Some more statistics:
1. India produces 215% food per capita. That is the food production is the highest in the world. India can feed 2.25 billion people in the world anually. The unfortunate thing is most food is improperly distributed, destroyed in transit and exported. India is a truly a super power in food production.
2. The disinformation prevalent in the U.S. is that India is a third world country or a developing nation. A definition of 'third world' country: Countries that are not as industrialized or technologically advanced.
Countries that have more advanced economies than developing nations but have not yet attained the level of those in the First World are grouped under the term Newly Industrialized Countries or NICs. Current examples includes China, India, Mexico and South Africa, to name a few.
3. Most western countries (US, UK) are Third-World when it comes to spirituality. India is the spiritual superpower. In this day and age, if one cannot be spiritually advanced, what use is the technological innovation? Just for war.
4. By sheer and forceful dominance and conversion, UK (and henceforth the forefathers of USA) have ruled the world for eons and have been independent for more than 300 years. In comparision, India has been independent of 59 years only. Thus it is more logical to compare India to countries that have been independent for the same amount of time.
5. The average school going Indian is more skilled in Math and Science and General Knowledge/Geography than is any other nationality in the World. A superpower mind.