A Continuous Decline in India, Without Modernization

Hypothesis: Modernization is the Key to economic growth for India. If modernization occurs, then the economic status of India will increase tremendously, even if the price India has to pay is a change in culture, and tradition. India has remained financially stagnant since its beginnings. One may argue that non-modernization has plagued this sub-continent in economic growth and development since early times. One may continue to argue that if modernization occurs, India will achieve in …

…citizens will continue to dwell in poverty. Critics of modernization may argue that this process will destroy Indian society and culture. On the contrary, modernization will save the Indian soceity and allow this proud country to prosper. BibliographyClark, J. I. India. McDougal, Littell & Co., Evanston, Illinois, 1989.Ishwaran, K., Change and Continuity in India's Villages. New York: Columbia University Press, 1970.Shady Side Academy. Historical Perspectives, undated.The Software Toolworks Multimedia Encyclopedia. "India." Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc., 1992.