India is expected to become a $30 trillion+ economy by2050. With a size like that it will be the world's second- orthird-largest economic power, enjoying unprecedentedinfluence over global affairs. This will also make India thethird pillar of a tri-polar world-the US and China being theother two. Will India seize the opportunity and assume leadershipwith responsibility? This book seeks to answer that.Besides becoming an economic and military superpower,it will also increasingly dominate in the culture sphere.India is already claiming its place in a new global orderin the making, and in less than a decade, it will begin toassert itself globally in all realms of life. The book seeksto highlight these trends-spanning across society,government, diplomacy, economy, military, and culture-through the visions of leading Indian thinkers and publicintellectuals who are considered experts in their chosenfields.