In the decade since Narendra Modi was first elected prime minister, India's economy has roughly doubled in size, meaning that the country has grown an average of 7% annually since opening its markets to international competition in 1991.
This steady growth has been cleverly repackaged to promote the image of one leader doing it all. The idea that Mr Modi could run the economy, along with nationalism and Hindu pride, has been central to his appeal from the start.
And Mr. Modi has revitalized India's economy in the ways that mattered most to voters: by delivering visible infrastructure expansion and distributing welfare benefits to the vast majority of Indians who remain poor by global standards even as those at the top have grown in purchasing power.
Most other countries in the world want to see the Indian economy accelerate, especially the United States and other Western countries, which are hoping to persuade India to join them in curbing the strategic ambitions of China and Russia.
That could be in part due to manufacturing shifts like the one Apple is making in southern India, and global investment experts are eager for Modi's India's success to start delivering benefits they can't get anywhere else.
But even the most enthusiastic investors cannot overlook some of the problems India faces as it becomes the world's new superpower. While Prime Minister Modi basks in the glory of the successful moon landing and revolutionary “digital public infrastructure,” the opposition refuses to listen to him as he speaks to a disgruntled masses clamoring for more and better jobs.
Opposition parties have also tried to stoke public anger over Modi's ties to domestic tycoons, but in the case of Gautam Adani, that effort doesn't seem to have worked, either politically or on the markets. Last year, the billionaire's empire was heavily criticized for allegedly manipulating stock prices, but the allegations largely failed and Adani's shares soared again.