The biggest problem with these folks is that they think EU Parliament has any locus standii in foreign policies of most European nations. Its also a form of "weird pride". They think people in NA/EU care about India being democratic or secular or whatever. A large number of people actually think India is a country somewhere in middle east and it is a poor Muslim country. Some even think that India is in Africa.The soft image has earned India the tag of one of the lowest visited country(it was 30 something when I checked last) after being such a big country. The soft image has also made India vulnerable with an attack dog like Pakistan. Whereas China, one of that commie sinkhole we like to say is one of the world's most visited country and also one of the most powerful and well poised.
I think what people forget is that we cannot avoid the confrontation we are getting now. We should get used to it. Remember that no country likes some other country to be in competition for power struggle. As India grows stronger and assertive, the eye of the world will be on us. No one will let us take the seat at the high command. India will have to snatch it and they will fight.
So its time we get accustomed to such barrages and learn how to play our own cards.
Lemme put it in this way, when people go for grocery shopping, they don't exactly use wikipedia to read about political leaning of India. Oh and they definitely don't carry NY Times with them. They don't want to stand there in walmart or costco and look for "Made in" part. They look at the price tag on the shelf and buy the cheapest. Some of them are managing two jobs, some are three. They don't have time for this non-sense.
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