India has got loads of Billionaires and spends obscene amounts on its military. While courted by Russia, Europe, Israel and America! Yet it receives aid for being a third World country.

China must keep up. Japan must keep up. Pakistan must keep up. Iran tries to keep up.

This can only lead to someplace bad.....

Tony Passarelli, Nottingham, uk

India is a great military power.This is natural in view of her size and fast growing economic strength.However,India also has perhaps the largest number of the world's poor.It has many serious problems such as caste,religious intolerance and regional hostilities.These are extremely complex and difficult problems the solution of which will require all the economic,social and political resources which India can muster.Of course,if as a result of ideological commitment and competent leadership solutions are found to these,India may become a great civilization with tremendous influence over the course of history of the world.That may be the realization of Mahatma Gandhi's vision of India.
It may sound naive,but India may be in danger of losing the chance of becoming a great society and a great civilization as the cost of becoming a leading global military power.

Afzal A. Neseem, Lincoln Nebraska, U.S.A.

Getting ready for WWIII?

jayil, london, uk

Since the peace flows out from the barrel of the gun, India perhaps needs such a strong army inherited and patterned on the British military. However it needs to be modernised. Shouldn't an emerging democratic power possess a strong defence force to ensure regional stability.

NK Pant, Dehra Dun, India