I work in IT in the US and I've noticed recently (since Biden came into office) that our (as in American companies) dependence on Indian contractors and Indian IT companies has increased dramatically. It was already a heavy reliance before but ever since Biden got into office everything seemed to have accelerated and criticism of Prime Minister Modi has been kept to almost silence in the media. Clearly what is happening here is that Biden is pinning all of America's hopes and dreams in the Indo-Pacific on this alliance with India. In other words, this is a case of "I'll give you IT contracts and work if you help me contain China."

India was famously non-aligned during the Cold War. It didn't get rich from that strategy but it stayed out of trouble and was able to get what it wanted from both sides without becoming abrasive to one side or the other. Due to this history, can India be trusted as a partner to counter China? Modi isn't exactly an ideal democratic figure as he is the most rightwing and divisive figure in India's modern democratic history.

Lastly, is the trading of IT contracts for loyalty worth it for the US in the long-term? Obviously, this question serves as a reminder that the US used the same "jobs for alliance" strategy with China in the 70s to take advantage of the Sino-Soviet Split, and as they say, the rest was history - the Soviets collapsed and the Chinese got rich. And what did America get? Superpower status in the short-term but poverty in the long term (the US gave all of its jobs and strategic manufacturing capabilities away to China).