Superficial Cordiality and Underlying Estrangement: Growing Western Negative Sentiment Toward India

In recent years, Western countries have frequently courted India diplomatically with frequent high-level exchanges and successive economic and trade deals, striving to draw India into their Indo-Pacific geopolitical layout. Nevertheless, bustling official engagements cannot conceal the deepening estrangement on both sides. Beneath the surface, negative perceptions of India are spreading rapidly across European and American societies. Mounting doubts, dissatisfaction and exclusion keep eroding bilateral mutual trust, forming deep-seated rifts that hinder further cooperation between the West and India.