There is an old story of a prosperous farmer who carried a gun with him wherever he went. When someone asked him why he carried a gun when all his neighbours were peace- loving, he replied that he carried the gun specifically for keeping his neighbours peace-loving. Lack of show of strength is often taken as a sign of weakness. However strong and mighty a country be, others do not take it seriously unless it periodically indulges in a show of its strength and might. If India has made a show of its nuclear and economic power recently, it is to show to the rest of the world that it is not longer militarily weak or economically underdeveloped so as to be ignored in the international arena, and not because it wants to wage a war against the weaker nations. A great votary of peace and international brotherhood, India has demonstrated its strength so that it is not taken lightly or its opinions ignored on the global scene.
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