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    ISAS Briefs

    Quick analytical responses to occurrences in South Asia

    17 : India at 60: Banking on the Demographic Dividend

    Jayan Jose Thomas, Research Fellow at the ISAS

    16 August 2007

    As India celebrates its 60th year of independence, the mood in the air is a mix of excitement and despondency. A new generation of Indian professionals and entrepreneurs are basking in the glory of global recognition. At the same time, as floods caused havoc in many parts of the subcontinent over the past few weeks, millions of Indians are starving, displaced from their homes, and desperate for assistance.