1) India is worlds Largest MilK and Live stock producer. 2) India is worlds 2nd largests Fruit and Vegetable producer. 3)India is Worlds 3rd largest Grain producer. India is Asia's 3rd largest and worlds 5th largest Economy.
In no way India is sub servent to US or Russia. India is moving ahead and shall soon consolidate when we have more INFRASTRUCTURE & POWER.
For that it is not Russia/China,it is USA which can help, because of its better and cost effective latest technology.
Moreover Knowledge of English helps both Countries.
Having Technical Manuals in French / Russian / Chinese is a another pain in the neck.
I have worked with many technologies and Yes nothing to beat US. ( German / Japanese / French are next)
So pls know you worth and move further ahead.
Each Indian state has a capability to be ahead of Each European Country. Oh Yes in first 6 weeks of 2007 India invested 21 Billion $ abroad. In comparison China invested 9.7 Billion $ Looking into Indian Private sector drive to have foreign presence, China has recently announced 200 Billion $ Corpus to expand outside China. Please allow India to have more and more Power / Infrastructure so that India can give better manufacturing sector and that means Employment to all. Govt, of India can do it by Joining hands with Indian Private sector.