>I hadn't known this. India and the US have had an icy relationship because the Indians wanted to remain neutral and were friendly to with the Soviets.
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_India#United_States

Maybe WikiPedia has articles specifically on the "Cold War".
Given that it "ended" 15 years ago, many things even today are still influenced by how things were back then.
More importantly, you should learn about it to see for yourself just how much both USSR and the U.S. interfered with other governments. All over the place, in multitudes of ways, even in places way distant from both of them.