I know that some of you have a habit of theorizing big big things about democracy and dictatorship and stuff, but let me tell you you have no idea of what you're talking about. What you can't see is the typical pattern of dictatorships that even china is showing- long periods of convulsions, with maybe interludes of calm prospetiry. The economic growth that the CPC has delivered has had startegic advantage of keeping you guys quiet and distracted for the time being. Even you will agree that the growth that the economy has seen in CHina is the very very maximum, and it is just a matter of time before it starts slowing down. And with rising incomes there is an automatic demand for representation. What about then? How will your government handle the situation? Another Tinamen Square? The nightmare scenario for the world is not India or even Pakistan, it is a clash between chinese people who think they deserve representation and the CPC which will be convinced they OUGHT to rule because they delivered spectacularly on the economy. The power struggle that was seen recently shows that the chinese system is as prone to these things as it was before. India will NEVER see that as long as we remain democratic.
Of all growth, political growth is the MOST complex. In many many places, it doesn't happen for several hundred years. India's advantage- whether rightly managed or not- the fundamental system is thankfully already there. We will build on it and happily pay the % of growth that it eats each year. You really are running the risk of enormous political convulsions going forward. And each of those can put you back DECADES.