This decade has heralded the arrival of China and the rise of India on the world stage. Due to global recession, the balance of power is shifting from the West to East. China has alreddy occupied second place in the world’s biggest economies. But India is still struggling with - formidable challenges like crushing poverty of millions, uneven growth, pervasive corruption and crumbling governance. Can we, in all honesty aspire to be a genuine super power?