I have to say that I agree with most of what you have posted so far on the website and have also thorouhly enjoyed it. However, this article seems less plausible to me than others. I think you do a good job of talking about all the ways in which a large population could be good for a country. However, I think you miss the basic point that in a country where resources are scarce and productivity, agriculturala and industrial, are low a large population is more of a curse than a boom. Lets look at the issue at a micro level. Someone who works for a decent living wage and is able to support himself and his wife well, has a child. The stress on his income is now greater given that there are more mouths to be fed on the same income. Given, that the person has a hard time feeding his child, it is almost sure that he will not be able to send his child to school and the child's nouishment would also be an issue. The lack of an education makes it highly likely that this child will not be a able to get a decent job in life. One can only imagine how this family would fare if they had more than one child. Being born into poverty is known to creat a vicious cycle of poverty in a country like India where the lack of a social net leaves those who cannont fend for themselves at the mercy of others.