What does India really need?

This question has been haunting me since quite a long time now. If you consider the potentials of the people, the vast geographic diversities, the inherent industrial opportunities, and above all, the historical inheritence, you see, no other country can rival India. But still something has been lacking in true essence.
I can still wish, there was a certain individual like Mohandas Gandhi, who could just get the Indians on their feet by a statement. I do know that he was just a mortal, and had committed quite serious errors, the price of which Indians are still paying and probably keep on paying for atleast half the next century.
Then suddenly one person comes to my thought, who can be just as charismatic and influential as he could be, and again he hails from the same land of Gujarat. No bonus marks for guessing his name, and that is Narendra Modi.
Just like Gandhi, he might have had an errorneous past, but then he does command a significant influence over the state of Gujarat, neighbour states, and to an extent even in the Parliament of India.
Talking about what India needs, I strongly believe India needs a leader like Modi, who with his eloquent speech, and charismatic personality, deliver what the upcoming generation wants. The next gen does not really care about hinduism or islam or christianity, but they want an environment in which they have opportunities and resources to prove their mattle. I remember those congress days when every election saw the motto of "Garibi Hatao", but no one dared to deliver.
India does not need reservations, or free seats, or bonuses; but what the people need is a true implementation of the natural law of selection. If you have the intuition, or calibre to succeed, there should be no bonds to prevent you from doing so. Reservation is one of those swords, which can cut by both the sides. Just because the upper cast in past did not leave a way for the others to prosper, it would be unfair to do the same to their present generation.
The ideal solution to the problem would be to encourage more educational institutions to open allowing access to more children. Instead making more victims, why not create more opportunities. Just because a section of society cannot get into main stream, why not broaden the horizon and expand the main stream to include those.
But again, as being known as a developing nation since past few decades, even though India has maintained one of the highest GDP ratio, throughout the world, we the Indians are used to the politics being played on us. But while my visit back home, I saw a completely different picture as compared to what the western media depicts.
I saw express highways, which lets you zoom at a speed of 80kmph, and cuts down the time and fuel consumption. I saw the new road development in Vadodara, and Ahmedabad, two of the biggest cities in Gujarat; and the efficiency of the beurocratic world was amazing. The banks have shed their usual lethargic image, and you can see everyone really busy, in the work and not over the phone! The railway station have become clean, safe, and more approachable.
This is just the tale of two cities, and I am confident, that the slogan given by the Gujarat government "Swarnim Gujarat" would prove what a person, with the support of his fellow citizens, can achieve.
But as Robert Frost said in the last century, Narendra Modi (can be applied to everyone to be honest), should believe in the following words:

The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep
and miles to go before I sleep.