User blog comment:Ty Rezac/Superpowers/@comment-4206034-20120701223415/@comment-4621372-20120705151022

Corruption is the biggest problem. I remember a ffew years ago, when there was voting on the American nuclear deal, three MPs were caught giving away large bags of cash to others. One MP took out a wad and waved at security ro alert them. Security misunderstood him and flytackled him. Meanwhile, one man had snatched all the cash and ran all the way to the bank, bribed the bank officials to allow him to make a deposit greater than 15,000 Rs, and returned, paying off anyone who saw him.

The question is not if China and India will become superpowers, but when.