India’s future may lie more with Russia and China than with the US, writes RN Bhaskar

[defencenoob]

I have a lot of Indian friends, and they are really wonderful people and I am sure India will have its glory days. But to keep talking about India as a beacon of democratic hope and grand alliance with the "West" somehow will further India is nothing further from the truth. The "west" want to use India as a counterweight to China is giving India this media glorification, but as Jaishanker says, India has to serve the interest of its people.

This slave mentality about medical/technical innovations have only come from the west is simply not true. India has had many contributions as well to the human civilization. India is setting its own path to development and that's something to be admire about. Just less boasting and more results would be better received by others.

@ckf Every Indian knows this, US wants India to be a counterweight to China. But what has happened in the last 5 years has pushed India into a closer embrace with the US.
CPEC through Kashmir, Selling weapons to Pakistan, activity at LCA.
What do you think: How can India trust China? Why not align with the US?

 

[Mav3rick]

The only resolution agreeable to Pakistan would be where India ends up loosing sizeable land, not even status quo works so how can we negotiate?

That is your assumption. The only viable solution IMO is to make the LoC an IB and to slowly and gradually rehibilitate and facilitate the Kashmiri people under Indian occupation to accept the reality and to integrate into Indian society. India will have to open its heart for that and let go of the part of Kashmir occupied by Pakistan. Ofcourse there is also the very real issue of water which will have to be negotiated and implemented.