With nuclear and coal based together, it will be double of what we have been calculating. This deal makes us kill 2 birds or more with one stone. This deal will help India prevent economic slide down in these bad times for the next 10 years or so. Certainly help to prevent from sliding severely behind China. In 10 years time, we will develop new strengths from which we can renegotiate existing deals and new deals. India will offer so many new incentives in future that powerful countries will be drawn to it and will make them turn the eye if we violate agreements. This deal also aligns us with USA which is the right thing to do in these bad times. However good India's peace loving culture and democracy may be, it hasn't helped us in our foreign policy with respect to neighbors as none respect or fear us; we offer no disincentives or incentives to channel their behavior. In those terms we are hardly a power. We need to learn aggressiveness from Americans and even if we have to toe certain lines of US, we will still do better and our alignment with US will cause neighboring countries- big and small to respect us. Already US's wars in Afg. & Iraq- rightly or wrongly are helping India in severely reducing terrorism on its soil which we had no hope of being able to do on our own.
RE:India has made a good deal
by AJ M on Jul 23, 2008 05:33 AM Permalink
. Last but not the least US needs India and also respects both its people & culture of hard work and spiritual richness. We have made a huge impact in US and world with our yoga, IT, gurus and many other things. Americans love Indians and India. This "tight" relationship should work well at least for next 5 years. India can "Manage" US. It is a win-win proposition for India. We should use this close relationship to expand research in nuclear science, power, space, electronics, etc. US will share with India because India does not believe in simply "taking", it "gives" all the time.
