Even if religious fascism doesn't lead to disintegration (and it might not—the inherited steel frame is quite strong), it is still a tremendous distraction from economic development, for voters, baboos, and politicians alike.
India is playing both sides, not acting like a leader of the free world.
They need to lose the caste system and stop buying Russian gas. That would be a start, but more beyond that if this century "were to belong" to them. I think the idea of a century belonging to one country is ludacris.