So an indian immigrant in the US? I'm running out of guesses.

> I wasn't aware the Commonwealth suppresses industry in nations outside Britain with tariffs,

I didn't say it did. I said it represented a mindset. That india, pakistan, nigeria, etc are still in the commonwealth says a lot about the mindset of the elites. Funnily enough, india, pakistan, nigeria aren't the epitome of progress and development.

> The past is the past - there's little point in holding grudges. India parted from Britain on relatively friendly terms.

India didn't part on good terms. But I agree the past is the past. Why is india still part of the british empire/commonwealth?

> Pride is toxic, destructive, unproductive.

The US, China, Japan, Korea, France, Russia, Britain, etc are all very prideful nations. Reality says you are wrong about pride.

> And yet South Korea has managed in the recent past to cooperate with Japan to co-host important international events.

Yes. But not as part of the japanese empire. Koreans would view that as a humiliation for korea to be part of the japanese commonwealth after a few decades of colonialism. You seem to be under the bizarre illusion that India can't have good relations with britain or anyone else after they leave the commowealth. The US isn't part of the commonwealth and yet US-british relations are far more important that british-indian relations.

> There are many reasons for this. None have anything to do with membership in a social club of nations.

It has everything to do with india's membership in their former colonial master's club.

Do you think russia or china would join a reborn mongol empire/commonwealth? The british empire was one of the most evil and cruel institutions in human history. And india suffered under british colonialism for nearly 150 years. Think about what it says about the indian leadership that they still cling to the british empire?

A slavish minded leadership cannot help their nation. It's an impossibility. It's what separates US, Britain, Japan, China, Russia, etc from the likes of india.

India should be a major world power on par with the US, China, Russia, etc. But they are not. What they are is a pathetic member of their former colonial master's club. Unless that changes, india will never change.