Its not just a Modi thing, its a Jai Hind thing. Modi doesn't even need the US to respect India as an equal. Instead Modi wants to take over the US through the Indian diaspora in the US political and business elites. Why spend the effort and time to build a Supapowa, if you can take over one yourself? This is what the Jai Hinds are thinking to themselves.Whatever the case may be, I hope this wakes Modi up to the fact that the US will not respect India as an equal and will continue to try and subvert and cause chaos in countries around the world, including its "sphere of influence" and itself one day
India and China must set aside differences to push back against the US
Off course Modi and the Jai Hinds underestimate the intelligence of the Americans. America have created this illusion that Indians have a path to "takeover America". Under this illusion, India is being manipulating around by America. So even when the CIA undermines what little Indian hegemony that exists, they wont think that it is aimed at them, but rather at China.
Its gonna be difficult for India to collaborate with China as long as they behave like loincloth imperialists. As long as India still tells the world that it borders with Tibet, but not China, they have imperialists intensions. The ongoing Sino-Indian tensions are 100% the fault of India. There is little that China can anymore to improve relations. Mod's RSS ideals want to realize Akhand Bharat, and the Jai Hinds are fully on board. India has no self-dignity like Iran, NK, China, or Russia. Even if the US threatens both China, and India together, India will rather identify themselves with the US white imperialists than with China.