Here's why GoodBoy ethics are sabotaging India.
Like it or not, India is the quintessential soft state. It is unable (or unwilling) to project power beyond its borders, even in its own neighborhood. Its (historically) timid foreign policy has ensured that it evokes neither respect nor fear among its neighbors. Despite its enormous size, it is unable to influence or shape its external environment to suit its national interests. India is overly defensive . Despite its massive economic and military power, it does not respond to grave provocations (26/11, for example). It does not retaliate when attacked. It tolerates countless attacks on its citizens and affronts to its prestige. Its enemies know that it can be attacked repeatedly, with impunity, at will, and no retaliation will be forthcoming(though this scenario is changing these day). If forced to fight, India fights defensive wars. It refuses to cross the borders (Kargil, for instance). It does not aim to conquer enemy territory. If enemy territory or soldiers are captured duri...