AFTER Mao Zedong’s disastrous tenure in China, during which the Great Leap Forward (1958-62) and its famine caused tens of millions of deaths, followed by the Cultural Revolution, which killed millions, Deng Xiaoping became the countrys paramount leader in 1978. His reforms set China on the road to prosperity. Deng also advocated taoguang yanghui: hide your strength and bide your time. The question for India is: when did that time arrive?