What it takes to be a super power??

Well.....This post is in response to Times of India repeatedly saying India is a super power.......

--- Your country's market will be big and apple of every entrepreneur across the world.

--You should be able to make your own military equipment and sell it to others if required.

--Your have a powerful army and an defence bases across the world.

--You have control important energy resources (read oil)

--- I would expect the education levels to be such that students across the world will want to study in your universities.

--Top quality people from across the world will be interested in working in your country.

--Your country dominates and dictates world politics.

--There wont be poverty, hunger in ur country....

-- your movies and art are mimicked across the world. They set a benchmark for others of their kind. Does Bollywood do that??

--Your country should do extra ordinarily well in world wide sporting events.

--Your country gives large amounts of aid, monetary and technological to other countries.

--Every one wants to invest in your countries' markets


Do we see that happening anytime soon w.r.t India?? Nice try when some news paper says we are about to become a super power.

--rags.