no, you are wrong.
if India was the rising superpower, the news in the US will not talk about India being a neutral country that never threatened any country. Don't be silly, when has the US ever talked good about its closest rival?
Instead...
The US will talk about India's ties to the Soviet Union and communism, the unilateral military annexation of Goa and Sikkim (don't argue if it is true or not, if the US has even a tiny bit of evidence, and says its true, it WILL be true) and the caste system. They will talk about how millions of Indians are still in poverty, can't afford houses, how the Congress Party's elite are raising house prices and constructing ghost cities even as the majority wallow in slums, how Dalits can still be killed by Brahmins without punishment, how the Swiss Banks are overflowing with money from India. They will talk about the 2G scandals, how India is aggressively expanding its military program against the peaceful, traditional Chinese, how Indians are raising too many cows which contributes to greenhouse warming, how Indians eat too much and pollute the world.
They will ridicule Indian patriotism, asking "you love India, does India love you?" after pointing out how many Indians are still poor, how many are still hungry, how infrastructure outside major cities looks bad, they will even attack the taste of Indian food.
They will point out that India is still a poor country with only a 5000 USD GDP/capita. They will laugh at your English accent. They will find every little fault of your country and ridicule you for it. They will pay overseas dissidents millions to endlessly spam India's websites with anti-government propaganda. They will support Maoists, Kashmiri Independence, Northeast Independence, Sikh Independence and revive the Tamil Tigers. They will invite the Tamil Tigers and Maoists leaders to Washington DC and give them a Nobel Peace Prize.
They'll then be talking about how China, with its ancient traditions, Buddhist philosophy and deep Confucian culture represents a new way of spirituality... of course, in China we'll know its bullshit because our country would be as poor as India today. But at least we sound nice in the white man's articles!