India's economic growth in the second fiscal quarter was 8.4 percent, within shouting distance of China's 9.1 percent expansion. What has also captured the nation's imagination is the realization of its bulging youth population: Every second Indian is younger than 25. What India needs most now are world- class cities: its own urban centers on par with Shanghai and Beijing. India doesn't have a world class city, and does not even have a vision for a world class city. Financing is not only challenge, nor is it the most serious. The bigger headache is that in a sprawling democracy like India, the federal government's ability to force change is limited.