India will have to fight its own battles. It cannot expect the US to help us fight them.'

Strategic expert B Raman on the 17 critical question that he wants answered on the Mumbai terror attacks.

A nation that has no long-term strategic intent, and whose leaders can be easily manipulated through flattery, is a banana republic. Unlike China, which intends to rule the world, India, which can only imagine itself as a second-rate power, will