Brilliant post
And much of this really thanks to Indian mental software gaps
For the last 20 years they were belle of the ball.
Rather than lock down a real strategic vision they became frightened of their own shadow and pursued multi non alignment, which is equivalent to multi alignment
They had one constant - Pakistan Pakistan must isolate
Now India withered middle aged and the world has moved on
The energy of disappointment to India is in good part converted into reversing the strategic altruism
The world sees the Pakistani obsession as over indulgence and illogical
Then operation Cindy happened