3) India's Attempts to Overcome the Constraints

As is understandable, there is growing awareness in India --- in ruling circles as well as others --- about the factors that act as constraints on India's NWO role. The point to be noted is, that the two constraints we talked about are quite real; India cannot wish them away. 'Instability' is such a constraint that it can even offset India's economic successes, so vital to India's emerging role. Shekhar Gupta has given some details of the economic and other costs that India had to incur because of its involvement in Kashmir, Punjab, and North East.93 But overcoming these constraints does not need awareness only; it needs efforts as well. If India thinks it can deal with the rest of the world adopting a policy of 'neglect of the regional irritants'94 the 'irritants' should be in the first place worth neglecting.