My friend who is a Modi bhakt has stopped eating food after Trump's decision to impose tariff on India. How should I console my friend?

Donald Trump on Truth Social…50% tariff, plastered on India.

We didn’t blink. EU protested. Japan negotiated. China retaliated. India?

Calm. No panic. No midnight flights to Washington. No ‘urgent bilaterals.’

Why? Modi’s ego? Blind nationalism? Or… something darker? A game running 11 years deep.

May 2014.

South Block. First briefing. NSA Ajit Doval leans in. “Sir… if India wants great-power status…expect U.S. heat. Trade. Tech. Oil. Our enemy isn’t only China. There are other internal and external enemies. One is dependency. Tariffs. Sanctions. Dollar chokeholds. Defence strings.

The room went still. “Solution?” Modi asked.

Doval: “Decouple risk. Build leverage. Not anti-U.S… pro-India. Bring Gulf and Africa closer. Build buffers. Own our seas. Weaponize our market.”

The plan lit. And it burned for a decade. 18+ Hours Works

2014

Make in India Launched. First hooks in the wall.

2015

Qatar LNG renegotiation. Long-term energy locks.

2016–17

UPI goes live. GST knits the market. Payment diplomacy is born.

2018

Iran sanctions teach fuel-finance fortification. Whiteboards fill with sanction-resilience drills.

2019

National Electronics Policy. Stop just assembling. Start owning components.

2020

PLI tsunami: ₹1.97 lakh crore across 13+ sectors. Rafales touch tarmac.

2021

Strategic Petroleum Reserves expansion. Quiet, boring but vital.

2022

INS Vikrant sails. UAE CEPA. Australia ECTA.

2023

UPI - PayNow link. Rupee trade corridors multiply. American payment MasterCard and Visa fades away. Dollar choke-points lose bite.

2024

MIRV Agni-V test. 20-year Qatar LNG contact and release of jailed Indian Navy sailors from there. Chabahar Port deal.

2025

Services exports $387.5 Billion, U.S. slaps +25% tariff over Russian oil.

Impact? Not existential. RBI loosens SRVA rules. Oil mix rebalanced. Market weapon ready. This wasn’t ego. It was armour.

In 2013

GDP: $1.86 trillion.

2025: $4.19 trillion

We’re 4th-largest economy.

$17.65 trillion PPP.

GDP per capita rose,

~$1.45K to ≈$2.9K.

PPP is $11,938 in 2025.

Annual growth stands at 6–8%, making us the fastest major economy.

FDI? We went from shaky reformer to global darling. $300 billion inflows since 2014, $81 billion in FY25 alone.

Poverty halved; Macro stabilized; Market confidence sky high and not tanked that much after Trump Tariff. It was Painful Journey with its ups and downs. But it was for this moments. And yes, It makes America uncomfortable. Because here…the Viceroy’s chair is empty. Because here… puppets have no strings.

Tariffs? They clang against armour, not chains. We sip our tea. We count our tankers. We guard our seas. We fly our own skies. And our finance? Not your Colonial charity, Thank you very much.

No, the garlands won’t go to Modi. He’ll be mocked. Branded. Hated. I’ve got my own laundry list of criticisms. But this phase…this pain…this was the Agni in the furnace. And now, what will the West do when they can't bend India? When the memos and sanctions don’t bite? Will the next captain keep the altitude steady?

Or…

Will we trade sovereignty for a seat at their tea party? Your move, man.

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