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So, India is probably begging China to please, please, please let it become a member of the UNSC please, please, please ...

What a sad state of affairs!

There was a time when Nehru maganimously refused an invite for India to become a member of the UNSC and instead offered the seat to China ... or, something along those lines. I am not really familiar with the detailed history of all of that ...

What is the UNSC by the way? And who are the members? And, perhaps more importantly, who are not?

UK and France ARE members ... ok, nations with about 60 million folks each ...

India is not a member ... population: 1.2 billion and counting ...

Japan is not a member ... still the second largest economy in the world, I think ... about the same size as UK and France combined ... I mean, in terms of the economy.

Germany is not a member ... with an economy that's DEFINITELY (right Rain Man?) bigger than UK's or France's.

Oh, I forgot ... luck of the 'losers' ... oops ...

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