Srinagar, Aug. 15 -- India turns 80 with a story that is as remarkable as it is unfinished. From the trauma of Partition and the poverty of the early decades to becoming a major global economy, a nuclear power, a spacefaring nation and the world's largest democracy, the journey has been one of resilience, ambition and reinvention. But Independence Day is not merely a celebration of how far India has travelled. It is a moment to ask where it is headed. The greatest achievement of these eight decades is not simply economic growth or technological advancement. It is the survival and evolution of democracy in a country of extraordinary diversity. The Constitution has held together languages, religions, cultures and regions under one national ...