That's because I'm explaining the Indian perspectives behind the motives of why they made the bomb. Chinese people don't think like that, and that's why people don't understand India. This is literally my whole point about people using the wrong framework to approach different countries, including India.
If you don't understand something maybe don't rush to critique it? Like the Indians critiquing Small Brain American's content style and his fake translations. Do you see Chinese people making hate response videos to nitpick over this youtuber's misconceptions? No. Do you see Japanese people making hate response videos, equally no. His video titled "I rented a boyfriend in China's Biggest Ghost City", it's clearly not true but you don't see Chinese people attacking the vlogger over his sense of humour.
Can India not imagine a world where they are a great nation part of the multipolar world where they don't rely on advanced weapons to impose imperialist policies on their neighbours? According to Indians, India was great previously. Was India great previously cause they had the best military doctrines? Best weapons and armour? Highest values processed goods exported? Or was India great previously cause they had a great culture and exported influential religion and mathematics across the world?
your first point is right. India did see a prominent threat from China thus went nuclear, but, I think you are well aware of history, We are a state time and time again invaded by foreign powers and the last colonizer, the Britishers, had left beraly 15 years ago. After the formation of an Independent Indian state, a possibility of being colnised again was taken seriously by few members of our
. India did not build the bomb because CHINA built it, it built it because a neighboring state Built it which was much more powerful than us. Hence China just happens to be that state that was much more powerful. Would you risk getting colonized again, even if your neighbor WILL theoretically never will colonize you, given your history of being colnized. I know i won't.
your second point talks about the hypernationalists and i would advise you to speand your time at better places than trying to understand the mind of a Hypernationalist, especially young south asian ones.
Your last point banks too much on history. Mark twain said that "
History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes"
Even this statement is not 100% correct, becuase if it were, We would all have been rightly predicting the upcoming events every single time. Are we able to do it tho? i dont think we do.
Just because India was never really a Military power does not mean that itcan never become one.
example is
Rome. In its early centuries, Rome was a small city-state that was often overshadowed by more powerful civilizations around it, like Carthage and the Greek states. Yet over time, through strategic alliances, military innovation, and sheer determination, Rome grew to dominate the Mediterranean world and became one of the most formidable military empires in history. The early Republic was not a major military power, but by the time of the Empire, Rome was at the height of military prowess, lasting over a thousand years.
Prussia offers another example. In the 18th century, it was a relatively small, geographically limited state with no history of major military power. Yet through systematic reforms, strategic military leadership, and innovation, Prussia became the nucleus for the German Empire and one of the most powerful military forces in Europe by the 19th century. Its rise from a modest state into a military powerhouse took only a few hundred years, but it demonstrates how a nation can transform its military capabilities and regional influence.
Even
India's own history offers lessons. During the ancient and medieval periods, India was not always unified in a military sense but saw periods of great military power, such as the Maurya Empire or the Mughal Empire. The Mughals, for example, transformed the Indian subcontinent with their military innovation and conquest, creating an empire that lasted for several centuries.
All of this does not mean that we are switching to being a nation known for its military rather than a nation known for its culture. We can do both and become like America today. It has the most dominant military and culture in the world as of today and I dont see any problem with this approach. We can agree to disagree on this topic.
Out of solidarity with the people oppressed by western imperialism I would generally agree with your points. This shared history between the Chinese people and the Indian people can also help develop and maintain friendly bonds between the two countries. However I will warn you, blaming other people will only get you so far, the costs of self-deception is borne by your population.
I agree with the sentiment that we should cooperate. Not only we, but the whole world should cooperate rather than fight.
Your last quote is like a movie or an anime quote, its not that serious dude. The online debate, blaming, shaming, joking, laughing, or anything other stuff does not have much effect on the day to day life of people and has literally no effect on the leaders leading their respective nations. Just becuase some nationalist said that his country will do this and that, does not mean that his country will do this and that. Chill out.
