Expert Says India’s ‘Time Has Come,’ but Does the World Agree?

India is realizing its place on the world stage in ways that it never has before; now it’s up to its peers to clear a more prominent seat at the table for the world’s largest democracy.  

That was the message of Alyssa Ayres, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who stopped at Indian Consul General Nagesh Singh’s residence for a luncheon discussion and book signing last Wednesday, April 18.  

The author of “Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World” was headed back to Washington after speaking during the Birmingham Committee on Foreign Relations’ IndiaFest in Alabama.