Because countries(especially ones which struggle with poverty, constant terrorist attacks, constant fighting with multiple hostile nations bordering it, and a billion+ mouths to feed) can't change their entire foreign policy in a single day just to virtue signal to look good to the west. Especially when the west has historically always turned a blind eye to India's troubles in the past, or worse, actively supported India's enemies. Pakistan, Srilanka, Bangladesh also abstained btw, and tbh it's kind of understandable given that they also have their own issues to deal with.

Also, it is untrue that India don't give a shit about Ukraine. They've been sending aid.

>Swing and a miss. I have a deep understanding of Asian and Indian history.

I mean, both of your claims which I highlighted in my previous comment are completely untrue and can be disproven with a couple of google searches.

>When push comes to shove, which countries might actually come to India’s defense. It’s the west.

Not trying to sound like an asshole here, but this line tells me you have absolutely no idea about the geopolitics in the South Asia region and the history of relations between the West and India. It's almost a laughably bad take.

You also seem to think that a non Modi govt would not maintain a relationship with Russia, which is also wildly incorrect.