Hats off to both Devavrata and Arun. To add further:
Indian policies since Independence have been to first take care of the basic needs of its poor while taxing the rich on luxaries, by Indian standards (e.g. electricity, telephone, Radio, petrol etc.). Policies did not worry about if they were creating mega conglomerates at the expense of upper middle business class.
Stress was on Agriculture (food) & education (the only method of class shifting).
India also follwed a policy of non-alignment against the wishes of the west.
It also had to protect its borders from Palistan, Bangladesh & China.
Through all this baggage, India has come a long way by holding its head high. Today it is considered as one of the responsible (non) nuclear state and one of three fastest world economies.
I Think India can be proud of its achievements of 60 years. It has its problems and they will be solved as well.
It is diverse in culture, languages but still remains one country. It has states as big as countries in Europe who are all different countries eventhough they have mostly one religion.
