Paradoxically, the two countries that have come to India’s aid are Russia and China. Yet, the US has been twisting the Indian elbows in the recent years to atrophy India’s relations with Russia, and there has indeed been a rollback to conform to Washington’s
diktat. PM no longer has time to receive a visiting foreign minister from Russia.
As for China, this isn’t quite the occasion to write about it, but truth be told. Suffice to say, the Indian narrative on Sino-Indian tensions is skating on thin ice today and it increasingly looks like a trumped-up alibi to form an alliance with the US.
Consequently, it becomes a bitter pill to swallow to accept
to tide over the pandemic. The Sinophobes feel embarrassed, the US lobbyists are looking away. But the plain truth is, China happens to be the only country today that is in a position to help India to cope with the pandemic situation in a meaningful way — and it has come calling without prompting. No doubt, Modi Govt will be doing the right thing by discussing with Beijing the specific areas where China’s help can make a critical difference today to saving lives.
