India is the second fastest growing economy currently and has been growing at time at 10% growth rate. Unlike UK (or even US) its no longer a failing economy that is drowning in deep debt. For over a decade and half India had a budget surplus and a surplus of foreign currency reserve. In a few years India will topple UK (also France and Germany) to become the 4th largest economy in the world.
So they want to stand on their own feet and not live off handouts (as they rightly should). What exactly do you find wrong with that? Or it it the fact that those brown skinned third world country asserting their economic independence is what is turning you off? Which is it?
Dear India:
You tell them. The days of colonialist condescension are over.
Truly yours with no strings attached:
Israel
PS: What say we team up together against Muslim threat.
Pride is a vice and only in moderation does it have a positive aspect. It is good to have pride and ownership. It is what makes people keep order and maintenance to a society. But in excess it becomes arrogance or causes people to loose perspective and rational thought. It becomes something which demagogues exploit to seize power, to stir one group up against another. Of course you can also suppress pride, and this is a forced modesty which isn't good either.
Other aspects that are exploited by those that lead social movements and politicians are race (Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton), sex (Feminist movement), socio economic class (the leftist / socialist types with their age old scream for class warfare), national origin (The Irish and how they were singled out years past) and religion (Iran / Saudi Arabia etc), a few aspects that you also dabble into.
Hitler spoke to German pride in the 30s: http://www.youtube.com/verify_controversy?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3D26Mxy-9Sqb4 But obviously it's a racist conspiracy against you, and you have your pride now. I'm happy for you.