The truth is that the deal has run into the contradictions of Indian politcs. The Government unable to go to the country for a mandate cannot hold on to power without sacrificing the deal. This establishes Singh as the unprincipled man that he is.
The other is that the deal tried to do too much. Binding Bharat to America's non-proliferation agenda was the last straw for me though I have no problem with the concurrence of Bharat's policy with America's not problematic if it was not sought to be written into the agreement. Burns must now recognise that the agreement cannot be sold in its present form and it past saving. It is sad to see so much good work go to waste.
There is a lesson for the NRI community in America and elsewhere. The inequity of Hindu society may be accustomed to expect others will deliver what they have not been able to deliver themselves means that they need to be not just close to the centres of power but at its very heart. That would require a very different Hindu than the ones I am accustomed to seeing.
