

India is led by hinudtva ultra-nationalists who brainwash their people into hating Muslims. Among other things Indias is militarily supporting Israel even with troops to help massacre Palestinians.
Pakistan by no means has a white west, but if you hear talking points claiming all of Pakistan to be terrorists, you should recognize the playbook.
Most of Europes pharmaceutical drugs are sourced from India these days. India is crucial for Russia to launder its oil to circumvent EU sanctions. India is a huge producer of a lot of other things. An all out war would likely also involve a lot of cyber warfare which would affects the large IT outsourced to India and will likely hit a lot of “bystanders”. China might use the weakness of India to move up in its border conflict with them…
India and Pakistan represent about 15-20% of the global population. This absolutely has the potential to draw other powers in.