Get inspired by Sri Lanka. At first, Some Statistics: GDP: India: $1.53 trillion (nominal: 10th; 2010) $4.06 trillion (PPP: 4th; 2010) Sri Lanka: $53.241 billion (2010 IMF est.) ------------------------------- Looks like India is a giant economy. Now look at this - ------------------------------- GDP per capita India: $1,265 (nominal: 138th; 2010) $3,339 (PPP: 129th; 2010) Sri Lanka: $5,300 (2010 est.) ------------------------------ Inflation: India: (CPI) 8.66% (April 2011) Sri Lanka: 3.4% (2009 est.) ------------------------------ Population below poverty line: India: 37% (2010) Sri Lanka: 7.6% (2010 est.) -------------------------------- OMG! Don't stop, see some more - -------------------------------- Unemployment: India: 9.4% (2009–10) Sri Lanka: 3.4% (12 month moving average as of December 2009) ------------------------------- Ease of Doing Business Rank: India: 134th Sri Lanka: 102nd I'd like to add Bangladesh here as well: 107th -------------------------------- Economic aid: India: $2.107 billion (2008) Sri Lanka: $808 million (2006) ------------------------------- Conclusion: 1. The reason the economy of India looks giant is often we forget that it is a huge country with giant population. They have a profound chance to show only some parts of it to represent the whole India. 2. Development in media sector doesn't necessarily mean the overall development of the country, but media is an effective tool for India to sprey some propaganda and false pride / conflict among nations. Sri Lanka developed a lot in comparatively silence. India harangue & use 'WORLD'S MOST UMOK TOMOK' in almost every sentence it says about itself with a purpose. And the purpose is clear. To protect it's integrality, the central government always wants to show that being big is better while being small means you are nothing. Afsos! the reality doesn't go along with.