INDIA AWAKES with Johan Norberg Premieres on World Channel on Wednesday, September 2 at 7:00 p.m. (ET)

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INDIA AWAKES celebrates India's entrepreneurial spirit rising from a nation embracing economic liberalization.
ERIE, Pa. - Aug. 24, 2015 - PRLog -- India is coming alive and flourishing economically. In fact, Citigroup estimates that by 2050, India will have the world’s largest economy, larger than China and the United States. For centuries, only the politically connected and elite prospered in the densely populated country, while the remaining residents lived in poverty. However, since 1991, more than 200 million people have been lifted out of poverty and are finding new ways to flex their personal and economic power.

In the new 60-minute documentary, INDIA AWAKES, Johan Norberg explores an inherited British bureaucracy, which created layers of rules and regulations. Today’s globalization and economic liberalization have created fluidity between classes – and greater ambition.

“Within two decades India will have the largest population in the world, and another two decades later, it will have the world's largest economy,” said Norberg. “What happens in India will have an effect on the world and on the US, and its triumphs and challenges also sheds new light on the policies we are pursuing back home.”

INDIA AWAKES premieres on World Channel on Wednesday, September 2 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern. Additional airings will be on Thursday, September 3 at 12 a.m., 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Eastern; Sunday, September at 11 p.m. Eastern; Monday, September 7 at 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. Eastern and Tuesday, September 8 at 6 p.m. Eastern. Check local listings.

The documentary highlights three individuals who are working to improve their lives, and in the process, breaking down the centuries-old caste system. INDIA AWAKES reveals the enormous power of unlocking human potential and ambition, and how doing so, could establish this country as a preeminent world leader.

“This story is emotional and inspirational,” said James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty, who co-wrote, produced and directed INDIA AWAKES. “The Indian government empowered its people to take charge of their own destinies, and the result of that political gamble was cutting poverty in half in only twenty years. More than 200 million people have been lifted out of poverty since 1991. This is a miracle, and perhaps an example for other countries to study.”

Executive Producers for INDIA AWAKES are Thomas Skinner and Bob Chitester at Free To Choose Media.

Press kit, trailer and photography available at: www.indiaawakesfilm.com. Join the conversation at #indiaawakes.

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