This weekend’s cover story is about India’s new economic miracle. At last, an alternative to the U.S. and China: Europe is pinning great hopes on India. But politically, the booming economic power is farther from the West than people there are willing to admit. The piece was written by our Southeast Asia correspondent, Mathias Peer. The cover was designed by Samson Goetze, known for covers such as “Wild West” and “Dwarfed Europe.”