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The problems that India faces from China and Pakistan are largely the result of the "branding" of Indians as weak, conflict avoiding p***ies. That image was created by Gandhi and reinforced by Nehru (1962 debacle). The fact that Indian soldiers matched the Wehrmacht in WWII.....
Got flushed down the toilet. How many people have seen a movie about Indian soldiers in North Africa? Or Indian soldiers liberating Palestine in WWI (without which Israel wouldn't exist)? No, what the world has seen is the movie Gandhi (another atrocious Attenborough product).
I know a lot of NRIs get giddy about Gandhi - just remember that while you sit smugly in your sofa admiring Gandhi, brave Indian jawans die daily because Gandhi told all the aggressive wolves of the world, they can run roughshod over India and Indians won't resist.
Where do you think this Chinese belligerence comes from? They'll never try this with Russia. Yes Russia has more weapons but Russia also has a fearsome reputation. You might say this reputation of India is unfair but you've contributed to it.
A reputation as a weak, gun shy, conflict averse country doesn't get changed easily. Sooner or later, you'll need to make an example out of *somebody* to make the point. Until that happens, China and Pakistan will keep playing their games.
