I will elaborate the second part: when
misterme2 said: India needs to start thinking and acting like a world power"
basically what I want to say is that India won't be world power with China's blessing
We hold the source of you Three main rivers : Indus, Brahmaputra and Ganges...China control the flown of water...your fate of your country is in our hands...so talking about been world power is nothing but a great joke...regardless of how many tanks, airplane and solders you put on Tibet border...only China alter the course of the water flown...India will collapse without a single shot.
As for the exemple Ganges river, Hindu sacred river that serverd 400+ millions people, only we alter or block 1% of the water...you can imagine the consequence.