PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · India & the Non-Aligned Movement
Comment on India’s contribution to Non-Alignment Movement and contemporary relevance.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
R1 India not amember but an author → Belgrade 1961, Nehru with Tito and Nasser → contribution normative, norm outlasts forum R2 non-alignment as India’s own idea, exported into a movement → co-founding at Belgrade → India gave NAM principle, not power
Body flow
Bhattacharya’s three fronts → ideological: NIEO at Algiers 1973 vs North-South imbalance → diplomatic: diverse membership held together, New Delhi summit 1983 reasserts roots → humanitarian: peacekeeping + disarmament pressure behind Partial Test Ban Treaty 1963 → Cold War’s close removes the rivalry → “non-alignment with whom” → independence of judgment outlives the movement’s purpose → today: Quad + BRICS + SCO at once, no binding alliance → Global South leadership, Voice of Global South Summits
Counter-view
Parthasarathy: no binding principles, coalition of convenience → charge fits the movement, not the policy
Conclusion routes
R1 freedom to judge each issue on merit still guides Indian diplomacy amid renewed great-power competition R2 the forum needs reform, the principle already works → India’s contribution survives as its own method, not as NAM’s machinery
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
