Despite being the host, India did not get a BRICS Declaration that accurately reflected its interests and values.
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From ‘Look East’ to ‘Think East’
Alexander the Great met his “Final Frontier” in the Indian subcontinent; it was, however, the start of several incursions from the West leading to the spread of Islam, the rise of the Mughals, arrival of the Portuguese, and takeover by the British. The subcontinent’s political worldview has, therefore, for much of its history, inevitably been shaped by the West. The influence of the East has been more muted.
Thinking about China in India 