Each society finds its roots in its internal identity, which is the way its people think of themselves. However, this also happens to be challenged and influenced by the way others think of it: the external identity.
In India, British dominion and colonisation has coerced its own imagery on Indians' self-identity, striking their self-confidence and instilling self-denigration among many.
The West's dominion asserted itself as a role model, which led to a continued deference toward western methods, which is why India shaped its national identity based on the West’s model after becoming independent. Another reason was that unifying India’s heterogeneity under one homogeneous national identity was complex, so the Western model was inherently helpful as well.
Furthermore, because industrialisation led to a weakening of their traditions, there was a decline of the traditional Indian way of being.  Indians are torn between being the "full" Indian version of themselves, following their own religious, social and culinary traditions, and being a "modern" Indian living in an increasingly westernized and industrialized world.