Originally Published in Madras Courier
Editorial Note
The Quad is often portrayed as the crowning glory of US-India strategic partnership. It is also its most glaring vulnerability.
“The Indians are bastards anyway,” Henry Kissinger told Richard Nixon in December 1971 as Indian forces advanced toward Dhaka. Nixon, for his part, had described Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as “old witch.” These were not merely expressions of private prejudice. They revealed the mindset that shaped American policy.