Yeap. Internal disintegration in the subcontinent means, both external and internal warlords will be having a lot of "fun".
Will be similar but much larger version of the current Afghan instability and the resulting warlordism.
May be true. Ultimately the decision to start insurrection was a Pak government decision.
Pakistan was not ready otherwise the Pak gov would have taken an action. There were other global considerations during 1962 Indo-China issue as well.
Yeap. That's true. Wars are costly. In fact we have made similar mistakes by initiating Kargil, and doing the nukie explosions.
All of these e$tupiditees resulted in a great harm to our economy.
Agreed on most points. ZAB was instrumental in 'selling' the idea to the ruling elite. I'm not trying to make him the fall guy, but rather an overlooked key player leading up to the war.
Yes, we could have had it all in '62 but Kennedy stepped in. For a country of India's size , it has not fought well in wars. The '62 war was decisive in China's favor while a stalemate with Pakistan in '65 (a country 1/10 in size).
Our economy has continued to be set back by these shocks but it has been remarkably resilient if you look at decade by decade growth.