India, Feb. 9 -- 'The US renamed its Pacific Command to IndoPacom in order to emphasise India's centrality and importance.'

India is making Indians and many around the world believe that it can be a great power. Nothing wrong in that. However, a lot needs to done.India's economic and military potential and its strategic geographic location make it a perfect security provider in the Indian Ocean Region and beyond. Its relations with United States should be shaped as the "partnership of the century", which should be "friction-free" and mutually beneficial. These are some frank thoughts made by DR APARNA PANDE, Director of Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia in Hudson Institute, a top think tank in Washington DC. She spoke to ...