From Indo-Pak to Chindia and Back Again to Indo-Pak, Hindustan Times

On 26th January 2006, the New York Times ran a story headlined ‘India Everywhere in the Alps’. The story began: ‘Delhi swept into Davos on Wednesday, with an extravagant public relations campaign by India intended to promote the country as the world’s next economic superstar, and as a democratic alternative to China for the affections of foreign investors.

There were few places one could go, on this first day of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting here, without seeing, hearing,...