It may seem hard to believe, but as India and China’s economies evolve and the world begins to depend more heavily on their products, we could see a shift of power to the East according to a special in Business Week. In India, Bangalore is shaping up to become the new Silicon Valley, with companies like Google and Cisco Systems setting up shop there to get a piece of the Indian market. India produces high-quality goods at low prices, from $50 airfare to $2,200 cars, causing some to say India is building the next generation of the service industry.

But India has its work cut out for it - 200 million people still live on a dollar a day, and the sights of extreme poverty surround Bangalore’s skyrise office towers. India’s economy must keep growing to accommodate the tens of millions of people who enter the workforce annually - and a slow in growth could be devasating to employment. But as power shifts and economies evolve, India is slated to have 1.6 billion residents by 2050 - 220 million more workers than China - and the world may be surprised at how far India goes.

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