politics is an exercise in governing diversity. India is a parliamentary democracy with a federal structure and an independent judiciary. The Indian political system includes mechanisms aimed at accommodating diversity and redressing historical injustices, including by recognising and promoting the rights of different cultural groups. Each of the twenty-eight states has a vibrant politics, and there are numerous parties, both national and regional, which mobilise support on the basis of different issues, such as geography, ideology and identity. The last three central governments, even though led by large national parties, have been coalitions consisting of ten or more political parties. Preamble to the Indian Constitution WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation; IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION. Population and birth rate in India Source: Registrar General of India Data on India
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