Why India can neither shun Russia nor ignore West

It is imperative that, while giving great importance to maintaining relations with Russia, India doesn't in any way downgrade the enormous importance that the West holds for India read more The meltdown in Western media, official circles, and think tanks over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Moscow, and even more over his trademark bear-hug with Russian President Vladimir Putin, bordered on the bizarre. It almost smacked of the heartbreak of a jealous lover who, despite being in an open relationship, behaves as if jilted because another suitor is getting some attention. For some strange reason, the Western cohort cannot…