Thanks for rating my intellect!! and that too coming from an Indian! very credible indeed!
India frankly has not been that important over the years to join any 'camp'. Your government would have loved to have the US forces operate out of your neighborhood into Afghanistan, but that also did not come to a head as the US preferred, as always, to deal with Pakistan. The world simply see's you as an overly populated Rabbit-Land where they can sell low value items such as, Coke, Pepsi and perhaps a Cadbury here and there and oh yes, your populace makes it a good call center environment. India is neither strategically placed or historically inclined to influence and regional politics.
The Great Game of super powers has always been played in the arena which is now Pakistan.
Yeh wat an arena along with IRAN&Afganisthan strange u like being compared to them