Modi's rule over India is not even secure now. And he wants to rule over BRICS?
Modi
needs to put on a bigger head-dress like those Native American Indian
chiefs. What has India got to offer BRICS countries other than exporting
its slave labor? What has India done in terms of helping BRICS
countries in infrastructure development? Oops, sorry, India could not
even be counted to develop domestic infrastructure itself, not to talk
about helping others.
Just like Joe Biden talking about
India/Middle East/Europe Corridor, railroads across the Pacific, digital
transformation of Africa which the Africans are not buying from him,
the Global Infrastructure Investment plan with more infrastructure
destruction than development to talk about.
When Joe Biden leaves
office, Trumps is going to pull back all that castle building in the
air. Trump will say - sorry USA first guys, you all can go and find
spiders to play with.
Anonymous
India has nothing to offer to BRICS. India itself is the 'Trojan Horse' cultivated and being offered to BRICS by the USA and the G7. BRICS was blindsided but should learn its lesson in accepting future members. Having to live with its misstep, BRICS just needs to be very careful with India in case of subterfuge. Be very clear about that.
ReplyDeleteIndia does not even produce enough for export to warrant making the rupee more acceptable globally. And India is only making a lot of noise complaining about trade deficits and the rupee not being more widely accepted. India is taking a leaf from the USA's cry-baby victimized hubris, blaming other countries like China for its trade deficits. What does the USA produced that are cheaper than what other countries can offer, and which other countries really needs, besides its fake superior and highly expensive weaponry? Now only trying to corner the semiconductor sector, but too little too late. Moreover, can such entities operating in the USA be able to compete globally on price alone?
India too is not going to compete well enough globally in manufactured products, lacking the manpower in science, engineering and mathematics to helm its migration from a service-oriented economy to a manufacturing hub. 60% of Indians are still engaged in agriculture. Forget about the 'Made in India' boast and its plan of becoming the factory of the world. India can still be one, but not withing three decades in the footprint of China. That is asking for the moon and the stars.
Where are the Indian supply chains? Where and how widespread is India's hold on raw materials that it needs globally? And where are the infrastructures to complement the opening up of manufacturing hubs, like roads and rails (not to talk about high-speed ones). During COVID19, we saw India at sixes and sevens trying to supply medical equipment such as oxygen tanks to hospitals that were faced with massive difficulties due to transportation bottlenecks. Have they improved on that I wonder, and knowing how fast things move in India, I would not bet on it.
The problem is that India has the plans for everything, but the issue is India does not have the expertise and the political will to get it done. Democracy is more a hindrance than an asset for India.
You see, boasting about wriggling their way up into top positions in companies built up by others is no great feat. How many home-grown Indian companies have we seen from India competing successfully globally? Not more than a handful.
ReplyDeleteAt home in India, Government laws can be enacted to take effect retrospectively to punish foreign companies with trumped up charges and fines. They are doing this so glaringly against foreign owned companies and taking them over with atrocious accusations. This is not just against Chinese companies, but against Western companies as well.
On the other hand, you can count on hundreds of Chinese companies competing successfully globally in every sector - in consumer electronics, drones, EVs, computers, AI, shipbuilding, space exploration, global satellite communication, smartphones and even in higher education now.
We have seen Chinese smartphones and EVs everywhere because they are clearly visible in the public eye. We seldom hear much from China boasting about those not in the public eye, about cutting-edge tech that even the West is talking about in high-speed rail innovations, bridge construction, tunnelling machines, agricultural machines and equipment, construction machinery, irrigation canal construction, water diversion schemes and reversing desertification expertise.
Huawei was thought of as an exceptional company, but in China's context Huawei is just as ordinary as any Chinese company. BYD and DJI are also seen as exceptional, but in China there are many others just as innovative. That, my friends are what really scares the USA and the West. And that is what they are trying to curb with their over-capacity hubris.
We should be asking what India, as a member of BRICS, can offer to the USA and the G7. That appears to be the reality with India making efforts to prevent the expansion of BRICS and the SCO. Aa a member of the bloc, India should logically be working to make BRICS stronger which is the objective, not weaken it.
ReplyDeleteThe problem partly stems from India being a member of the QUAD and had been regularly invited to attend G7 meetings. Why does the G7 need India to attend as guest? What does that indicate to us? India is seen as playing both sides and waiting to see which direction the wind blows.
The other part of the problem is that of India not being in a position to call the shots inside BRICS because of the presence of China overshadowing it. It is a question of not swallowing its pride and having to nurse its bruised ego that is making India behave like this.
This is the Indian mentality, wanting the cake and eating it without making efforts to contribute. Isn't that how the Indians managed to wriggle their way up the corporate ladder in companies in the West? When BRICS eventually grows and succeeds in its objective, I believe India will want to reap a part of the glory and honors. Think about it!
As a matter of interest, India is also among those participating in space research on the Tiangong Space Station and China has to be very vigilant. The Indians may just take over, and also slowly demand that signage and instructions be in English, LOL.