The world would surely listen to India the day it stops being a ‘free rider’ in the international system. In the past, India’s chatter on a just world order was noise, for New Delhi did not have the power to make a difference. As India transforms into one of the world’s largest economies and accumulates strategic weight, it has the potential to influence outcomes on key issues from global warming to promotion of political change in Burma. Realising that potential, however, involves correcting the vision deficit at the top of the Indian political establishment.