Next time some #Bhakt dolt asks you. What did they do for 70 years? refer them to this, by Dhruva Jaishankar (his father is the Ext Affairs Minister) from Oct 2017. brookings.edu/opinions/india… let me attach a few choice extracts in this thread
"Indeed, most Indian cultural diffusion to overseas audiences—from yoga to Bollywood—has occurred without the involvement of the Indian government,"
"...the establishment of the Indian Institutes of Technology, which formed the backbone of India’s software boom in the 1990s, and the Green Revolution in the 1960s that helped make the country agriculturally self-sufficient."
"India’s principled boycott of Apartheid South Africa for won it respect from African post-colonial states. In 1971, despite overwhelming opposition India created international acceptability for its intervention in East Pakistan by calling attention to the morality of its actions
"In the 1990s, India was brought into Asian institutions by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which saw the appeal of its growing economy and democratic values."
"in the 2000s, the U.S. helped gain India an international waiver from nuclear sanctions, recognizing it as a de facto nuclear weapon state, a process enabled by mostly positive associations of India as a democracy, growing market and responsible steward of nuclear weapons"
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