India, Nov. 2 -- Barely weeks into the quagmire unleashed by the February 2022 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of the importance of making the current era an era of peace and not of war, standing side by side with President Putin of the Russian Federation. At that early stage of the conflict, both Russia and Ukraine were ready for peace based on the status quo. Sadly, the UK and the US were not, and they dangled the poisoned chalice of abundant military and other assistance to President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, and he accepted rather than ignored the offer. Since then, a conflict that harms both Ukraine and Russia has ground on. The present stage is that Ukraine seeks an immediate and unconditiona...