On November 7, 2025, Lt Gen S L Narasimhan, Adjunct Distinguished Fellow at Gateway House, participated in The Great Debate at the Mumbai LitFest on should India and China be friends. The debate weighed on two views: resentment over China’s border incursions and support to Pakistan versus the argument that India and China must be friends because their futures are intertwined and stability in Asia depends on their co-operation.