Only gullible Indians obsessed with feel-good syndrome would buy the impeccable nonproliferation record lie of Machiavellian pundits of New Delhi. No amount of hard sell can ever succeed if you want to sell a fundamentally flawed position. The real position is India's Department of Atomic Energy, which holds the monopoly to everything nuclear by virtue of Atomic Energy Act, is in the clutches of a powerful Mafia that has been thriving under Kafkasque secretiveness ever since the program was hijacked in the 1970s by Indira Gandhi for becoming a Durga. Proliferation misadventures engineered by nuclear czars in 1974 and 1998, which made India a rogue state, were to gain a sacred cow status for DAE so that they can enjoy nonaccountability in the guise of national strategic interests. The Mafia enjoys the blessings of corrupt bureaucrats, scientists, and slimy politicians of all shades including Communists and religious fundamentalists. DAE is beyond scrutiny by judiciary, media, statutory audit, and even Parliament. Corruption abounds and safety is compromised with abandon. Until this nexus is broken by ensuring full transparency, n-cooperation will only be a pipe dream.
Bad job by Mr. Saran. Also the gap between GOI representatives like Mr Saran and Indian-Americans, needs to be bridged in a much better way then the republic day and independence day cellebrations. Mr. Saran has no idea about what Indians can do about it and has no agenda either about what can be done to accomplish what Congressman Ackerman is asking for. Very bad communication indeed by GOI, if affordable electricity for rural poor and urban business needs is the objective. Now if this were Chinese initiative; a streamlined machine would be working on behalf of chinese embassy here in US, which will be encouraging all Chinese Americans to write to their representatives with signatures of communities etc etc. The difference in success and failure of this deal is purely the followup on part of GOI, Indian Americans, and American businesses who are going to benefit from the sale proceeds. Does Mr. Saran have any clue what to do to bring all these things togather?
