New Delhi: 75 is an age when most leaders would be expected to take a step back, reflect, and perhaps retreat into a quieter life. Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows no such inclination. As he marks his 75th birthday, he seems intent on stretching the arc of his political journey into the future, towards a year that has become almost talismanic in his speeches — 2047, when India completes a hundred years of independence.

Modi’s Amrit Kaal is more than a catchphrase. He frames the next 25 years as a national mission, a journey towards what he calls Viksit Bharat — a fully developed India by 2047. Stripped of jargon, it is the image of a country that can hold its head high in the world: an economy strong enough to weather shocks, a diplomacy that speaks with confidence rather than hesitation, and a society that knows how to bend without breaking.

The idea of Atmanirbhar Bharat — a self-reliant India — sits at the heart........

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