Rupa Subramanya is a researcher and commentator. She is a distinguished fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the co-author of "Indianomix: Making Sense of Modern India."
In a column "India the sensible substitute for belligerent Beijing" published in The Australian on Aug. 9, former Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, now his country's special trade envoy, made a spirited argument that Australia must ramp up economic and trade ties with India as a more reliable, democratic partner than Communist China.
