India wants trade partners. Russia and to some extent China are currently happy to fill that void because the west seems to have no desire. Bringing India into

India wants trade partners. Russia and to some extent China are currently happy to fill that void because the west seems to have no desire. Bringing India into western economies could effectively replace China for it's cheap labor and manufacturing for the west, and India would have more economic reliability and opportunity for itself. India wouldn't sever its ties with China and Russia overnight, but it would help to erode their despotic influence against the rest of the world.