Modern India is actually most accurately described as a spiritual continuation of the British Raj regime. Simply put, the British left, and the Indians just kept the original British Imperial Structure and mindset with minor cosmetic adjustments of tacking on democracy, but mostly continued as before just with brown bums on seats instead of pink. They retained 110% of the British Empire’s arrogance, 110% of their entitlement, 110% of their expansionistic tendencies, and 200% of their cruelty and greed. But fortunately for the world and themselves, they only seem to be able to achieve ~1% of the British Empire’s capabilities and power. So while their ambitions are unlimited, their reach is very much limited.
That high handed Imperialistic mindset is why they had the 62 boarder war with China and boarder disputes with every one of their neighbours. But it is also why they are not the brown version of the good Japanese Sepoys that the Americans seem to think they are.
While the Japanese will gladly send their entire population to the slaughter for American glory, the Indians actually want to send the entire American population to the slaughter against China so that India can then swallow up both after they have bloodied and broken themselves fighting each other.
Amusingly, the old Imperialists of Europe also have a similar idea, so you have a situation where all three are pointing fingers at each other saying the others are meant to kill themselves to weaken China so they can come in late to claim all the glory and spoils of war. This is something China and and will take full advantage of.
Essentially this meme.
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