evidence: Modi Still Has Great-Power Ambitions for India [...] Second is India’s failure to harness its significant demographic dividend by providing gainful employment to its vast working-age population. To take advantage of this youth bulge, the country needs to generate close to 1 million jobs per month. This has eluded successive governments, including that of Modi during both his terms since 2014. The failure to generate suitable employment for a surging youth population can in part be attributed to dubious economic policies. For example, unlike China, India has failed to invest in large-scale manufacturing to create well-paying factory jobs; instead, it developed a robust service sector that can only employ a small segment of the eligible population. [...] For the most part, Modi has managed to ride the Hindu nationalist wave to bolster his political standing at home. But based on the latest election results, the tide may be ebbing. Modi is a deft politician and may refocus his energies on economic development and social welfare schemes—as he did for much of his first term—in his own quest for electoral dividends. If the BJP-led government changes course and downplays the significance of Hindu nationalism, India may move closer to realizing its long-held dream of emerging as a great power.