Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged people to completely rid the country of the slave mentality in the next 10 years, and hit out at "so-called intellectuals" for trying to malign an entire civilization by terming years of sluggish economic growth as Hindu rate of growth.

Addressing the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here, Modi said India was brimming with confidence at a time when the world was full of uncertainties and was scripting the story of growth in the era of global slowdown.

He asserted that no country can move forward without self-confidence and every sector today was shedding the colonial mindset and aiming for new achievements with pride.

"This colonial mentality has become a major barrier in achieving the goals of a developed Bharat. That is why today's Bhara

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