Speaking of collective delusion, no other country in the world can match or beat India. Not even the American empire indulging in exceptionalism.

Hollywood can't hold a candle to Bollywood when it comes to dream-making. Most of the Indian masses draw their sustenance from Bollywood flicks, replete with song and dance. Indian movie-goers derive orgasm vicariously from magic and God-like feats pulled off by their idols on the big screen.

In the aftermath of the fighting in Ladakh with sticks and stones between Indian and Chinese border troops, China's casualties were inflated by Indian media to 40 or even hundreds compared to the 20 deaths on the Indian side.

The ultra nationalists in India, frustrated by Modi's lack of response to the thrashing by PLA, have called on Modi to use the Ultimate Weapon against China. It turns out that the armament is a mythological weapon called Brahmastra :

“In ancient Indian history, the Brahmastra (Sanskrit: ब्रह्‍मास्‍त्र, IAST: Brahmāstra) and its variants, the Brahmashirsha astra and the Brahmanda astra were supernatural weapons used in the war of Mahabharata and are collectively called Brahma weapons. The Brahmashirsha astra was a weapon that was said to be able to destroy the world, capable of destroying creation and vanquishing all beings. It is one of the most destructive, powerful and irresistible weapons mentioned in the Hinduism. These weapons are all created by Lord Brahma, except for brahmanda-astra."

And Indian soldiers mistook planets for Chinese spy drones :

" India's army reportedly spent six months watching 'Chinese spy drones' violating its air space, only to find out they were actually Jupiter and Venus."