Mr. Ram Narayan's article makes for interesting reading, although the author seems to have indulged in a bit of "wishful thinking". One can understand the point Ram Narayan is trying to make, in his effort to project US and India as natural allies, vis-a-vis China. I also share his view that the Indo-US alliance will not work if it covers only the military angle, but needs to encompass a much larger area of economic, scientific, technological and other related fields. However, it is unlikely that the politican dispensation in India will able to comprehend the importance of this alliance, and steer the country towards it. We would nned a much better political system in India for such an arrangement to work.