In the current world order, while hegemons can go it alone, everyone else is on the menu if they aren't at the table. That is the takeaway from Carney's speech, and that is what India needs to acknowledge as it tries to chart a course of its own.

Naidu also revealed plans to route flights through new hubs in Gujarat, bypassing closed Pakistani airspace.

On theories in the media, Naidu was blunt: "Everyone has their own theory. Everyone has their own story But we have a process. We have rules, we have guidelines."