The public at large and the whole nuclear establishment supported the deal. Thid deal aboloishes the estrangement of India as a nuclear power and put her into rightful place in the elite NSG group which she deserves due to her own merit and an impeccable record of using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The country is in dire needs of power to fuel its burgeoning economic machinery and nuclear power is one handy option to achieve the target. Our thorium project is going great and in future we can emerge out as a key player at a global dimension in selling nuclear power related technology for peaceful purpose. We are politically determined to keep up our policy on disarmament, we are for absolute ban on test for nuclear weapons, ours nuclear capability serves as a deterrant in a hostile neghbourhood, we were left with no choice when two neighbouring countries were clandestinely collaborating for nuclear technology, one was helping the other to arm and weaken Indian strategical position. In this backdrop India became a comprehensibly responsible nuclear power and progressed despite sanctions (thanks to our S & T establishment, Dr Kalam and others) and resisted all kinds of pressure to sign for CTBT. This is no mean achievement, it speaks volumes about the determination of India as a nation whose groth engine is not based on donations and charity of world bank or western power. So, why should we shy away accepting a strategic advantage, lets be proactive to reap the benefits
