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During the Cold War India was leaning to the Soviets. Its also the reason why Nato never really tried to stop Pakistan from acquiring the atomic bomb.

Ofcourse nowadays India is a democratic republic with a good relationship with the West.

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India did sometimes try to be in a neutral position with respect to both the West and the Soviets, for eg: the Indian Nuclear program had large support from the Canadians. Indian space program had help from the Americans and the French as well as the Soviets.

Absolutely but during the Cold War you had to be either for the US/NATO or Soviet Union/Warsaw pact. The West was terrified of Russia getting a naval base on the Indian Ocean.

Any country that tried to be neutral was considered suspicious.

There was a third path which India did follow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement

Lenin called this "useful idiots".

The Non-Aligned Movement was part and parcel "Soviet lite".

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