Was it worth it? Let me put it another way: When has China done anything for us? Somebody has to say this and it might as well be me: the India-China relationship has not been between equals since 1962. We live in the hope that if we are nice to them the Chinese will return our occupied territory. There is not a snowball’s hope in hell of that happening. We also fear that China will walk in one day and grab Arunachal Pradesh. Would MEA have the nerve to summon the Chinese ambassador at two in the morning on a matter that could have waited until morning? I don’t think so. Our woman in Beijing, Nirupama Rao, was subjected to that humiliation and there was not a word of protest from New Delhi.
