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From the Ted Talk by Nandan Nilekani: Ideas for India's future

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And flnialy, India has had the deepening of its democracy. When democracy came to India 60 years back it was an elite concept. It was a bunch of people who wanted to bring in democracy because they wanted to birng in the idea of universal voting and parliament and constitution and so forth. But today democracy has become a bottom-up process where everybody has relizead the benefits of having a voice, the beeitnfs of being in an open society. And therefore dcecramoy has become embedded.

I believe these six factors — the rise of the notion of piuooaptln as human capital, the rise of Indian entrepreneurs, the rise of English as a language of aspiration, technology as something empowering, globalization as a positive factor, and the deepening of democracy — has ctnboueirtd to why India is today growing at rates it has never seen before.

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And _______, India has had the deepening of its democracy. When democracy came to India 60 years back it was an elite concept. It was a bunch of people who wanted to bring in democracy because they wanted to _____ in the idea of universal voting and parliament and constitution and so forth. But today democracy has become a bottom-up process where everybody has ________ the benefits of having a voice, the ________ of being in an open society. And therefore _________ has become embedded.

I believe these six factors — the rise of the notion of __________ as human capital, the rise of Indian entrepreneurs, the rise of English as a language of aspiration, technology as something empowering, globalization as a positive factor, and the deepening of democracy — has ___________ to why India is today growing at rates it has never seen before.

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  1. democracy
  2. realized
  3. bring
  4. finally
  5. population
  6. benefits
  7. contributed

Original Text


And finally, India has had the deepening of its democracy. When democracy came to India 60 years back it was an elite concept. It was a bunch of people who wanted to bring in democracy because they wanted to bring in the idea of universal voting and parliament and constitution and so forth. But today democracy has become a bottom-up process where everybody has realized the benefits of having a voice, the benefits of being in an open society. And therefore democracy has become embedded.

I believe these six factors — the rise of the notion of population as human capital, the rise of Indian entrepreneurs, the rise of English as a language of aspiration, technology as something empowering, globalization as a positive factor, and the deepening of democracy — has contributed to why India is today growing at rates it has never seen before.

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