India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is meeting France's Defence Minister Catherine Vautrin in Bengaluru on February 17, and this is a moment every Indian should care about. Why? Because India is finally getting serious about making weapons that can protect our borders, not just buying them from others. But before you think this is just another political meeting, let me explain what's really at stake here. The dialogue will review the entire gamut of bilateral defence cooperation, with a focus on expanding industrial collaboration, and that collaboration is going to change how India defends itself.