Funny statement...dont give too much importance to yourself....do you think Israel bother about Pakistan
Some people need to justify everything that has nothing to do with them.
Whatever we are witnessing today is the result of 2 decades of ~7% average growth that is expected to increase pace.
The writing on the wall is clear to those who matter.
Of course, other factors are important but the economy and the strides made by Indian scientific and technological community have been major factors behind the changed perceptions of India globally.
And of course the IT industry.
The situation is more complex than India in an anti China camp or USA/China conflict. For China, their USA relationship still remains the most important, as it is for almost all of the world.
There are many alignments in Indo US interests and we share many common values. The combination works fantastically well.
In fact, we should have been close friends for decades, it was only the cold war that kept us apart.
The problem with some people wanting to become the client state of the rising power on the bloc in place of the current hyperpower is that the relationship will remain too much one sided.
It will be (and is today) like a jealous and insecure girlfriend forever worried...