The High Table. In India, this refers to our holy grail: the place for those nations that run the world (similar to the high tables at Oxbridge where the top dons dine). A Pakistani bureaucrat friend of mine once, many years ago, laughed at how we Indians were obsessed playing a larger role in the world (his will certainly not be the last laugh)...
...Manmohan and Montek believe India cannot get to the High Table on its own...
...The problem is that they also think that it’s okay to concede a bit of sovereignty (though that sounds somewhat like becoming just a bit pregnant) just so that we can sit on the High Table. They think that India can get to the High Table by hanging onto the USA’s coattails...
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