The Big Picture ahead under Modi's long term planning does not look like Delhi subjected to the role of flagrant vassal of Washington. India needs certified stability with all key players -- from the US to China, considering the master plan is to lift 1.3 billion Indians close to the living standards of middle-class Chinese.
China had a head start. India may take up to 2050 to do it. Meanwhile, it's not to India's interests to actively join any US policy of China containment or encirclement, be it "pivot" or "rebalance." It's more like India, in a Gandhian way, will be practicing the fine art of nonviolent, forceful neutrality.
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