Many Indians are actually very disillusioned with the direction that India is going in. It's very hard to be tough, or even care about international affairs, when you're struggling to pay rent to landlords. And in India, landlords are the literal lords of the land, feudal lords.
A large portion of Indians still live as they would in feudal times, paying tithe to their lord who grant them the privilege of backbreaking labor on their estate. When they compare China to what they have, are they going to be happy?
Many of the Jai Hinds are very out of touch 'intellectuals' in the big cities (yes yes I know). They neither know nor care about the plight of the average Indian.
My knowledge is limited, but Modi reminds me of Erdogan a bit too much. Same religious-nationalist politics, supapowa 202X goals, policies leading to extreme inequalities, interferences with foreign conflicts for the sake of influence, ...
Indian economy might not perform well if I am right.