Comments by "K `" (@user-jt3dw6vv4x) on "How India is Becoming the Switzerland of Asia" video.
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@harshavandu Akhand Bharat is akin to China's belief in expansionism and acquiring territory linked to the Qing dynasty (aka "Greater China"). It is not the same as the Indosphere which is the Indic equivalent to the Sinosphere (Chinese cultural sphere), the later of which is not connected to "Greater China".
The rise in believers of Akhand Bharat are dangerous to India's reputation and I will be frank, India's reputation isn't the best overseas. While many like to believe India is the benevolent opposite to expansionist China, there are also many who are weary of what India may become in the future as it gets more powerful. A respected former diplomat in Australia (my country) published a book a few years ago about the Asian Century and he suggested that India, as it becomes more powerful, may begin to exert influence in southern Asia and the Indian Ocean. Last year, an article published in The Diplomat also spoke about the threat of "Akhand Bharat" and the rise of the RSS. It may not seem so plausible today but those young men online who believe in Akhand Bharat will eventually come to power, we don't know what will happen then.
Now I honestly believe the only way India is going to be able to gain the respect of the world is to get the world to fear it (at least per current standards), that or some well thought out form of soft power that changes international public opinion (like what the Korean Wave has done for South Korea). However going down the route of Akhand Bharat is not the way to go and I asked these questions because a recent video on TikTok quoted a bunch of tweets made by Indian nationalists that touched upon this topic (though was not the topic of the video) and a few days ago, someone on another YT video told me that countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka are "Indian states". So I had to ask, if that makes sense.
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