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Look and learn at how serious space exploration/capabilities is actually founded on: Everytime they fail they become better at it.

I don't think the Americans are laughing at this unfortunate albeit temporary setback. I think there has been collaborations between NASA and ISRO for this mission. In fact, NASA was sent its first laser reflector supposed to be placed on the moon since Apollo in the Chandrayaan-2 mission: 50...

Reminds me of Israel's earlier setback. But expect them to keep on trying. Incidentally, commercial space companies are becoming more and more cheaper, and more and more capable for bigger payloads for longer distances. SpaceX is slready testing its Starhopper rocket:

Don't be too onion skinned. It's just an attempt to explain what happens. Mistakes and failures are expected espcially for such complex task as moon landing. No one can take away the fact that India is only the 5th country to have a moon mission. ISRO will eventually succeed.

There's nothing to be ashamed of. The Americans could not even properly launch their early rockets into space: Bit did they stop? Change course? No they mastered their failure prone early rocket first and then proceeded to more complex rocket programs. Stay the course, master, challenge...

Always view failures as an opportunity... to learn and get better. If that's the mentality of the ISRO, Indian Govt and public then I have no doubt that India will soon conquer the moon.