Great, then that settles the "Chinese PR" question at least as far as he is concerned.

FarEasterner: and Himalayan hill tribes are not about to "join" the people's republic, they simply want investments into infrastructure and in India it's possible only under some sort of military threat from China.

According to "some senior Indian analysts", ironically:

... India has deliberately withheld infrastructure development from its border regions to prevent China being able to penetrate deeply into India in case of an invasion across the Himalayas.

FT.com / Asia-Pacific - China's progress provokes border envy in India

Mr. Aiyar, however, just blames it on "complete neglect".

La Chine dorme. Laisse la dormir. Quand la Chine s'éveillera, le monde tremblera.