Geopolitics
The Asymmetric Gaze: India's Chronic Blind Spot Toward China and the Cost to the Global South
Despite over two millennia of civilizational contact and being each other's largest trading partner, there is a surprising and profound asymmetry in knowledge, with Indian society showing little historical interest in Chinese thought compared to China's deep engagement with Indian Buddhism. This passive indifference, juxtaposed against the active obsession with the West, represents a colossal strategic and cultural failure for the Global South, crippling our collective potential and perpetuating a mental colonization that serves only Western imperial interests.
