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... etc. What has changed? If it can be explained by any single phenomenon, it would be the dramatic change in the demographic profile of India. Almost unknown to many of us, India has become the youngest nation in the world in terms of the age of its population. There are over 500 million Indians below 21 years of age leading to a median age of the country at an astonishing 24 years! By contrast, the median age in the USA is 36, 30 in China, 37 in Russia, and 38 in the UK. Even in 2025, India's median age would be just 31 years while the rest of these countries would have moved up to 39-44 years. Such a young population, with a significantly enhanced access to education as compared to their parents, significantly enhanced exposure to the world outside India due to the very high penetration of electronic and ...