This is from The Intersection column that appears every other Monday in Mint. The past six months have shown that India is not a swing power. We could not deter China from providing active assistance to Pakistan during a military conflict. Our weight proved insufficient to dissuade the United States from singling us out with atrocious tariffs. We have been shown the limitations of India’s national power relative to the United States and China. We should recognise this hard reality if we hav...
