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There is, indeed, no reason for India to welcome a war at its doorstep now or in the foreseeable future, not to speak of getting engaged in such a war. If that be so, the best policy for India would be to help reduce such a possibility. Despite some amount of coolness in India-China relations of late, it is a fact that both China and India have maintained a decent relationship during the last few decades.
Sane points, think globally, act locally is what India will & should do. China is closer to India than US is , at leat physically.
rump also is communicating with Modi. Therefore, India still has some leverage with both. It should take this opportunity and urge upon them the need for approaching and settling the issues not in terms of a zero-sum game but pragmatically within the framework of benevolent self-interest and consensus among regional countries.
Not that anyone has asked India to intervene but if things get bad ( which is most unlikely) , India must engage both US & China . In any case both China & US have way too many commercial interests riding on each other to take an extreme step.
China on its part too needs to temper itself down.
US and China are not going to war. Indians would like it if US and China headed toward war. But this is not going to happen.
Why would Indians like it ? The last thing in India's interests are disturbances in the world. Even a short engagement will lead to spikes in oil prices & prices of essential inputs needed to run economies. No, it suits India if peace & tranquility remains.