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AROON PURIE Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, India Today Group

Nineteen years ago, in the presence of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, we had kicked off a two-day conclave at which the theme was ‘Building an Indian Century’. We knew the idea was aspirational but worth testing. Surprisingly, the galaxy of speakers not only endorsed the idea but also suggested pathways to building an Indian century. That included Prime Minister Vajpayee, Leader of the Opposition Sonia Gandhi, Mukesh Ambani, Raghuram Rajan and Colin Powell—among others.

The following year, the theme was ‘India: Global Giant or Pygmy’. The gala night speaker was President Bill Clinton. He

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