At the dawn of 2023, as the mist gently lifts, an early stretch of India’s shimmering path to the future is visible. If there is a steady, determined leadership in the coming years and the citizenry keeps being fired up by resurgent nationalism, India’s place as a superpower is assured, and so is overall prosperity for her people. The talk of this being China and India’s century is banal. But exactly 30 years ago, Deng Xiaoping told China, “g?i gé k?i fàng”, or open up to the world. It was the world’s tenth largest economy then. It is poised to...