I think, this, whole nonsense of non- alignment took us nowhere. Sardar Patel, would have been a better Prime Minister than Nehru, who wanted to align us with the Western Countries. If we had aligned with United States, China would have not dared to attack India. Soviet Union, was simply neutral, which failed to aid India, during the Chinese Invasion.
Nehru's socialist policies ruined this country. We would have progressed much faster, if we had open economic polices, at the time of independence.