Bharat/India is emerging as a global giant based on several criteria for being a superpower or Vishwa Guru (world leader). It has a strong military and developed nuclear weapons capabilities. It is a knowledge-based society and leader in fields like software, call centers, and pharmaceuticals. Indians have won Nobel Prizes and are influential in academia worldwide. Bharat also has the world's fastest growing economy and some of its citizens are among the richest people globally. Its youth and women are excelling in various fields. Additionally, Bharat's ancient spiritual philosophies continue to influence scholars and people internationally.

1. Bharat ie India, An Emerging Giant

9. 2 nd Criteria Must be a Knowledge Based Society Must be a Knowledge Based Society

11. Sir C.V. Raman, (1888 – 1970) 1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics for work on scattering of light and Raman effect. Amartya Sen, (b-1933): 1998 - The Nobel Prize for Economics for his redefining work on ethical welfare economics. Currently residing as Lamont University Professor Emeritus at Harvard, after stepping down from the prestigious post of Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, (1910-1995): 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physics . His many contributions to physics, on the structure and evolution of stars including rotational figures of equilibrium, stellar interiors, black holes, radiative transfer, hydromagnetic stability, stellar dynamics. Har Gobind Khorana, (b-1922 ): 1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine for work on interpretation of the genetic code . Currently residing as professor at MIT. Indian Nobel Laureates V.S.Naipaul 2001 for literature Rabindranath Tagore, 1913 - for Literature

13. Great Indian Modern Scientists M. Visveshvaraiyya Engineer of Bharat Dams, Roads, …. Dr R.A. Mahshelkar Scientific Advisor, Patent Man of India Dr. M.S.Swaminathan Agriculture Revolution Dr. Varghese Kurien Milk Revolution Metroman Sreedharan Konkan Rlys, Delhi Metro Shyam Pitroda Telephone Revolution Dr. Jayant Narlikar

14. “ IIT = Harvard + MIT + Princeton” “ IIT = Harvard + MIT + Princeton” , says CBS ‘60 Minutes’. CBS' highly-regarded ‘60 Minutes’, the most widely watched news programme in the US, told its audience of more than 10 Million viewers that “IIT may be the most important university you've never heard of." "The United States imports oil from Saudi Arabia, cars from Japan, TVs from Korea and Whiskey from Scotland. So what do we import from India? We import people, really smart people," co-host Leslie Stahl began while introducing the segment on IIT. “…the smartest, the most successful, most influential Indians who've migrated to the US seem to share a common credential: They are graduates of the IIT.” “… in science and technology, IIT undergraduates leave their American counterparts in the dust.“ “ Think about that for a minute : A kid from India using an Ivy League university as a safety school. That's how smart these guys are.” There are “cases where students who couldn't get into computer science at IIT, they have gotten scholarships at MIT, at Princeton, at Caltech.”

19. 4 th Criteria - Must Influence other Nations Einstein, Openheimer, Schrodinger, Bohr,.. Have praised Bharat, our philosophy etc. Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, China, Japan have been influenced by Bharat for 2,000 years. In 30 Countries: Indians elected as Presidents, Prime Ministers, Ministers, MPs, MLAs, Mayors etc Sanskrit is taught in 220 Universities around the world. Yoga, Gita, Ayurveda are gaining in Popularity.

21. Indian Heads of States Seewoosagar Ramgoolam, Anerood Jugnauth , Dr Navin Ramgoolam of Mauritius Cheddi Jagan & Bharat Jagdev of Guyana Devan Nair & SR Nathan of SINGAPORE Basdeo Pandy TRINIDAD Mahendra Chaudhry, FIJI Anand Satyanand New Zealand

24. Kids Power of Bharat 9 year old Kishan Shrikanth Youngest film director of the world 2006 5 year old Ajay Ravi Puri of Bangkok, Mini Microsoft Kid, Youngest to make his own Home Page on the Internet, 2000 14 year Viswanath Anand Youngest Grand Master of his time 7 year old Mohineesh of Vizag, World champion in under 8 World Chess Championship. Oct 2006 13 year Parimarjan Negi Youngest Grand Master 2005 4 year old Budhia Singh ran 65 KMs without a break

25. Kids Power of Bharat 7 years 3 months Sushma Verma youngest student to pass Class X board exams obtaining 354 marks out of 600. 14 year Shailendra Verma her brother is in final year Computer Application. 14 year Akrit Jaswal Youngest surgeon in the world Ashika , LKG student from Chennai can recall the capitals of 132 countries and all the states of Bharat, also a master of Trivia in Geography, World Affairs. Akash her 2 year brother is also a wizard. Vasudevan is a maths wizard at 9 years of age. Malarkodi can recite 130 Tirukkural verses even as a Std I student. 10 year Arpan Sharma (Edgbaston, Birmingham) can speak 11 languages English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Hindi, Swahili, Ugandan, Mandarin, Thai.

26. Kids Power of Overseas Hindus 5 year old Ajay Ravi Puri of Bangkok, Mini Microsoft Kid, Youngest to make his own Home Page on the Internet, 2000 AD Gaurav Raja , a 15 year-old high school student in Virginia, USA has memorised 10,980 digits of pi, Suhas Gopinath 17 yr old California Youngest Multi National Multi- Millionaire businessman Sanjay Malakar 17 year old singer Top 7 in American Idol Dr Bala Murali Ambatti New York, USA. 17 year-old World’s Youngest Doctor Miss Heenal Raichura from Britain (United Kingdom) World’s 2 nd youngest Doctor 22 year old

27. Youth Power of Hindus Pulella Gopichand World Badminton Champion Refused Crores of Rupees advertisement by Pepsi Because it is harmful to children. 19 year old Pankaj Advani World champion in 2 games : Billiards No.1 & Snooker No.1 Vijay Singh of Fiji World Golf Champion Sherpa Tensing of Nepal First to climb Mount Sagarmatha Kapil Dev won World cup for India in 1983 Dhyan Chand all time great Hockey player. India scored 174 and conceded 7 goals in 24 games in Olympics 1928 -1956.

28. Women Power of Bharat Anuja Thakur of Mumbai. 22 year old World Snooker Champion She is also world No: 3 in Billiards 11 Year old Dronavalli Harika Asia’s youngest ever Chess International Women Master 2002 Koneru Humpy of Andhra Young World Grand Master Karnam Malleswari of Andhra 2000 Olympics Bronze medal winner in Weight Lifting Marykom of Manipur. She is the first women boxer in the world to win the world title three years in a row

29. Women Power of Bharat Sheetal Mahajan, 22 yr old from Pune, 1 st girl in the world to jump from a parachute in both North and South Poles Jaswantiben Popat, Lijjat Papad Avvaiyar, Ancient Tamil Poetess Andal, Ancient Tamil Saint Mirabai, Rajasthan Maharani Padmini, Rajasthan 14,000 women committed Sati Rani Durgawati, Rani Verma, 14 yr old from Varanasi, lost both her hands in an accident. She wrote and passed SSC exams in first class in 2007 by writing with her feet .

30. Overseas Hindu Women Power 19 yr old Kavya Viswanathan of Harvard University USA . Her best selling novel will be filmed. She got $500,000 from the publisher of her novel. Indra Nooyi – USA- CEO PepsiCo, 3 rd most powerful lady in the world. Kiran Desai Youngest woman Booker Prize winner UK Chitra Bharucha UK - BBC 2 nd in charge Gurinder Chadha , Film Director from UK Asha Srinivasan – USA- 26 year old PhD student - one of top 15 Music Directors in USA. Kalpana Chawla US Astronaut Sunita Pandya US Astronaut

32. 6 th Criteria for Vishwa Guru Must be a land of Spiritual Leaders In Spirituality India is the only Billionaire in the world. For me the most important thing is to spread the Hindu knowledge about the soul. Alfred Ford

34. YOGA in Sports in USA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Hall of Fame legend, best known for his indefensible sky hook, believes his secret weapon was really yoga. While in L.A., Abdul-Jabbar started doing yoga in 1976 to improve his flexibility, and was notable for his physical fitness regimen. "Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get.“ Abdul Kareem Jabbar Dan Marino Miami Dolphins Hall of Fame quarterback Dr. Bob Arnot , NBC's former chief medical editor

35. Celebrity Yoga Workouts in USA Madonna "Yoga is a metaphor for life. It is a workout for your mind, your body and your soul." Ricky Martin Yoga is fascinating. Connecting your heart and your mind in order for you to not make compulsive or obsessive decisions in life. Meg Ryan Yoga changed my life. It made me calmer. It puts you right in the place of witness — which is great. John Nash , Nobel Prize winner for Economics in 1994 This process of yoga becomes lighter and more successful when we REFUSE negativity

36. YOGA in Asia, Africa, S. America Indonesia & Malaysia : In Jan 2009 Islamic Council of Malaysia and Indonesian Council of Ulemas tried to ban yoga for Muslims. But public protests were too strong and they with drew the fatwa. Bali Held 8 days International Yoga & Ayurveda Conference in March 2009 despite Fatwa Egypt: Yoga Retreats, Conferences attract large tourists. These in spite of Muslim intolerance to Yoga. Argentina: Eco Yoga Park Yoga Monastary in Bogota, Colombia

37. Sewa International Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis died while treating wounded Chinese soldiers in Sino-Japanese war in 1937-1945. Manimegalai , served the poor and sick in South East Asia 2000 years before. Hindus participate in Clean up Australia Day, Blood Donation Drives & Katrina Flood Relief Drives organized by Sewa International. Sewa Intl , Presenting a cheque for US $ 20,001/= for Katrina Flood Relief to Louisiana State Governor Catherine Blanco.

38. Sewa International Prince Charles to Sewa Intl Volunteers “ You people are doing wonderful work ” 1% more charity and Hindus can win the world PM Tony Blair on Sewa Intl Former Prime Minister of Britain, Tony Blair delivering his lecture on 'Faith And Globalisation' during The Cardinal's Lectures 2008, Westminster Cathedral, London, on 3rd April 2008 said, "We can think of the great humanitarian enterprises which bring relief to those who are suffering – the Red Cross, the Red Crescent or Islamic Relief, CAFOD and Christian Aid, Hindu Aid and Sewa International , World Jewish Relief and Khalsa Aid - all the charities which draw inspiration from the teachings of the different faiths."

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42. Our Present Shortcomings Education: 20% are still illiterate and below Poverty line Intellectuals Apathy, anti Indians, Uncaring for Poor & Needy Medical: Over Crowded hospitals, without proper facilitiesfor poor and needy Health Maximum Blind people, TB Patients, Malaria victims, Small Pox, Hepatitis, Gastro-entities, Poverty: 20% are below poverty line Infra-Structure Lacking in Bijli, Sadak, Pani, Hospitals, Schools, Corruption: Govt agencies are beset with corruption Judiciary, Police, Bureaucracy, Politicians, Cultural Invasion: Most TV Programs are anti Indian in culture Valentine’s day, Friendship Bands, New Year Dances Dance-Discotheque-Drugs, Pub Bharo Andolan by Renuka Devi, English: is replacing Mother-Tongues Law & Order: Serial Bomb Blasts, Terrorist attacks – criminals not arrested,

43. Ways to overcome our Shortcomings Education: Problem: 20% are still illiterate and below Poverty line With the help of mobile technology, tens of TV channels better infrastructure available (as compared to ten years before), we are today in a better position to eradicate this weakness. Intellectuals Apathy, anti Indians, Uncaring for Poor & Needy Thanks to Corporate Social Responsibility, awareness due to TV, internet, Teach India and lead India campaigns, there is more perceptible patriotism and willingness to work for the needy. Health & Medical: Over Crowded hospitals, without proper facilities for poor and needy, Maximum Blind people, TB Patients, Malaria victims, Small Pox, Hepatitis, Gastro-entities, Government of India now has more money for development. Our middle class family also has more money and its size is also bigger than before. Hence these deficiencies can be easily addressed by our youth.

44. Ways to overcome our Shortcomings Poverty: 20% are below poverty line Poverty will go once they are educated and given vocational trainings. Infra-Structure Lacking in Bijli, Sadak, Pani, Hospitals, Schools, Gujarat has shown the way for superfast speedy development. Slowly other states are following Gujarat. Corruption: Govt agencies are beset with corruption Judiciary, Police, Bureaucracy, Politicians, Arun Shourie, Disinvestment minister in Atal ji’s cabinet, privitised many loss making govt sector firms. Now State Bank of India, Steel Authority of India are among the 200 most powerful companies of the world. Computerization has made Stock Exchange, Railway and Flight bookings, Banking etc corruption free and customer friendly.

45. Ways to overcome our Shortcomings Cultural Invasion: Most TV Programs are anti Indian in culture Valentine’s day, Friendship Bands, New Year Dances Dance-Discotheque-Drugs, Pub Bharo Andolan by Renuka Devi, Knowledge of Sanskrit alone can save our culture and heritage. Make Sanskrit compulsory to all your children. English: is replacing Mother-Tongues Speak in Sanskrtised Hindi wherever possible. Law & Order: Serial Bomb Blasts, Terrorist attacks – criminals not arrested, Make this an election issue. If our Dharmacharyas adopt some 100 sensitive constituencies and nurture them for 5 years and swing 2% voters, most problems will be a thing of the past.