BAMCEF UNIFICATION CONFERENCE 7

Published on 10 Mar 2013 ALL INDIA BAMCEF UNIFICATION CONFERENCE HELD AT Dr.B. R. AMBEDKAR BHAVAN,DADAR,MUMBAI ON 2ND AND 3RD MARCH 2013. Mr.PALASH BISWAS (JOURNALIST -KOLKATA) DELIVERING HER SPEECH. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLL-n6MrcoM http://youtu.be/oLL-n6MrcoM

Saturday, April 17, 2010

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Zionist OBAMA Escalates Global Hindutva Sidelining India! President Obama Targets MARS and Visists SENSEX India!The Strategic Re alliance in US Israel Lead is not a Foreign Affair at all, it is all About Exclusion and Economic Ethnic Cleansing!Indo US Nuclear Deal is the Survival Kit for the Rotten Brahaminical System!


Naxals dressed in CRPF uniform on Saturday fired at the security men of former BSF Director General E N Rammohan, who is in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district to inquire into circumstances that led to the massacre of 76 security personnel by Maoists.


Indian Holocaust My Father`s Life and Time - THREE HUNDRED Forty Five

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US President Barack Obama is expected to undertake his first state visit to India in August or October, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today. Returning from his two-nation tour of the US and Brazil during which he met Obama, Singh said these two months were being looked at for finalisation of dates for the significant visit.The most visible manifestation of a strategic relationship between two countries is cooperation in the defence sphere. When the Defence Framework Agreement was signed in June 2005, it was widely assumed that the Agreement provided a skeleton that would be fleshed out over a period of time. This article posits that many of the areas of cooperation identified in the Agreement are already "works in progress" and the forward momentum generated at both the political and military levels will only lead to closer defence relations provided the potential pitfalls are identified and avoided, and there is greater clarity on the end-goals of closer defence cooperation.

Two explosions on Saturday outside a packed cricket stadium in Bangalore injured at least eight people, including three policemen, police and television channels said.

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Dalits keen to learn Manusmriti

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Lucknow, April 17 -- Call it an impact of the social engineering effected by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) or just plain coincidence, dalits are showing an eagerness to learn - as much from the Manusmriti as they do from the Sacchi Ramayan. On Wednesday, on the occasion of the Ambedkar Jayanti, both the books sold like hot cakes at the temporary book stalls put up at the Ambedkar Memorial premises. The owner of the bookstall Ravi Kumar Mehta said within few hours the copies of Manusmriti and Sacchi Ramayan vanished from the stall. Mehta is in the business of dalit literature for over a decade says "since years Sacchi Ramayan was among the top dalit literature on the popularity chart. The demand for Manusrimiti started only two years back", he said. "Orders of Manusmriti have been placed by dalit as well as upper caste readers he said and added the high rate of the book ( Rs 150) was no bar on its popularity", he said. Shiv Kumar, a resident of Ranipur village near Bakshi-ka-Talab said the dalits hated Manusmriti since it was considered the text of oppressors. The political empowerment has led to spread of the education among dalits, these days there was eagerness among the community especially the youths to read the book. Not only Sacchi Ramayan and Manusmiriti but also Chamcha Yug penned by Kanshi Ram, Bhagwan Buddha aur Dhamma written by Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, Buddha Charitra Chandroday by Vineet Vikar Baudh, Main Bhangi Hun by Bhagwan Das, 1857- role of dalits by Satnam Singh, Dalit Dastaweg by MR Vidrohi were in demand at the fair. Another bookseller Moti Lal (60) said "I joined BSP on the call of Kanshi Ram in 1985. A resident of Shiyadih village located in Allahabad district, Lal started dalit literature business in 1992. Along with the books the CD of Chief Minister Mayawati carrying her message and public meetings is in high demand".

Large crowd was seen at the stalls selling the posters and stickers of Ambedkar, Kanshi Ram and Gautam Buddha. Its celebration time for us said Akshya Lal a BSP worker the nation was observing the 119 birth anniversary of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar who had shaken the consciousness of the dalits and paved way for their empowerment.

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A decision on the issue of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, who is embroiled in a row over IPL Kochi franchise ownership, is unlikely today with Congress President Sonia Gandhi dropping plans to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the matter. Gandhi is now expected to meet Singh tomorrow.The Prime Minister, who returned from his week-long foreign tour today, is also likely to meet some of the party leaders tomorrow.Meanwhile,India has made it clear to Pakistan that although action against Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed will help ease the strained atmosphere, it's not the only benchmark that will satisfy New Delhi before it can think of resuming talks.

Zionist OBAMA Escalates Global Hindutva Sidelining India! President Obama Targets MARS and Visits SENSEX India!When Obama comes to New Delhi, he would become the first US president in more than 30 years to visit India in the first two years of his first term. Jimmy Carter was the last to do so during his first term in office.The last US President to visit India was Obama's predecessor George W. Bush in March 2006. However, Bush visited India in his second term. So did his predecessor Bill Clinton.

US President Barack Obama has outlined his administration's new space exploration plan, vowing to increase NASA's budget by $6 billion over the next five years.

Speaking at the Kennedy Space Centre Thursday, where America's moon missions originated decades ago, Obama said he was '100 percent committed to the mission of NASA and its future'.


Obama said he wants to accelerate the development of a large, heavy-lift rocket to carry astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit. He called for a decision on the new rocket design in 2015.


He said by 2025 he expects US space exploration to reach beyond the moon and further into the solar system's reaches, aiming to send US astronauts into Mars orbit by the mid-2030s.


'By the mid-2030s, I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth, and a landing on Mars will follow,' Obama told a gathering of about 200 space scientists and members of the Congress.


The president was making a trip to the heart of the US space industry, seeking to explain why he aborted former president George W. Bush's return-to-the moon plan.


'We've been there before,' Obama said. 'There's a lot more of space to explore.'


Obama has faced sharp criticism for proposing to abandon the Constellation moon programme after $9 billion has been spent, and to allocate $6 billion to support private companies in developing space rockets to carry astronauts to the International Space Station.



Meanwhile, US takes care of Indian Internal Security as Bengali brahmin Marxists seek Israel Help to fight INSURGENCY. Terrorist groups may be planning attacks in India, the US has warned in its latest advisory and asked its nationals to exercise caution during their stay in the country.

Alerting US citizens, the Department of State said: "The US government continues to receive information that terrorist groups may be planning attacks in India."


On the other hand, following NASA and Pentagon Designs, Indian Space scientists have started reviewing the flight data of Thursday's failed rocket mission, which was for the first time powered by an Indian-built cryogenic engine.A fateful but providential decision by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) saved a precious Indo-Israeli science payload from crashing into the sea in the failed GSLV launch mission Thursday.Nasa's new 'space robot' Robonaut 2, which looks like the secret Top Gear character The Stig, is set to step aboard the International Space Station (ISS).Top space scientists are analyzing flight data from GSLV-D3 to zero in on the reasons for the non-ignition of indigenous cryogenic engine which is believed to have caused the mission failure, ISRO sources said on Saturday.


The February 2010 bombing in Pune and the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai provide a vivid reminder that hotels, markets, trains and other public places in India are especially attractive targets for terrorist groups, it said in the advisory.


"Terrorists and their sympathisers have demonstrated their willingness and capability to attack targets where US citizens or Westerners are known to congregate or visit," the State Department said.


The latest advisory replaces the Travel Alert dating January 29 and will expire on May 30.


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The world could be having apprehensions about China's rise but it wants India to grow and it is time to take advantage of the situation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today.

"Unlike China's rise, which possibly gives rise to apprehensions, the world takes a benign view of India's growth. We should take advantage of that (situation) because we don't know how long it will last," he said.

He noted that the world is not apprehensive about India and wants it to succeed.

Singh was talking to accompanying journalists while returning home after his eight-day visit to the US and Brazil, where he attended the Summits of Nuclear Security, IBSA and BRIC.

Naxals dressed in CRPF uniform on Saturday fired at the securitymen of former BSF Director General E N Rammohan, who is in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district to inquire into circumstances that led to the massacre of 76 security personnel by Maoists.Official sources said the Naxals fired a few random shots at the securitymen comprising CRPF and local police personnel guarding Rammohan at Chintalnar in Dantewada district. No one was injured in the firing.

Sources said the Naxals opened fire as they wanted to make their presence felt.

Rammohan is in the district to establish the circumstances preceding and the sequence of events leading to the April six attack in which 75 CRPF and local police head constable were killed brutally by Naxals.

69-year-old Rammohan will examine the response of the state police and the CRPF both during the ambush and the post-ambush relief and rescue operations besides suggesting measures to mitigate the lapses, if any, so that such incidents do not recur.

Almost a week after he told Barack Obama that India was eagerly looking forward to his visit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the American President would be coming on his first state visit to India in August or October.

"Obama will come to India in August or October," Manmohan Singh told journalists on board his special craft when asked about the US president's visit to India.

"Dates are yet to be finalized," the Prime Minister said.

The Prime Minister on Saturday returned home after an eight-day visit to the US and Brazil where he participated in three multilateral summits and held over half a dozen bilateral meetings with world leaders.

Manmohan Singh held wide-ranging talks with Obama on April 11 in Washington on a host of issues, including the civil nuclear deal, counter-terror cooperation and the situation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

Manmohan Singh had told Obama that "India was eagerly looking forward to his visit". Obama had "caught the imagination of millions around the world, including the people of India who were anxious to see him soon in our country", the Prime Minister told Obama.

16/04/2010

In defence, take your time but hurry

Intro: How is India facing the challenge of building military capabilities in tune with its geostrategic aspirations

On the art of gun fighting, American Old West cowboy Wild Bill Hickock said, "Take your time in a hurry."

India's defence procurement authorities would also do well to heed the legendary gunfighter's advice. While defence bids need to be carefully scrutinised, decisions need to be made fast and contracts signed quickly, lest we lose out to other countries.

With global annual military expenditure topping $1,500 billion, and even though every fiscal India's defence ministry returns big amounts of the budget allocation back to the government, India is the largest emerging economy arms importers with the exception of China.

India also has a vast amount of unused defence production and development capability. We must ensure that this is fully utilised. This would require the support of armed forces, bureaucracy and industries, both in private and public sectors. Foreign tie-ups are a must in this day and age, but tech transfer and local production are equally essential.

Following the 1999 Kargil War, India signed arms deals worth $50 billion in the span of a decade -- for fighter planes, warships, tanks, missiles, radars etc. In the past three years alone, the defence ministry signed contracts worth Rs 1,35,000 crore.

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Khatri Sick PM is World Bank agent

http://www.countercurrents. org/naqvi100407.htm

Let's see what Dr. Ashok Mitra has to say in his fascinating book, A Prattler's Tale. The book translated from Bengali is an acid trip down memory lane. The octogenarian Mitra was economic adviser to Indira Gandhi and finance minister in the Marxist govt. in West Bengal. He has a startling revelation about the unexpected appointment of Manmohan Singh as P.V. Narasimha Rao's finance minister in 1991. In his own words:

Foreign exchange reserves had shrunk to a point where they could cover only a fortnight's imports. India was 'fast approaching bankruptcy'. The US administration, in coordination with the IMF and World Bank, sent a 'categorical message' to Delhi through 'secret talks' that began as soon as the Lok Sabha results were known: obey and save yourselves, or object and go hang. Delhi agreed to obey. But wary of similar assurances that had been belied in Latin America, Washington sought an implicit guarantee. It was decided that 'the IMF and the World Bank would nominate the finance minister of the country after consultations with the US authorities'… The prerogative of naming the new finance minister was also transferred to Washington". And so the revolving door that links our leaders, be they democrats, dictators or bankers, continues to turn relentlessly somewhat like a wheel of fortune that could eventually define South Asia's future.

BJP DEMANDS PROBE INTO KHATRI SICK APPOINTMENT

http://www.business-standard. com/india/news/bjp-demands-probe-into-book's-allegations-against-manmohan/273775/

Yet another memoir, this time by economist and former West Bengal finance minister Ashok Mitra, has political circles in a tizzy. The book A Prattler's Tale makes sensational allegations about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's appointment as finance minister in the Narasimha Rao govt.

The BJP today (Feb.6, 2007) went to town over the allegations made in the book, which includes the outright suggestion that Manmohan had been the choice of the "Washington consensus" as finance minister.

Distributing excerpts from the book, former finance minister Yashwant Sinha said that had the allegations been made by anyone other than Mitra, the party would have dismissed them.

The excerpts dealing with this episode allege that Singh was in fact the nominee of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank as well a powerful US interest.

Yashwant Sinha said that the allegations in the book were serious and raised questions over the PM's patriotism and integrity. "We want not just the PM but also for Mitra himself to provide proof of his allegations," he said. "These are serious matters and we feel that the sooner it is clarified the better," he said.

Mitra mentions that Singh was in fact the second choice as finance minister. He does not disclose who the first choice was. "We want to know from Mitra who the first choice was," Sinha said. When asked as to why Jaswant Singh, in his book, had not clarified who the mole in the PMO was, Sinha said that Singh had adequately clarified his position. "Even the weakest of governments have not had to face such allegations," he said.

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DV proves right on Khatri Sick PM

Dalit Voice has proved right.

We were the first to expose that the Khatri Sick PM was a nominee of the zionist Jew-owned World Bank-IMF combine.

That is how Dalit Voice has been critical of the Khatri Sick ever since he became PM — now on his second term. Both the Banks are zionist creations aimed at protecting the big business and their big banks which are in the pocket of Jews in the West. They have been sending their trusted representatives to different countries to carry out their instructions.

The Khatri Sick PM has been faithfully carrying out the dictates — safeguarding and enriching Brahminical rulers (15%), cousins of Jews, and kicking the stomach of the (85%) indigenous Indians. The Brahminical media has been very effectively window-dressing the whole exercise — the painless killing of the Mool Nivasis.

People get the govt. they deserve and the PM they deserve — EDITOR.


Jews & "Jews of India" as blood brothers

Dalit Voice theory that the Jews and "Jews of India" are cousins — both noted for their destructive character — has now become a well-established fact. The "Jews of India" have been doing exactly what their Western cousins did — and achieved tremendous success.

The Jews killed the Western Christian civilisation and the "Jews of India" killed the glorious culture, civilisation and history of Dravidas and Adi-Dravidas as represented by the Budha and then enslaved our people.

Brahminism destroyed Budhism and then re-wrote history. Though they proved to be the country's most violent people, yet they made the victims believe that their Hinduism is the world's only non-violent religion. The tyranny of both is invisible. Both became the world's wealthiest,the most powerful elite and yet the most violent. - EDITOR.


Beware of alien Brahmins

DR. ANAND

There were 80 % Brahmins in Budhas's Bhikku Sangha, but they only ditched and killed the Budha. Emperor Ashoka had to dislodge and remove the pious saffron robe (chiwar) of around 75,000 Brahmin Bhikkus. Brahmins troubled and even killed the great leaders who walked on Budha's path like Kanishka, Harshwardhan, Namdev, Ravidas, Kabir, Tukaram, Shivaji, Tegbahadur Singh, Arjun Dev, Mahatma Phule, Shahu Maharaj, Sambhaji, and even Dr. Ambedkar. In the beginning Dr. Ambedkar didn't hate the Brahmins but after the incident of Maratha people program at Pune (1942), he also declared that Brahmins can't be anybody's friend. Therefore, we should paste everywhere that "Beware of Brahmins (i.e. aliens in India"). It should be written on all the walls of all the cities.

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Hindus behave like brainless moths

KESHAVA SHET, DUBAI

It is a formidable task for you to go on at your age. I hope you will have a band of young men to continue this movement. The main point in my article was to show the similarity between the behaviour of Hindu-Faithfuls and the moths. For millions of years all insects developed their nervous system to be guided by star-light or moon-light which are at optical-infinity. When they came into areas of man-made artificial lights they get dis-oreinted. They think they are going in straight line, but they fly into spirals around the lights. Hindus are made to believe by the wily priests that by going round and round the stone idols they will earn the grace of god to win a place in Vaikhunta [Lord Vishnu's], being released from the cycle of birth and death. If a rich man builds a Balaji- Temple, people of the area rush there, just like moths when a second light is switched on. Or even at the reflection of the lamp in the pail of water. This should get wide publicity among youth. This is what I wanted to say in "Narayana Murthy & Brahmins" (DV Feb.16, 2010 p.26)

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Brahminic hand boosting Nitish Govt. to keep Lalu out

IRSHADUL HAQUE, PATNA

Jagannath Mishra of course is a Brahmin, popularly known as Mathili Brahmin. He is alive. Politically dead but intellectually alive. Very often he makes statements on socio-political situation in Bihar, attends seminars. His son Nitish Misra was a minister in Nitish Kumar govt. but resigned later.

As far as the sudden boost to Nitish Kumar Govt. is concerned it is all the work of the Brahmin media management. Some senior journalists said that they were not allowed to write a sentence against the govt. However, some newspapers tried to write the truth but suffered a huge monetary loss in the form of ads. Dailies with big circulation were denied ads. The govt. has planted some bogus journalists to praise the work of the Nitish Govt.

He however enjoys the support of a section of Bhumihar and Brahmins. But such a game will not go for long.

Brahmin media: The govt. has a team of "intellectuals" belonging to a particular caste who easily play with facts and the media. One such team is created in the national capital led by a Rajya Sabha member and a former IAS officer. He is a Bhumihar.

DV readers are fully aware of the character of the "Brahmin media". Brahmins know that if they go against the Nitish Govt. Lalu will come.

As for the international media I know that not a single foreign journalist is in Patna. But the upper castes can mislead anybody. For example, the story of "11.4% growth rate" of Bihar. It is said such a growth rate was never seen in Bihar. But a layman knows that in 2001-02 when Rabri Devi was the chief minister, Bihar had enjoyed the same growth rate.

Of course there is huge growth in service, consumer and infrastructure sectors. But is there any role of state govt. in these sectors? Thanks to private telecom companies who provided mobile phones to common people— but where is the role of the state government? However there is a big jump in liquor industry. The state govt. has opened the door for liquor mafia and as a result 60% growth is seen in the sale of alcohol. In 2008-09, govt. collected Rs. 700 crore as revenue from sharab and desi daru sales.

What about the poor people? Dalits and the Pasmanda Muslims live below the poverty line, did not get work in NREGA.



 
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India & the world - SEMINAR REPORT

 
#94, 6 November 2003

Indo-US Strategic Relations: Problems and Prospects

Report of the IPCS seminar held on 31 October 2003
Bidhan S Laishram and R. Radhakrishnan, Research Officers, IPCS

Chair:Lt. Gen. AM Vohra

Speakers:Dr KP Vijaylakshmi,

Air Marshal Vinod Patney,

Lt Gen BS Malik

Introducing the speakers, the chairperson said that the seminar should examine the past and explore the future possibilities of Indo-US strategic relations. In the backdrop of continued unipolarity, India needs to tread cautiously about pursuing its strategic objectives. Does India command any prominence in the US strategic goals and concerns? Should India take part in peace keeping operations in Iraq? Which direction might Indo-US relations be heading given the "shared ideologies" between the two countries?

Dr KP Vijayalakshmi

Dr Vijayalakshmi proposed to understand the entire arch of Indo-US engagement in the light of "three concentric circles". Such an understanding, she held, could be fruitful if one considers that effective leadership in the US has been marked by strategic shifts in the post cold war era. She maintained that South Asia has been in the backburner of Indo US relations. Of the three concentric circles, the innermost one is formed by Pakistan, India and the US and it impinges on the path Indo- US relationship is traversing. She also pointed out that there has been a shift from zero sum game to positive sum game. Since the late 1990s both economic and strategic relations have been intricately linked. The developments in Pakistan, usually with support from the US, have had implications for India. It was speculated that Kargil would change Indo-US relations but support for Musharaff continues because of linkages in the war on terror and oil and gas interests of the US in the region. The problem is that the US follows two separate set of policies- one for India and another for Pakistan. Dr. Vijayalakshmi stressed the need for following a "local" policy on the Kashmir issue.

The second circle consists of Russia, China and Southeast Asia. She underscored the problematic nature of India's choice of strategic partners, maintaining that India's mistrust in this respect is a logical one. Herein she pointed out the Bush-Zhang meeting where Bush talked of "shared vision of two great powers". Stating that China-problem is a problem for Indo-US relations, she took note of the opinion that US is following a multi-layered approach toward China. She opined that central Asian resources will bring together India and US, which would imply that India will keep the security of the seas. She also thinks that the non-dilution of GOI position on weapons proliferation will dominate the relations. Some shared goals include counter terrorism, stability in South Asia, market access to energy and religious extremism. Stating that a third party has always moved into the relations, she suggested that India should pay less attention to this phenomenon. As for Russia, India's relationship is mostly in defence deals. She also opined that Russia now sees itself as a Eurasian power. The question Russians are asking is: will Indo-US relations chart new ways of choosing defense partners. The outermost circle is defined by India's increasing desire for unification with global formations.

She concluded by saying that dual-use technology transfers are a major component of India's negotiations and purchases with the US and that US should declare an Indian foreign policy.

Air Marshal Vinod Patney

Patney started his presentation by referring to the "double standards" of the US. He maintained that they (US) are not averse to using power, and it works. According to him, close attention is to be paid to the US- Pak relationship. He opined that despite areas of convergence in the Indo- US relations, we (India) should keep a mind of our own when it comes to the areas of divergence. For the US, national interests define their whole approach and it is only when their interests are affected that they are interested in combating terror. That is how it is named "US war on terror". In this context he posed the question- what can the GOI contribute? According to him, India is a worthwhile power, can balance China, have markets and investment opportunities. He also underlined the need to understand the concept of strategic partner in terms of peace and stability at lower cost, intelligence and economy. However, the US wants to move to other areas, sell its equipments etc. but the GOI is concerned when it might get closed. It wants more technology transfers and joint research and development.

Patney stressed that GOI must help itself as US interests and Indian interests do not always go together. While maintaining that it was wonderful to have joint exercises at Ladakh, he warned that the US might be looking out for Indian weaknesses to assess how useful they will be in an alliance. The desire on the part of the US to sell equipments also explains such exercises. He opined that GOI should not negotiate over its nuclear arsenals in the face of US opposition to making of ICBMs by India. Yet India should continue to engage the US. "Bilateralism with other countries getting somewhat stronger will improve GOI's approach to Indo-US relations", he said.

Lt Gen BS Malik

General Malik started off by saying that the "actual way of US thinking" is: whenever you are in "total security", you are thinking of "total war" and then of "total victory". Hence the US approaches various problems from a military angle. It is no wonder that the country spends 50% of its budget on defence. He pointed out that 38% of all its physicists, 25% of all mechanical engineers are working in defence related projects. He also talked of the increasing software content in defence technology and expressed worry that much of the software created in India may go to defence related matters. In the problem areas, too many jobs going to India is not something the US wants. However, it is realizing that India is too big a country to be "boxed in". He maintained that relations with Iran are very important, that opening of relations with South East Asia on the Indian part is good for indo US relations. Another problem area is that the Indian forces prefer to deal with the Pentagon while the US State Department wants to do the dealing. Gen. Malik ended by suggesting that India should seriously reflect on why its security concerns have not been appreciated.

Discussion
  • India is located in the periphery of the US security concerns. India's significance as a sea power was realized by the US only after 9/11. With US resources stretched due to the Iraq crisis, it is looking to Japan in the North-East Asia, Australia in South-East Asia and India in South Asia for providing regional security.
  • Lack of military to military cooperation in South Asia has hindered regional stability, which could have ensured economic cooperation. India is a regional power whose influence and actions in South Asia are at par with the role of the US at the world level.
  • The prevailing rivalry within the Indian state mainly the bureaucracy and defence services is a cause for the lack of a coherent perspective on Defence cooperation.
  • We must not succumb to a client relationship with the USA while at the same time we should do away with the "subaltern view" of China. US strategic objectives are not constant and hence trying to toe the US line to fulfill our interests would be a fundamental mistake.
  • UN has been circumvented by the unilateral actions of the US against state and non-state actors. India should work on its objectives based on its own strength and can look at the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty on these lines. At the same time there is need to bring in a global system to evolve consensus to impact upon unipolarity. The present trends of unipolarity are likely to continue for another few decades.
  • India's choice of defence partners was questioned. A visionary view is the need of the hour rather than replicating the existing system and technology.  
  • While Indian defence infrastructure is being used in the joint exercises with the US, no tangible gains have been forthcoming in of terms transfer of dual use technology.
  • There is need to build our own technology because technology transfers have a certain limitation as it has a commercial value. Macaulay's education has destroyed the national self confidence in India.
  • There is very little congruence of Indian interests with the US in terms of common security threats and concerns, to warrant attention in the US strategic system. India is yet to locate where its security concerns lay in the present world order.  
  • India is a "revisionist" state and not an "interventionist" state. As a middle level power, it is yet to emerge as a system shaping power; hence it can't go out of its way in antagonizing the US.
  • The attempts of the US to rope in other nations' forces highlight its inability in policing and recalibrating its forces. The need for Indian role is likely to diminish after some time.   
  • Certain policies governed by strategic considerations should not be put on hold while pursuing goals at the diplomatic level.
http://www.ipcs.org/seminar/india-the-world/indo-us-strategic-relations-problems-and-prospects-583.html

Fact Sheet
White House Office of the Press Secretary
New Delhi, India
March 2, 2006

United States and India: Strategic Partnership

We have an ambitious agenda with India. Our agenda is practical. It builds on a relationship that has never been better. India is a global leader, as well as a good friend. My trip will remind everybody about the strengthening of an important strategic partnership. Well work together in practical ways to promote a hopeful future for citizens in both our nations.

President George W. Bush, February 22, 2006

Civil Nuclear Cooperation: The United States and India have reached an historic agreement on civil nuclear cooperation. The agreement addresses India's surging energy needs for its growing economy. This will also ease the burden on other countries as the world's energy needs continue to rise.

  • The US and India have agreed to pursue civil nuclear cooperation to allow India to cooperate and trade in this key area.

  • India has agreed to take steps that will bring it into the international non-proliferation mainstream, including placing its civilian nuclear facilities and programs under IAEA safeguards and adhering to the guidelines of the Nuclear Suppliers Group and the Missile Technology Control Regime.

The US-India strategic partnership is rooted in shared values and is broad in nature and scope, with our two countries working together on global issues, including expanding economic freedom and democracy; ensuring plentiful sources of clean, safe, and reliable energy; protecting security; supporting innovation and technological advances; and promoting public health. ECONOMY: The United States and India are expanding cooperation to enhance job creation and economic growth; support economic reform and liberalization; develop a bilateral business climate supportive of trade and investment; and improve market access for goods and services.

  • Trade: Over the last five years, US exports to India have more than doubled, helping to create better-paying jobs in the United States. The United States and India agree that trade is essential to promoting global economic growth, development, freedom, and prosperity. Both countries are committed to completing the WTO Doha Development Agenda before the end of 2006.

  • Investment:The United States and India welcomed the report of the US-India CEO Forum and agreed to work on its recommendations through the Economic Dialogue; endorsed the efforts of the US-India Trade Policy Forum to reduce barriers to trade and investment; agreed to hold a high-level public-private investment summit in 2006; and are continuing the dialogue on various issues, including further liberalization of investment restrictions, regulatory transparency, dispute settlement, and reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade.

  • Agriculture: The United States and India have launched the Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture to link universities, technical institutions, and businesses to support high-priority joint agriculture education, research, and capacity-building projects including biotechnology.

Democracy: Building on their common values and interests, the United States and India affirmed their joint commitment to promote freedom and democracy and assist countries in transition. Effective democracies with governments accountable to the people are the best means of ensuring long-term stability and prosperity.

  • The United States and India will work together to support the growth and development of vibrant civil societies, including independent media and non-governmental organizations, in countries that seek such assistance.

Eergy and the Enviornment: The United States and India are working together to help meet India's rising demand for energy by looking at new technologies to produce clean, safe, and reliable energy.

  • FutureGen: India will join the FutureGen international partnership which will work to create a zero-emissions coal-fired power plant, enabling greater use of coal in an environmentally sustainable way.

  • International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER): India has joined the United States, Russia, the European Union, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and China as an ITER member.

  • Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate: The United States and India, together with Australia, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, will work on practical ways to improve energy security, improve air quality, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in ways that foster economic growth.

Security: The United States and India are building the foundation of a durable defense relationship that will continue to support our common strategic and security interests.

  • Maritime Security Cooperation: The United States and India are committed to a comprehensive cooperative effort to ensure a secure maritime domain.
  • Counterterrorism: The United States and India are jointly expanding the scope of our counterterrorism cooperation, including work on bioterrorism and cybersecurity.
  • Military Logistics Support: The United States and India will soon sign an agreement to facilitate mutual logistic support during combined training, exercises, and disaster relief operations.
  • Defense Trade: The United States reaffirmed its goal to help meet Indias defense needs and to provide the important technologies and capabilities that India seeks.
  • Non-proliferation: Both countries support efforts to limit the spread of enrichment and reprocessing technologies and also support the conclusion of a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty.

Innovative and Advanced Technologies: The United States and India are working together to support the creation of innovative, dynamic, knowledge-based economies.

  • Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): The United States is funding IPR training programs to strengthen enforcement and patent examination, as a vibrant IPR regime is critical to the promotion of a creative, technologically advanced economy.

  • Science: The United States and India established and co-fund the $30 million Bi-National Science and Technology Commission to generate collaborative partnerships in science and technology.

  • Space: The United States and India have agreed to continue exploring further cooperation in civil space, including areas such as space exploration, satellite navigation, and earth science. In addition, agreements are being completed that will allow for the launch of US satellites and satellites containing US components by Indian launch vehicles.

Public Health: The United States and India are cooperating to expand efforts to combat and prevent Avian Influenza and HIV/ AIDS.

  • Avian Influenza: The United States and India agreed to expand bilateral efforts on avian influenza by, among other things, reaching out to the private sector, developing regional communications strategies, and planning an in-region containment and response exercise. India will host the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza meeting in 2007.

  • HIV/ AIDS: Last July, President Bush and Prime Minister Singh agreed to further strengthen cooperation on HIV/ AIDS by leveraging resources, knowledge, and expertise. Since then:

    • The United States increased funding in FY2006 for HIV/ AIDS prevention, care, and treatment programs to $29.3 million.

    • We have established an Indo-US Corporate Sector Fund for HIV/ AIDS, which is a partnership among US and Indian businesses to fight AIDS. Six companies have already pledged a total of $1.2 million to the Fund.

    • The US Food and Drug Administration has given approval to 13 generic antiretroviral drugs produced by Indian pharmaceutical companies. These drugs can now be purchased as part of the Presidents Emergency Plan for HIV/ AIDS for use around the world.



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Indus valley civilization ancient civilization that flourished from about 2500 BC to about 1500 BC in the valley of the Indus River and its tributaries, in the northwestern portion of the Indian subcontinent, i.e., present-day Pakistan. At its height, its geographical reach exceeded that of Egypt or Mesopotamia. Since 1921 this civilization has been revealed by spectacular finds at Mohenjo-Daro, an archaeological site in NW Sind, and at Harappa, in central Punjab near the Ravi River. These sites, each of which measures more than 3 mi (5 km) in circumference, were once great urban centers, the chief cities of the Indus civilization. They had large and complex hill citadels, housing palaces, granaries, and baths that were probably used for sacred ablutions; the great bath at Mohenjo-Daro was c.40 ft (12 m) long and 23 ft (7 m) wide. Beyond the citadels were well-planned towns, laid out in rectangular patterns. Houses, often two-storied and spacious, lined the town streets; they had drainage systems that led into brick-lined sewers. The economy of the Indus civilization was based on a highly organized agriculture, supplemented by an active commerce, probably connected to that of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia. The arts flourished there, and many objects of copper, bronze, and pottery, including a large collection of terra-cotta toys, have been uncovered. Most notable, however, are the steatite seals, exquisitely engraved with animal figures and often bearing a line of pictographic script. On some seals are depicted a bo tree or, as some authorities hold, a Babylonian tree of life, and others have as their central figure the god Shiva, who later became preeminent in the Hindu pantheon. The writing, long a riddle to archaeologists, has yet to be satisfactorily deciphered; the language appears to be structurally related to the Dravidian languages. The origin, rise, and decline of the Indus valley civilization remain a mystery, but it seems most probable that the civilization fell (c.1500 BC) to invading Aryans .

Bibliography: See Sir John Marshall, Mohenjo-Daro and the Indus Civilization (3 vol., 1931); E. J. H. MacKay, The Indus Civilization (1935, repr. 1983); S. Piggott, Prehistoric India (1950); Sir Mortimer Wheeler, The Indus Civilization (3d ed. 1968); J. H. Hawkes, The First Great Civilizations (1973).

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Indus valley civilization ancient civilization that flourished from about 2500 BC to about 1500 BC in the valley of the Indus River and its tributaries, in the northwestern portion of the Indian subcontinent, i.e., present-day Pakistan. At its height, its geographical reach exceeded that of Egypt or Mesopotamia. Since 1921 this civilization has been revealed by spectacular finds at Mohenjo-Daro, an archaeological site in NW Sind, and at Harappa, in central Punjab near the Ravi River. These sites, each of which measures more than 3 mi (5 km) in circumference, were once great urban centers, the chief cities of the Indus civilization. They had large and complex hill citadels, housing palaces, granaries, and baths that were probably used for sacred ablutions; the great bath at Mohenjo-Daro was c.40 ft (12 m) long and 23 ft (7 m) wide. Beyond the citadels were well-planned towns, laid out

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More cell phones in India than toilets: UN

People in India, the world's second most populous country, have more access to a mobile telephone than to a toilet, according to a new UN report.

"It is a tragic irony to think that in India, a country now wealthy enough that roughly half of the people own phones, about half cannot afford the basic necessity and dignity of a toilet," Zafar Adeel, Director of United Nations University's Canada-based think-tank for water, the Institute for Water, Environment and Health, said.

The report is produced by experts who prescribe ways to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on sanitation by 2015.

They also urge the world community to set a new target beyond the MDG (which calls for a 50 percent improvement in access to adequate sanitation by 2015) to the achievement of 100 percent coverage by 2025.

Recent UN research in India shows roughly 366 million people (31 percent of the population) had access to improved sanitation in 2008.

Other data, meanwhile, shows 545 million cell phones are now connected to service in India's emerging economy. The number of cell phones per 100 people has exploded from 0.35 in year 2000-01 to about 45 today.

Worldwide some 1.1 billion people defecate in the open. And data show progress in creating access to toilets and sanitation lags far behind world MDG targets, even as mobile phone connections continue to a predicted 1 billion in India by 2015, according to the study.

The report says it costs about 300 dollars to build a toilet, and worldwide an estimated 358 dollars billion is needed between now and 2015 to reach the MDG for sanitation.

If current global trends continue, the World Health Organisation and UNICEF, in a report titled 'Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water' in March, predicted a 1 billion person shortfall from the sanitation goal in 2015 - in all, 2.7 billion will lack access.

India opposes sanctions against Iran at BRIC, IBSA summits

Brasilia, April 17 (IANS) India opposed a drive by western countries to impose new sanctions against Iran at the recently concluded IBSA and BRIC summits here.

There was a free exchange of views on Iran, where the Indian prime minister opposed sanctions and advocated dialogue to resolve the Iranian issue, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma told journalists Saturday. Iran needs to be engaged, he said.

At the BRIC summit held in Brasilia Friday, leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) agreed that the sanctions against Tehran will be counter productive and advocated diplomacy to resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis.

IBSA countries are India, Brazil and South Africa.

Manish Chand

Are mixed-race people perceived as more attractive?

London, April 16 (IANS) People of mixed races are perceived as more attractive compared to others, says a new study.

Michael Lewis of Cardiff University's School of Psychology collected a random sample of 1,205 black, white and mixed-race faces. Each face was then rated for their perceived attractiveness to others. And mixed-race faces, on an average, were perceived as being more attractive.

'Previous small-scale studies have suggested that people of mixed race are perceived as being more attractive than non-mixed-race people. This study was an attempt to put this to the wider test,' said Lewis.

'There was a small but highly significant effect, with mixed-race faces, on average, being perceived as more attractive,' he said.

The study could also have wider implications than just attractiveness.

First established by Darwin in 1876, heterosis (or hybrid vigour) is a biological phenomenon that predicts that cross-breeding leads to offspring that are genetically fitter than their parents.

As heterosis is considered to be a universal biological effect, it is possible that humans are also subject to its influence and helps explain why mixed-race people appear more attractive, said a Cardiff University release.

'The results appear to confirm that people whose genetic backgrounds are more diverse are, on average, perceived as more attractive than those whose backgrounds are less diverse. This can be taken as evidence for heterosis among human population groups,' Lewis said.

'This comes from the observation that although mixed-race people make up a small proportion of the population, they are over-represented at the top level of a number of meritocratic professions like acting with Halle Berry, Formula 1 racing with Lewis Hamilton; and, of course, politics with Barack Obama.'

These findings were presented at the British Psychological Society's annual meeting.

Indo Asian News Service

IPL row: Congress not convinced with Tharoor's explanation?


2010-04-17 16:00:00
Last Updated: 2010-04-17 20:27:10

Sashi Tharoor​

New Delhi: The Congress Party, according to sources, seems not convinced over the explanation given by Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on his alleged misuse of office to help his friend Sunanda Pushkar to get 'free equity' in Kochi Franchise.

Reportedly, a section of the Congress Party moved a compromise formula according to which if Sunanda Pushkar surrenders her stake in IPL Kochi, Tharoor may get a reprieve.

Explain why Tharoor has not quit, BJP to PM

Pushkar has over 70-crore stake in Kochi IPL team, which she is free to sell it at any point.

Congress Party said it would have looked better if Shashi Tharoor had at least offered to resign.

Earlier, Tharoor said during an interview to a private news channel that he would not resign.

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Third explosive device defused at Bangalore cricket stadium


2010-04-17 20:31:11

Bangalore: A third explosive device was found near the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and defused three hours after two low intensity blasts, one at the stadium and another nearby, injured five people ahead of the Mumbai Indians-Royal Challengers Bangalore Indian Premier League tie here Saturday, police said.

The third explosive device was found in a plastic bag near Gate No 8, a police spokesperson told reporters.

The explosive device was found as police were sanitizing the stadium after one explosion at around 3.15 p.m., 45 minutes before the scheduled start of the match tie, at Gate No 12B and another at Anil Kumble circle, less than half-a-km away, the official said.

Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari told reporters at the stadium: "It appears an explosive was planted near gate no 12 behind a plastic billboard. Four policemen suffered minor injuries while a security guard was seriously hurt.

"It was not a powerful explosive. Forensic experts will examine the site and determined the nature of the explosive," he said.

Another explosion took place near the Anil Kumble Circle, less than half-a-kilometre from the stadium, Deputy Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar told IANS. No one was hurt in the explosion.

The explosives appeared to have been kept in a bush, Alok Kumar said.

Unconfirmed reports said around 15 people, including the four policmen, had suffered minor injuries. But police stuck to their figure of five injured.

Earlier, there was utter confusion at gate no 12B of the stadium as the explosion caused a loud noise and hundreds of fans waiting to enter the stadium ran helter and skelter.

Sirens of police vans and ambulances only added to the panic. At first it was thought that a overheated generator had exploded. Forensic experts visited the two places to examine the nature of explosives.

When the explosion near the stadium gate took place, thousands of spectators were already inside the stadium.

Soon after the blast, police closed all the gates to the stadium and were a harried lot, answering questions from the increasingly restless fans on the reasons for not allowing them in.

Players of both the teams were asked to return to their dressing rooms till police gave the go ahead for the match, which began at 5 p.m. after an hour's delay.

"The match will go on. There is no need for panic. I appeal to all fans to subject to security checks, cooperate with the police and enjoy the game," Bidari said.

Alok Kumar said police have no clue about who placed the explosive in the two places.

The nearly full stadium of 40,000 capacity did not show any signs of being affected by the explosions as fans roared when the two captains, Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar, came out for the toss which the former won and elected for the Royal Challengers Bangalore to bowl.

Both teams have already made it to the semifinals of the IPL.


17/04/2010

Tharoor's fate hinges on Manmohan Singh

New Delhi: The Congress feels that if a united opposition forces Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to defend Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor in parliament over the Indian Premier League (IPL) row, it would be a further embarrassment for the party and the government, party sources said Saturday.

"The party is not in a mood to defend Tharoor. The party also feels that it would be more of an embarrassment for the party and the government if the prime minister is forced to defend Tharoor in parliament on such a murky issue," a senior Congress leader told IANS on condition of anonymity.

Tharoor had Friday clarified that he had not misused his official position and his "mentoring" the Kerala consortium of the Kochi IPL franchise was within the "bounds of appropriate conduct".

He said in a written statement: "My role in mentoring the Kerala consortium was within the bounds of appropriate conduct for an MP from Thiruvananthapuram."

Tharoor tabled the statement in the Lok Sabha after opposition members created a ruckus over the row, alleging that the minister had misused his official position to help his friend Sunanda Pushkar get sweat equity worth Rs.70 crore in the IPL Kochi franchise.

The Congress leadership is apparently not satisfied with Tharoor's personal explanation as he did not say anything about his friend Sunanda Pushkar's share in the Kochi IPL franchise, a party source said.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who kept away from the Lok Sabha Friday when the opposition stalled the house proceedings demanding Tharoor's resignation, has handed over the issue to the prime minister, said a Congress official close to the party chief.

Tharoor's fate will be decided by the prime minister after he returns to India Saturday evening from Brazil, the sources said. However, some party members feel the prime minister might let Tharoor continue.

"The PM likes him very much. The only problem is that Tharoor is always creating a headache for him," another Congress leader close to Tharoor told IANS.

The prime minister is certainly going to discuss the issue with Sonia Gandhi and also with senior leaders Pranab Mukherjee and A.K. Antony, both of whom met Tharoor Friday and heard his side of the story.

Automobile hub in Shalimar a success: Railways

The Railways today said its first automobile hub in Shalimar in West Bengal, offering logistical solution to car makers, has achieved success with several manufacturers including the Tatas using it. "Several players, including the Tatas with their Nano, have been using the facility for the last two months for meeting their logistical requirements," said Railway Board Member (Traffic) Vivek Sahai.

Railways plan to operate 10 more such hubs around the country under public-private partnership mode, the draft policy of which was discussed threadbare today with industry representatives including those from Society of India Automobile Manufacturers here. Automobile hub seeks to provide car makers space for parking their vehicles in large numbers before dispatching them to the retail shops as per requirement.

The cars are transported to the hub through railway, also eliminating problem encountered in transporting cars through trucks. Chairman of Railway Board S S Khurana said with this project they are hopeful of cornering 20 per cent of the traffic from road, besides creating employment opportunities.

The endeavour could also lead to flourishing of ancillary hubs around the automobile hubs, he said. Other policies such as private freight terminal policy and special freight train operation scheme were also discussed with the chamber of commerce and industry at the meeting.

Over 150 industry delegates representing CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, Cement Manufacturers Association, Fertilisers Association of India, Association of Container Operators, Federation of Indian Mineral Industry and National Highway Builders Federation attended the meet. "We received some positive feedback from the representatives and had a detailed discussion about the schemes for any modification in our draft policies," Khurana said.

He said the new policy for port connectivity and other connectivity works was also discussed at the meet. A number of suggestions from industry delegates were also received.

These included construction of segments of dedicated freight corridor project, connectivity projects to link coal and iron ore mines, setting up of bottling plants for clean drinking water, construction of multi-level parking complexes at stations and laying of Optic Fibre Cables.

Tribal project in West Bengal lends a hand to education aims

hu, Apr 15 11:26 AM A tribal boy plays with an unused bicycle wheel in Santiniketan, about 165 km (103... Enlarge Photo A tribal boy plays with an unused bicycle wheel in Santiniketan, about 165 km (103...

It's an ambitious plan -- giving all children under the age of 6 a free education among India's 1-billion plus population -- but at least one local initiative is making sure millions of tribal people with oral traditions don't get left behind.

In Santiniketan village in West Bengal -- the home of Nobel literature prize winner Rabindranath Tagore -- a voluntary initiative helping local Kora and Santhali tribal children to read and write Bengali is now so popular it needs a second building.

Bengali is the language used in local government schools and many tribal children cannot speak it when they start state school, putting them at a disadvantage and risk that they may fall behind from the start.

The Suchana project operates on a tight budget, using voluntary contributions, and last year, it had to cancel the annual picnic to ensure every rupee was spent for construction of its new three-room building.

This year, the picnic "has to happen, even if it's just rice and daal," says Jhuma Gonrai, one of the teachers.

Suchana hopes to add a second floor to the existing building and a separate structure with a clinic and more latrines -- giving more space for books, art and other learning materials.

Suchana's library has around 1,500 books and the children take one home regularly. There are also now six second-hand computers, given by friends and family, on which older children learn computer skills.

The project is currently working with about 115 children from the Santhal and Kora tribes. In this area in West Bengal, tribal people make up about 18 percent of the population.

In the district of Birbhum, which accounts for about 4 percent of West Bengal's 80 million population, the literacy rate among tribals is about 44 percent for men and a scant 18 percent for women.

Many of the children in these families are the first to go to school. Shanto Kora, another teacher at Suchana, was the first from his Kora village to go to college, where he studied Bengali and history.

Now, he's keen to teach at university and in his spare time plays cricket. "I'm an all-rounder. I'm a spin bowler and I'm good at fielding," Shanto says.

The lack of schooling for tribals is not just a problem in Bengal but in other areas of India where there are peoples with their own languages, often with only an oral tradition.

The government's Education Act of 2009, which came into force on April 1, calls for teaching in the child's mother tongue where possible. But there are few qualified teachers in Santali or Kora -- and little in the way of literature.

Suchana has just published the second-ever book in the Kora language, an alphabet primer, written by Shanto Kora, as part of its efforts to give local children crucial literacy skills.

"It's an alphabet with pictures. We have distributed it to the Kora children," the 28-year-old Shanto says.

"I wanted to teach. I like small children," he adds, sitting cross-legged on the red tiled floor of the building, where children gather in groups with their teachers in the open air or under the wide eaves of the building to learn.

"The first thing all the teachers did when the building was ready was to grab their own special space."

(Editing by Miral Fahmy)

Jo Winterbottom
Blue Journalism
Saubhik Chakrabarti

Sat, Apr 17 05:13 AM

Two high-profile interviews. Two broadcasters. Two newsmakers. Two great journalistic opportunities. Two reasons I could have said in this edition of the column, oh what a great, instructive time I had watching news TV this week. One reason I am unable to say it: Where were the obvious questions?

NDTV got Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday, an exclusive at the height of the media's Tharoor focus, good for NDTV, and good for those who love the colour blue, there was a lot of it. But, bad news for those who love news. Tharoor is articulate and his articulation was especially impressive because somehow NDTV never got around to asking him the obvious and important questions. Some examples; the list isn't by any means exhaustive. When Tharoor was replying to NDTV's first question on Sunanda Pushkar's Rs 70 crore sweat equity, the minister made great play out of the fact that he could not have guaranteed that the Kochi team would win. It was, he said, a closed envelope process. Indeed. But the point is not that Tharoor ensured Kochi would bid the highest amount. The point is that Kochi's management gave sweat equity to the minister's 'close associate'. Even if Kochi had lost, the question would have survived. Tharoor is in the dock because he was backing Kochi and a person he is close to was given a sweetheart deal by the team management. This is pretty simple, no? Yet NDTV didn't stop him; this was one occasion when an interruption was richly deserved.

When NDTV asked him again about his close associate getting Kochi team sweat equity, Tharoor spoke, spoke well and without interruption, about Ms Pushkar's experience in brand management, about team managements' seeking her experience, about how this sweat equity will make money for those who got it only after the team turns a profit, etc. All very well. But did he ever stop to think that his close associate getting a share of the pie he was self-admittedly helping bake was politically, at the least, a troublesome issue? NDTV never asked this. NDTV didn't say, minister you knew Ms Pushkar was part of the venture, didn't you, and you knew you were backing it, so, minister, didn't the conjunction of these two facts trouble you, especially since you are saying you value personal integrity so much? Tharoor said, quite beautifully, that he has been always seen as upfront. Jolly good. And that was the cue for NDTV to ask, minister if you were upfront, why did you not say your close associate was part of the venture you were backing, or if IPL rules stopped you from saying so (as may be argued), why didn't you think that whenever this fact came out it would look very un-upfront indeed. But NDTV didn't ask that. So, we got to know from NDTV's exclusive interview with Tharoor that Tharoor belongs to that exclusive circle of politicians who are a pleasure to listen to, provided you don't mind news interviews sounding like elocution lessons.

Arundhati Roy is very articulate too. And CNN-IBN's exclusive with her, not quite as exclusive as NDTV's exclusive (Roy has been on TV and talking about Maoists plenty of times), was also a pleasure to listen to, provided you could stay calm when you heard Roy's elaboration of the mining economy. Private mining benefits others' economies while wrecking our ecology, she said. It benefits our economy too, as a matter of fact, and while mining and ecology have a problematic relationship, condemning private mining because it is private is, well, a heroic reinterpretation of economic reality. Did CNN-IBN ask her this — a very basic point? No. Did CNN-IBN ask her to give some data when Roy said India's tribals were fighting their own annihilation? That's a big claim, no? If I say it, I have to support it. If you say it, you have to support it. If CNN-IBN says it, it has to support it. So why didn't CNN-IBN ask Roy to support her claim? True, CNN-IBN with Roy was better than NDTV with Tharoor. CNN-IBN asked more questions and more pertinent questions, for one. It also appeared to have done more homework. But where was the questioning that some of Roy's claims so justly deserved?

Roy said Indian democracy is only real if you stay in GK-1 (south Delhi). I stay in GK-1. So, maybe, I am biased. But star activists who habitually call Indian democracy fake must be interrogated more closely by those who, like CNN-IBN, believe that our democracy is real. Among the many reasons why it is real is because even those who move from five-star hotels to a nice house in Lutyen's Delhi —as Tharoor did —have to face questions. If only news TV, when it gets the chance, would ask those questions properly.

saubhik.chakrabarti@expressindia.com


'There has been a grave tragedy and I did not lose my nerve... I

do not fear the Naxalites'

Express news service

Sat, Apr 17 05:13 AM

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram made a statement in the Lok Sabha on April 15, and replied to the debate on the recent killing of 74 CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh. Excerpts from the proceedings:

This incident was a great tragedy. My first instinctive reaction was that something horribly went wrong. Preliminary inquiries tend to confirm that first impression... We have instituted a full-fledged inquiry by a very senior retired IPS officer with a distinguished record... I am confident that the report will come to us by the 24th or 25th of this month and I promise to come back to this House and share the conclusions.

I have prepared a statement which I read in the other House; I would not read the whole statement here, but I think, it is worthwhile to share some details. In accordance with our policy which I will elaborate in a moment, at the request of the government of Chattisgarh, 141 companies of Central Paramilitary Forces have been deployed in that state for anti-Naxal operations over a period of time. The 62nd battalion was deployed in March this year, to replace the 55th battalion. Earlier, the 62nd battalion had been deployed in Bihar, and had gained experience in anti-Naxal operations.

The decision to undertake what is called an "area-domination exercise" was taken jointly by the IG of Chattisgarh, Mr Longkumar, the DIG of that area, Mr S.R.P. Kalluri, and the DIG of the CRPF, Mr Nalin Parbath. It was a joint decision. The actual deployment was left to the SP of the district, Mr Amresh Mishra and the commandant of the 62nd battalion.

According to the plan, they were to undertake this exercise over a period of three days, including two night halts, between April 4th and April 6th. It is reported that they undertook the exercise... Sir, it appears that they came under fire at 0550 hours on the morning of the 6th. It is sad that some media said that they were sleeping; they were not sleeping. It was unfortunately a place where they did not have the advantage of either height or cover. Most of them died as a result of the bullet injuries. Some died because of crude bombs and grenades. The initial reports that appeared in the media are not entirely accurate. There were no landmines; there were no pressure bombs. Yet, many of them fought bravely and on the admission of the Naxals — they put out a statement — eight of the Naxal cadres were also killed... So it is not correct to say that these men did not fight back.

...There has been a grave tragedy and I did not lose my nerve, I did not lose my will. I have no fear. I do not fear the Naxalites. But if a horrible tragedy took place, I think, it is the moral responsibility of the minister to tender his resignation. And therefore, I tendered my resignation. ...The prime minister and the UPA Chairperson have rejected my resignation...

Let us have no illusion about what they want. Their goal is the seizure of political power. Their method is army liberation struggle. Their instrument is People's Liberation Guerrilla Army, which, they say in this document, will soon be converted into a People's Liberation Army. They call this "war". They call us "enemies". They call this hallowed hall a "pigsty". Do we still have any illusions about the kind of adversary that we are facing?

...We are not unmindful of the socio-economic causes. We have heard people say that there is no water; there is no development; there are no schools; there are no jobs; there is no employment. I do not disagree. But who can be blamed except ourselves? Can anyone in this House point a finger to anyone else and say: "You are responsible for this area not being developed over the last 30 years?" If there has been no development in Lalgarh — I am not entering into a debate but I am only reporting what people told me in Lalgarh — over the last 30 years, can anyone blame the Central government for that? If there has been no development in Chhattisgarh, can anyone blame us? Chhattisgarh was formed in the year 2000. There was a government in Madhya Pradesh for several years before that. There has been a government in Chhattisgarh since. If there has been no development in Jharkhand, can anyone blame us? Jharkhand was part of Bihar for many years. There had been successive governments. There has been a government in Jharkhand.

There has been a series of chief ministers in Jharkhand. The Central government has a responsibility but the state governments have equal, if not greater, responsibility on development. Likewise, on controlling Naxalism, the Central government has a responsibility but the state governments have equal, if not greater, responsibility to control the menace of Naxalism...

'You don't have the party or govt's support... you can lose even before the battle has begun'

Excerpts from the speech by Arun Jaitley, the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha:

We, in this House, are all one with the government in condemning this brutal attack on our security forces in which 75 of our security personnel have died and a large part of our weaponry has been seized by them. ...Regrettably, sir, the first five years of the UPA government, in the avatar of UPA-I, were, in fact, wasted, while not realising as to what the

seriousness and the enormity of this problem was...

What had happened in the last few days is disgusting. Look at the conduct of the entire Opposition on this entire issue. We could have all got up and said, "We want the home minister of this country to resign." The entire Opposition of this country, even one man, is not willing to speak in that language for the reason that we don't want a reason for the Maoists to smile and for the Maoists to rejoice the victory. Therefore, even though there was a monumental lapse on the part of a section of the security forces — and I quite concede that battles like this will be won many a time and lost many a time, but these are battles which are to go on — the curse of Maoism has to be eradicated and this is a battle that this country can't afford to lose. The home minister in fact, became a victim of his own idiom. He had used a particular phrase against the CM of West Bengal. When I read the response of the CM of West Bengal after this incident, I saw that from BJP to the CPM, everybody was speaking the same language on the Maoists issue. We didn't want to respond by snide remarks against the government or the home minister.

...But what we don't need is a government which tries to pull down its own home minister; what we don't need is a divided government; what we don't need is half the Maoists in the treasury benches who try and pull down the government by saying that the fight against Maoism must be diluted and that is what seems to be going on in the last few days.

Sir, compare the statement which my party spokesman and my colleague in the Rajya Sabha, Mr Rudy, made, with the response that the CM of West Bengal made. After being at the receiving end of a snide remark, he showed statesmanship. The BJP showed the statesmanship when the country was under the attack of Maoists. What is the ruling party and the home minister's own party doing? You have a senior leader of the party writing a signed article...

If a satyagraha before the Maoists could resolve this issue, we will all join this great author and office-bearer of the Congress party. If development activity was possible when 75 policemen were being slaughtered when they entered that area; if it is possible to enter that area and start building roads, start setting up industries, start building hospitals and nothing will happen to them, if somebody was to narrate such a fairy tale to us, it may sound very impressive, but then that someone is not living in the real world.

...I consciously used the words that there are Maoists who indulge in violence and there are those who do not indulge in violence but these are half Maoists when they speak this language. You don't see a single Maoist in Lalgarh, you don't see a single Maoist elsewhere and you say that the joint operation, which the government of India and the states have launched — I hereby defy the collective responsibility principle — should be called off! I think such a minister should be called to the Bar of this House and asked to explain the statement which defies all federal principles...

Is this the manner in which this menace of Maoism is going to be fought? You certainly need a strong head and a strong heart, but you also need a strong government, you also need a strong party and what is fatal to this operation is the fact that you don't have the support of that party or that government in carrying on this operation and if you are isolated in this, which the effort seems to be, then certainly you can lose this battle even before the battle has actually begun.

It appears that the home minister, in his approach, is under gherao from his own party, under gherao from his own colleagues in the government. At some stage, while he decides the future course of action, he will have to choose whether his commitment to the cause of eradicating Maoist violence in this country, his loyalty to the country, will prevail or his discipline towards his party, where he succumbs to the pressure and says, let a crippled battle against the Maoists go on...

...Your party colleagues, Mr Home Minister, are seriously mistaken. Maoism is not a poverty eradication scheme. It is a democracy elimination scheme. And, those misconceived advisers who tell you to stop halfway and give up this battle and turn to a situation where you only keep trying and failing and not being able to achieve the required figures of development, then, probably, you will never be able to do so.

Indian Express

Indefensible

The Indian Express

Sat, Apr 17 05:13 AM

One can only imagine what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, dealing with great power politics in Washington DC and Brasilia, will have felt as, in the middle of a foreign tour, one of the junior ministers in his foreign ministry suddenly caused, once again, a major controversy. One can only picture the frustration of the UPA's parliamentary managers as the Houses of Parliament had to be adjourned as the opposition happily sailed into the ruling Congress, now looking particularly inept and unable to control a loose cannon in its midst. The links, now plain, between Shashi Tharoor and the consortium that successfully bid for the Kochi franchise in the Indian Premier League have damaged, certainly, the league's credibility, and further eroded Tharoor's; but allowing him to stick around much longer puts a Shashi-sized hole in the UPA's and the cabinet's standing as well.

The simple conclusion: politically, Tharoor is now too much of a liability to have around. There is no reason why a government that has an ambitious legislative agenda, that has to carefully manage its majority in Parliament as well as its support from the party, needs to put any of that at risk for one minister — particularly one who is far from irreplaceable at the job he does. Fresh revelations emerged on Friday about the nature of the share that Tharoor's friend Sunanda Pushkar has in the Kochi franchise: it is "undilutable", meaning that regardless of how much money other investors put in, Pushkar's share will remain the same. This is, by any standards, a windfall; and no amount of wriggling will alter the fact that a minister of the Government of India has directly lobbied for a consortium that so tremendously benefits a close associate. The government must know that defending such behaviour would not be without consequence to itself.

So why is he still around? Why does the finance minister, the senior-most member of the government in the absence of the PM, have to give up precious time to meet him several times a day? Why is the UPA chairperson forced to spend time and effort dealing with the mess that Tharoor has caused? The longer the party tries to ride this out, the more closely will the party and government be associated with the kind of impropriety Tharoor is accused of. It is time to bring to this unfortunate sequence of events its long-anticipated end.


Indian Express


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US figures out 'love-starved' India
All-year events for happiness

Washington, April 12: If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Washington apprehensive about the recent twists and turns in Indo-US relations, he will return home satisfied that the single foreign policy priority on which he has staked his prestige and political capital is by no means about to unravel.

The White House, rattled by a series of bumps in the relationship since Singh's state visit to Washington last November, has concluded that the best way to keep New Delhi happy is to resort to non-stop protestations of America's love for India in such a way that Indians are constantly reminded that their country is always in the thoughts of President Barack Obama.

As a result, during a 50-minute meeting yesterday between Singh and Obama and at other high-level bilateral meetings that are under way at the time of writing, the Americans have proposed a series of events for the rest of this year which will keep Indo-US relations continuously in the public eye.

These events are designed to give precedence to form over substance so that there is little room for anyone in New Delhi to pause to consider the wisdom of investing in a bilateral relationship which has the appearance of an eternal spring.

About six weeks after the Prime Minister returns to New Delhi on April 17, Washington will play host to another high-profile Indo-US engagement: external affairs minister S.M. Krishna has been invited by US secretary of state Hillary Clinton for a "strategic dialogue" here on June 3 as a follow up to her own visit to India last year.

The state department is determined that Krishna's visit here must surpass in form — if not in substance — a similar strategic dialogue held with Pakistan in Washington last month so that the Indians have no gripe about any step-motherly treatment by Obama's people.

The Americans are taking care to ensure that the June 3 conclave is high on sentiment, which the Indians revel in. They have already arranged for Krishna to receive this year's Distinguished Global Alumni Award of the Dedman School of Law of the Southern Methodist University in Dallas during the minister's visit.

That is the university from which Krishna obtained his Master of Laws degree in 1959. The award ceremony is being planned as an occasion for both sides to be highly sentimental about Indo-US relations and how much they have changed in half a century since Krishna was a student in Dallas and later in Washington.

The Americans are already stressing that Krishna "is the only person outside the US selected by the awards committee this year" much the same way the White House carried on endlessly that the Prime Minister's visit here last November was the first state visit under the Obama presidency and that the dinner for Singh was the first state dinner at the White House hosted by the current President.

About three weeks after Krishna is feted, Obama and Singh will be together under the spotlight again to proclaim their eternal friendship when they meet in Toronto for a Group of Twenty (G-20) summit.

A few months later, the US President and First Lady Michelle Obama will make their state visit to India: the preparations and the execution of that visit, which will have a historic resonance, it is hoped, will be a celebration of Indo-US friendship, the impact of which will hopefully spill over into the next year.

In case the relationship develops any creases in the meantime, Singh and Obama will have yet another opportunity to publicly rededicate themselves to Indo-US friendship when they are together in Seoul for a second G-20 summit this year.

The Americans are hoping that there will be other occasions in between to remind Indians that their bilateral ties are, indeed, flourishing.

One source present at Singh's meeting with Obama at Blair House, the presidential guest house, said it was like a symphony with an overture and two movements. One American source said their side was surprised that Singh was more eloquent during the movements of the symphony than on any previous occasion during their six year-long interaction with him as Prime Minister.

A high note was when the Prime Minister told Obama that because all was well in Indo-US relations there was the danger of complacency setting in and affecting friendship.

Another source described Indo-US relations so far since 1999 as a courtship which was now being transformed into a marriage with its advantages and pitfalls.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100413/jsp/nation/story_12332883.jsp

South Asia
     Apr 17, 2010
COMMENT
The flying Sikh and the peacenik
By M K Bhadrakumar

Senior Indian officials in their private briefing insist there was "almost a Zen-like spiritual quality" to the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United States President Barack Obama in Washington last Sunday. However, the question being posed by the Indian strategic community is still: "Does Obama care about India?"

At the bottom of such poignantly contrasting characterizations of statecraft lie two factors. First, the residual feudal mindset of the Indian invariably attributes what are in reality flaws in policies to personal vagaries in the thinking of the leader. It's not so simple. Statecraft is a complex crucible where the witches brew is a broth

  

of many strange ingredients that might or might not include "a pilot's thumb, Wreck'd as homeward he did come", as the first witch in William Shakespeare's Macbeth claimed.

Second, generally speaking, India faces an existential dilemma insofar as it is never quite willing to admit it is solely responsible for giving its own life meaning and living that life passionately and sincerely. It fails to account for its "leap of faith", a phrase commonly attributed to the 19th century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard - believing in or accepting something intangible or unprovable without empirical evidence.

Sunday's meeting between the "flying Sikh and the peacenik" - to borrow the words of an Indian editor - was keenly awaited. There is a lot of angst in Delhi about the orientations of the Obama administration's South Asia policies. Somehow the fizz has gone out of the US-India relationship. This was most conspicuous from the fact that the two sides almost underplayed the Manmohan-Obama meet. The usual hype was lacking in the White House press statement.

According to the Indian strategic community in Delhi, the fault lies entirely at the doorstep of the Oval Office. Simply put, Obama is a different man from George W Bush, who was by implication a passionate lover of India through a longstanding family relationship with the country.

Is Obama the real problem in US-India relationship today? Is it that he does not really care for India? An answer can be faithfully derived only if a close look is at taken the three main "fault lines" in current US-India ties: Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Asia-Pacific.

The Indian strategic thinkers take umbrage that the Obama administration is determined to end the fighting in Afghanistan and as a means of securing that objective, seeks the Taliban's reintegration and reconciliation. They feel badly let down. They want the fighting to go on and on till the Taliban are bled white and vanquished from the face of the earth.

They are unwilling to concede that the Taliban could be essentially a homegrown Afghan movement that outsiders have cynically manipulated over years. Thus, they feel "deeply disturbed" about what is unfolding and feel cheated that the Obama administration "shunned advance consultations on Afghanistan with its Indian partners".

The fact of the matter, however, is that those Indians are almost completely alone in the region in clinging on to their one-dimensional view of the Taliban as a 100% Pakistani clone. Almost all major regional powers of consequence to the Afghan situation - Iran, China, Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the Central Asian states - agree on the limited point that there is need of an inclusive pan-Afghan solution to the present problem if the peace dividends are to be enduring.

In Delhi, arguably, the Indian establishment also has grudgingly come to be aware that the "reintegration" of the Taliban is something that mainstream Afghan opinion itself desires and the international community seeks and India, therefore, doesn't have the locus standii to be unilaterally prescriptive.

But the so-called Indian hawks shall have nothing of such blasphemous thoughts.

There is also some sophistry here. The heartache among the Indian hawks about the reconciliation with the Taliban is actually all about their deeply flawed assessment of the Afghan situation in the past eight years. The sad reality is that the overwhelming bulk of the Indian strategic community has no clue about the fundamental aspects of the Afghan problem and harbors simplistic notions about its long-term ramifications for regional security and stability not only with regard to South Asia but Central Asia as well.

Until very recently, they fancied an Indian military deployment in Afghanistan and an open-ended war in which India and the US as allies work tirelessly toward purging the Hindu Kush of the Taliban movement through the use of force.

A Clausewitzean war
The Indians never really comprehended at anytime during the past eight years or so that this has been a Clausewitzean war that is also linked to the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a world security body, the long-term US military presence in "Inner Asia" and the US's containment strategy toward China's rise and Russia's resurgence. The result has been plain to see. Pakistan was shrewd enough to assess the potentials of the war and to work out its geopolitical positioning, whereas Indians find themselves in near-total isolation.

Besides, Indians overlook that Obama represents the US interests and his mandate is to show "results" in an increasingly hopeless war that is becoming unpopular in the West. The Afghan conflict has become unsustainable politically and financially over the medium term and become a futile war that is locked in stalemate with no real victors.

Also, a gifted politician like Obama has no intention of committing political hara-kiri as the campaign for the presidential election of 2012 draws close. He cannot continue with the war simply for the sake of pleasing the Indians and getting the US-India partnership in the "war on terrorism" to be waged ad infinitum. For argument's sake, it is highly doubtful such misconceptions would have figured even in Bush's grotesque world view.

Obama has an extremely erudite mind and sizes up that despite the shenanigans of the Pakistani military, he needs to forge a working relationship with Islamabad to extract as much cooperation as possible in bringing the fighting in Afghanistan to an end. All indications are that Obama conveniently looks away from raising dust over the Pakistani generals' doublespeak in the fight against terrorism since he is coolly logical about his priorities at this point in time.

He estimates that just as in Delhi, the political elites in Islamabad also have a zest to be co-opted as the US's principal instrument of geo-strategy in South Asia. He will be extremely unwise not to exploit the factors of advantage in the US's favor.

Having said that, Obama isn't overlooking, either, that the Indians almost instinctively sweat under their collar as he forges closer working relationships with the Pakistanis. He has therefore repeatedly made assuaging gestures toward the Indian leadership, stressing that the long-term imperatives of US-India relationship are not to be hyphenated with the emerging US-Pakistan partnership in Central Asia. Alas, he cannot help it if US-Indian cooperation in critical fields such as agriculture or education do not appear sexy enough to the Indian strategic community.

Despite Delhi's claims to be an emerging regional power, the hard reality is that relations with Pakistan remain the core issue in its foreign policy. A senior Indian journalist present at the Indian officials' briefing in Washington on the Manmohan-Obama meet on Sunday pointed out that there were as many as 30 direct or indirect references to Pakistan and, in fact, during the Q&A, 11 out of 13 questions from the media persons related to Pakistan. As he pointed out, "If she [the Indian official] had refused to answer any questions on Pakistan because the subject of her press conference was the highest level Indo-US meeting, there would have been only her opening statement and two questions: one about Obama's forthcoming visit to India and another about the sanctions Obama wants to impose on Iran soon."

Obama can't pressure Pakistan
To be fair to the Indian strategists, a huge and almost unbridgeable hiatus has appeared between the Indian expectations of the US pressuring Pakistan to do away with its terrorist infrastructure and the US's alleged unwillingness to apply such pressure on the Pakistani military. This is most evident in the Obama administration's dogged refusal to give Indian intelligence direct access to interrogate David Coleman Headley, a prime suspect behind the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008, aside from allowing Delhi to extradite him.

The Indians have a point in saying that in a comparable situation over the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, the Americans would have bombed India to the Stone Age if Delhi refused to hand over its own Headley. Especially if it insisted on keeping him behind the purdah (veil) somewhere in detention in a south Indian city and argued that it had a "plea bargain" with him.

But then, these are the realities of world politics. The US never ever has hidden its inability to treat other nations as equals or its John Waynesque ways in world politics: that might is right under all circumstances. Neither has it given up its prerogative to pursue its national interests first and foremost even at the cost of other nations sacrificing theirs.

To be sure, if the Indian perceptions of recent years in the promised land of the US-India strategic partnership turned out to be full of weeds and bleached bones, is it Obama who is at fault? The Indians could have easily learnt from the Iranians who live in their close neighborhood or the Iraqis in Mesopotamia who were their ancient partners in the civilized world millennia ago, how ruthlessly self-centered the US could be when the chips are down.
Yet Obama is an exception. He has not hidden his genuine warmth toward India and all the values of humaneness that Indians can legitimately claim as their historical legacy. More than that, as a pragmatist and patriot, he is intensely aware that ignoring or neglecting the relationship with India will deeply injure the US geopolitical interests in the Asian continent.

Equally, he has no reason to slight India, a country that he knows to be genuinely enthusiastic about almost everything American, which is extremely rare nowadays to find on this planet.

All the same, Obama's primary loyalty will still be toward his own American people. He must give overriding priority to safeguarding America's homeland security and the American facilities and lives overseas and as Vladimir Lenin once told Leon Trotsky, if it becomes necessary for securing peace in Afghanistan, he may even have to wear a petticoat.

However, that doesn't confuse Obama's true role as a democrat when his team deals with the tough generals in Rawalpindi.

Finally, what disheartens sections of the Indian strategic community most about Obama is that he is revamping the architecture of the US's Asia-Pacific strategy. They placed a touching faith in the US's grit and capacity to thwart China's rise and in that struggle, they visualized India's role as the great Asian "balancer".

It is Obama's misfortune that he is presiding over the global economic downturn as it exposes the US's inexorable decline as a superpower. At any rate, the Indians were naive to have overlooked that the US and China were locked in a deadly embrace of interdependence that didn't allow them the luxury of going beyond an occasional sparring. The bitter truth is the Indians are unwilling to admit that they misread the tea leaves when Condoleezza Rice led them up the garden path and today they would rather place the blame on Obama.

They are unwilling to ask searching questions about the entire basis of the global vision that the Indian policy makers subscribed to in the recent years, especially since 2005. Is Obama to be held responsible for India's gross neglect of its neighborhood policy, its cavalier demolition of India's traditional ties with Iran, the deliberate atrophying of its profoundly strategic partnership with Russia or India's unpardonable failure to come to terms with China' rise?

Again, the US is justified in securing its hardcore interests by striving to establish a vice-like grip over Indian policies but ultimately it should have been up to the Indian leadership to have created space for the country to maneuver in the highly volatile international system in order to pursue their interests rather than be boxed in.

There is no way Indians can justify their failure to pursue an independent foreign policy. If they find themselves today sitting on the ground and telling "sad stories of the death of kings", is it Obama who is at fault?

The existential angst in the Indian mind is in actuality nothing else than the experience of human freedom and responsibility. India is an emerging power in the world order and it cannot insist on living an inauthentic existence.

Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar was a career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service. His assignments included the Soviet Union, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Germany, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait and Turkey.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LD17Df04.html

The Evolving India-U.S. Strategic Relationship

A Compendium of Articles and Analyses

Edited by Bipasha Ray

Updated 20 October 2008
(First compiled March 2006)

Overviews  |  Nuclear Issues  |  Security Cooperation  |  Pakistan and Kashmir  |  Regional Issues



Overviews

India-U.S. Relations
K. Alan Kronstadt. Congressional Research Service, updated 12 August 2008 (.pdf file).

India's Quest for Continuity in the Face of Change
C. Raja Mohan. The Washington Quarterly, Autumn 2008 (.pdf file).

America's Strategic Opportunity With India
R. Nicholas Burns. Foreign Affairs, November/December 2007.

U.S.-India Links Go Beyond Faltering Nuclear Deal
Peter Wonacott and Eric Bellman. Wall Street Journal, 18 October 2007.

India and its Neighbours: Do Economic Interests Have the Potential to Build Peace?
Charu Lata Hogg. Chatham House, London, October 2007 (.pdf file). (Note pages 2-5).

India at Sixty: Strategic Reflections
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 17 September 2007.

India-U.S. Economic and Trade Relations
Michael F. Martin and K. Alan Kronstadt. Congressional Research Service, 31 August 2007 (.pdf file).

Is India, or Will it Be, a Responsible International Stakeholder?
Xenia Dormandy. The Washington Quarterly, Center for Strategic and International Issues, Washington, DC, Summer 2007.

Dialogue of the Giant Democracies: India and the United States in the 21st Century
Teresita C. Schaffer. Lecture at Bryn Mawr College, 22 March 2007.

Gauging U.S.-Indian Strategic Cooperation
Henry Sokolski, ed. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, March 2007 (.pdf file).

The New New World Order
Daniel W. Drezner. Foreign Affairs, March/April 2007.

The United States, India, and the World
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns. Discussion sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 22 February 2007 (audio files).

The Limits of Indo-US Partnership
Rajiv Sikri. Rediff India Abroad, 02 January 2007.

East Meets West
Greg Sheridan. National Interest, 10 November 2006.

Indo-U.S. Strategic Partnership: Are We There Yet?
Lalit Mansingh. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, October 2006 (.pdf file).

The Myth of the New India
Pankaj Mishra. The New York Times, 06 July 2006.

America's New Strategic Partner?
Ashton B. Carter. Foreign Affairs, July/August 2006.

Will India Become a Global Power?
C. Raja Mohan and Gurcharan Das. Council on Foreign Relations, 19 June 2006.

U.S.-India Relations: The Global Partnership
R. Nicholas Burns, Daniel Markey, Jessica Tuchman Mathews, George Perkovich, Ashley J. Tellis and Albert Thibault. Panels sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 16 May 2006. (.mp3 audio files).

The 'Singh Doctrine'
Brig. Arun Sahgal and Parama Sinha Palit. Armed Forces Journal, May 2006.

Prospects for Indo-U.S. Partnership
Anirudh Nair and Rudra Dev. Security Research Review, Bharat Rakshak, India, April 2006.

Current Trends in India-U.S. Relations: Hopes for a Secure Future
Annpurna Nautiyal. Strategic Insights. Center for Contemporary Conflict, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, April 2006 (.pdf file).

Our Friends in New Delhi
David Frum. National Post, Canada, 07 March 2006. Posted on the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research website.

Indo-U.S. Ties After the Bush Visit
Praful Bidwai. Rediff, India, 06 March 2006.

Bush, India and Two Degrees of Separation
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Hindu, India, 03 March 2006. Posted on the author's blog.

Spinning a Web for India
Randeep Ramesh. The Guardian, UK, 03 March 2006.

President Bush's Visit to India (2006) Reviewed
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 03 March 2006.

Unequal Partners?
Amit Baruah. The Hindu, India, 02 March 2006.

U.S.-India Joint Statement during President George W. Bush's Visit to India
White House, 02 March 2006.

Why Bush Blinked
Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph. The Times of India, March 2006.

U.S. Space Aid to India: On a "Glide Path" to ICBM Trouble?
Richard Speier. Arms Control Today, Washington, DC, March 2006.

Public Opinion in India and America
World Public Opinion. Program on International Policy Attitudes, University of Maryland, 26 February 2006.

U.S. and India: Partners, Not Allies
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar. The Times of India, 26 February 2006.

The President's Passage to India
Matthew Cooper. Time Magazine, 23 February 2006.

The Great Indian Hope Trick
The Economist, 23 February 2006.

Getting India Right
Parag Khanna and C. Raja Mohan. Policy Review, Washington, DC, February/March 2006.

India as a Global Power
Teresita C. Schaffer and Pramit Mitra. Deutsche Bank Research, 16 December 2005. Posted on the Center for Strategic and International Studies website (.pdf file).

Transforming India-U.S. Relations: Building a Strategic Partnership
Shyam Saran. Speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, 21 December 2005 (.pdf file).

India's Place in the U.S. Strategic Order
Aspects of India's Economy. Research Unit for Political Economy, Mumbai, December 2005.

U.S.-India: Global Partnership: How Significant for American Interests?
Henry J. Hyde. Opening remarks before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, 16 November 2005 (.pdf file).

The U.S.-India "Global Partnership": How Significant for American Interests?
Ashley J. Tellis. Testimony before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, 16 November 2005 (.pdf file).

Hearing on 'The U.S.-India 'Global Partnership': How Significant for American Interests?'
Satu P. Limaye. Testimony before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, 16 November 2005 (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. Relations: Where Are They Headed?
Ronen Sen. Text of lecture sponsored by the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 26 October 2005 (.pdf file).

The U.S. and India: The New Strategic Partnership
R. Nicholas Burns. Speech at the Asia Society, New York, 18 October 2005.

Advancing U.S.-India Economic Relations
David C. Mulford. Speech to the Indian Chamber of Commerce/Indo-American Chamber of Commerce Luncheon, Calcutta, 18 August 2005. Posted on the U.S. State Department website.

The Implications of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership
Lora Saalman. Power and Interest News Report, 05 August 2005.

Tech That, and That: Not Ideology, But a Convergence of Interests is Shaping the New Indo-U.S. Ties
S. Enders Wimbush. Outlook India, New Delhi, 01 August 2005.

India and the United States: Turning A Corner
Teresita Schaffer. South Asia Monitor. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 01 August 2005 (.pdf file).

Partnering the United States: India's Window of Opportunity
Amit Gupta. Security Research Review. Bharat Rakshak, India, August 2005.

India as a New Global Power: An Action Agenda for the United States
Ashley J. Tellis. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, 14 July 2005 (.pdf file).

America, India and the Outsourcing of Imperial Overreach
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Hindu, India, 13 July 2005. Posted on the author's blog.

U.S.-India Relations: Convergence of Interests
Eric Lorber and Pramit Mitra. South Asia Monitor. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 04 July 2005.

India, The United States' New Ally In Asia
Christophe Jaffrelot. Centre D'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, France, July 2005. Posted on the Alliance Program website at Columbia University (.pdf file).

U.S. India Relations: Report on AEI'S 2003-04 Roundtable Discussions
Gautam Adhikari. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 22 June 2005.

The India Imperative
Robert D. Blackwill. The National Interest, Washington, DC, Summer 2005. Posted on the U.S.-India Friendship website.

India-U.S. Strategic Partnership: Perceptions, Potential, and Problems
Jaswant Singh. Speech delivered at The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 31 May 2005 (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. Relations: Perception and Reality
G. Balachandran. Strategic Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, April-June 2005 (.pdf file).

The U.S.-India Relationship: Strategic Partnership or Complementary Interests?
Amit Gupta. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, February 2005 (.pdf file).

Is a Solid and Comprehensive U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Inevitable?
Ram Narayanan. Presentation made to Security and Political Risk Analysis at the India International Center, New Delhi, 17 January 2005. Posted on the U.S.-India Friendship website.

India-U.S. Relations: A Paradigm Shift
Bhabani Mishra. Strategic Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, January-March 2005 (.pdf file).

U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue
Rollie Lal and Rajesh Rajagopalan. RAND, 2005 (.pdf file).

U.S.-India Relations: Ties That Bind?
Deepa Ollapally. The Sigur Center Asia Papers, George Washington University, 2005 (.pdf file).

India and U.S. Relations ? Ground Realities
Hari Sud. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 24 December 2004.

Mapping the Global Future
Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project, CIA, December 2004 (.pdf file).

From Estrangement to Engagement: U.S.-India Relations Since May 1998
Strobe Talbott. Text of lecture sponsored by the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 13 October 2004 (.pdf file).

Cybersecurity: A Key to U.S.-India Trade
Kenneth I. Juster. Keynote Address at the India-U.S. Information Security Summit, 12 October 2004. Posted on the U.S. State Department website.

U.S. and India: Unequal Allies, Uneasy Partners
Praful Bidwai. Antiwar.com, U.S., 06 October 2004.

U.S.-India Relations: The Making of a Comprehensive Relationship
Robert O. Blake. Speech delivered in Indore, India, 23 August 2004. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

India and the New American Hegemony
Mira Kamdar. Connecticut Journal of International Law, Spring 2004. Posted on the author's website.

India: The Strategic Partner of USA?
Hari Sud. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 11 June 2003.

From a Strategic to a Comprehensive Relationship
David C. Mulford. The Hindustan Times, India, 06 June 2004. Posted on the Mumbai U.S. Consulate General website.

Off-Key Techno Notes: Indo-U.S. Technology Relations, Despite Go-Aheads From Top, Remain Rudderless
Raja Menon. Outlook India, New Delhi, 19 April 2004.

U.S. Policies in the Post-Cold War Era: An Indian Perspective
Annpurna Nautiyal. Strategic Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, January-March 2004 (.pdf file).

The Start of a Beautiful Friendship? The United States and India
Sumit Ganguly. World Policy Journal, New York, Spring 2003.

The United States and India: A Transformed Relationship
Richard N. Haass. Remarks to the Confederation of Indian Industry, Hyderabad, 07 January 2003.

A Paradigm Shift Toward South Asia?
C. Raja Mohan. The Washington Quarterly, Winter 2002-03 (.pdf file).

India-U.S. Relations in the Emerging Global Environment
Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Speech at the Asia Society, 22 September 2003.

The Quality and Durability of the U.S.-India Relationship
Rober D. Blackwill. Speech delivered in Kolkata, India, 27 November 2002. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

Now, Play the India Card
Lloyd Richardson. Policy Review, Hoover Institution, Washington, DC, October 2002.

Positive-Sum Game Accruals in U.S.-India Relations
Anupam Srivastava. Bharat Rakshak Monitor, July-September 2002.

Evolving Strategic Ties Between India and the United States
Anupam Srivastava. Chapter in "India's National Security: Annual Review 2002," edited by Satish Kumar. Posted on the author's website at the University of Georgia, April 2002.

The Indian End of the Telescope: India and its Navy
Gulab Hiranandani. Naval War College Review. U.S. Naval War College, Spring 2002.

Building a New Partnership with India
Teresita C. Schaffer. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2002 (.pdf file).

South Asian Quagmire: U.S.-India Relations after December 13
Rajesh Kumar Mishra. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 21 December 2001.

Rising India and U.S. Policy Options in Asia
Teresita C. Schaffer and Mandavi Mehta. South Asia Monitor. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 01 December 2001 (.pdf file).

September 11, 2001: Attack on America
Amb. Robert D. Blackwill. Press Conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club, New Delhi, 21 November 2001. Posted on the Yale Law School website.

Attitudes Towards the United States Amongst the Indian Electorate
Alistair McMillan. Posted on the author's website at Nuffield College, Oxford University, November 2001 (.pdf file).

India And The United States: Security Interests
Mandavi Mehta and Teresita C. Schaffer. South Asia Monitor. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 01 June 2001 (.pdf file).

Add Five 'E's To Make a Partnership
Kanti Bajpai. The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2001 (.pdf file).

Reducing Tension is Not Enough
Alexander Evans. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2001 (.pdf file).

U.S.-India Strategic Relations: Issues Before the New Administration
Gary K. Bertsch and Anupam Srivastava. Bharat Rakshak Monitor, January/February 2001.

India and America: An Emerging Relationship
Stephen P. Cohen. Paper presented to the Conference on The Nation-State System and Transnational Forces in South Asia, Kyoto, Japan, 08-10 December 2000. Posted on The Brookings Institution website.

India Matters
Mohammed Ayoob. The Washington Quarterly, Winter 2000 (.pdf file).

New Directions in Indo-U.S. Relations and New Opportunities in U.S.-South Asia Relations
Bruce Reidel. Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 21 February and 09 May 2000 (.pdf file).

India-USA Strategic Partnership: The Advent of the Inevitable
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 22 April 2000.

India-U.S. Relations: A Vision for the 21st Century
Joint India-U.S. Statement, during President Bill Clinton's visit to India, 21 March 2000. Posted on the Indian Embassy website.

Indo-U.S. Strategic Dialogue: From Sound Bytes to Sound Decisions
Anupam Srivastava. Bharat Rakshak Monitor, January/February 2000.

U.S. Department of State Deputy Secretary Talbott Address at India International Center
Strobe Talbott. Address at the India International Center, New Delhi, 30 January 1999. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

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Nuclear Issues

The Downside to the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
Adam B. Kushner. Newsweek, 11 October 2008.

US-India Nuclear Deal Goes Through
Madhur Singh. Time, 02 October 2008.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
Esther Pan and Jayshree Bajoria. Council on Foreign Relations, 02 October 2008.

The Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal: What is There?
Annpurna Nautiyal. Strategic Insights, Center for Contemporary Conflict, September 2008.

The U.S.-India Nuke Deal: U.S. Needs and Ambitions
Dr. Dheeraj Kumar. Strategic Insights, Center for Contemporary Conflict, September 2008.

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress
Paul K. Kerr. Congressional Research Service, updated 30 July 2008 (.pdf file).

The Costs of a Failed U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Deal
Lisa Curtis. The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, 02 November 2007 (.pdf file).

U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation: Better Later than Sooner
Leonard Weiss. Nonproliferation Review, November 2007 (.pdf file).

India at 60: The India-U.S. Nuclear Deal on Hold - Crash, or Course Correction?
South Asia Monitor, Center for Strategic and International Issues, Washington, DC, 26 October 2007 (.pdf file).

'Enemies Of India's Development'
Rajinder Puri. Outlook India, 10 October 2007.

Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal: Where are the Blocks?
Reshmi Kazi and Amit Kumar Singh. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 02 June 2007.

Lawmakers Decry Iran-India Alliance
Glenn Kessler. Washington Post, 03 May 2007.

Indian Demands Slow U.S.-Indian Nuclear Deal
Wade Boese. Arms Control Today, Washington, DC, May 2007.

New U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement Delayed: Indefinitely?
George Bunn. Lawyers Alliance for World Security, Washington, DC, 18 April 2007.

How Washington Learned to Stop Worrying and Love India's Bomb
Ashton B. Carter. Foreign Affairs, 10 January 2007.

Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Unending Drama in Many Acts
P.R. Chari, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, January 2007 (.pdf file).

India's Nuclear Separation Plan: Issues and Views
Sharon Squassoni. Congressional Research Service, updated 22 December 2006 (.pdf file).

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress
Sharon Squassoni. Congressional Research Service, updated 22 December 2006 (.pdf file).

U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Legislation
Sharon Squassoni. Congressional Research Service, updated 22 December 2006 (.pdf file).

Nuclear Cooperation with India: Storms Ahead
Pramit Mitra and Teresita Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 19 December 2006.

Indo-U.S. Nuclear Minuet
B. Raman. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 19 December 2006.

Civilian Nuclear Cooperation With India: Another Step Down a Long Road
Teresita Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 17 November 2006.

Nuclear Deterrence: An Indian Perspective
Lt. Gen. V.R. Raghavan. Speech at the Wilton Park Conference on Nuclear Deterrence & NATO, 12-14 October 2006. Posted on the Delhi Policy Group website.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Deal
Arms Control Association Page Resource Page, 24 July 2006.

Letter to Congress
Arms Control Association, 20 June 2006 (.pdf file).

Nuclear Weapons, Energy and Nonproliferation: Pressures on the Global Community
41st Conference on the United Nations of the Next Decade, sponsored by The Stanley Foundation, Sedona, AZ, 16-21 June 2006 (.pdf file).

Betting the Ranch on the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
Michael Krepon. The Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC, 05 June 2006.

Atoms for War? U.S.-Indian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation and India's Nuclear Arsenal
Ashley J. Tellis. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, June 2006 (.pdf file).

U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation: A Strategy for Moving Forward
Michael A. Levi and Charles D. Ferguson. Council on Foreign Relations, June 2006 (.pdf file).

Power Points: The U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement is the Wrong Deal with the Wrong Energy Source
Leonard Weiss. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2006.

Testimony of Gary Milhollin
Gary Milhollin. Testimony before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, 26 April 2006.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Issues for the Nuclear Suppliers Group
Summary of conference sponsored by The Stanley Foundation, in New York, 24 April 2006 (.pdf file).

How to Regulate Nuclear Weapons: The U.S. Deal With India Could Be a Good Starting Point
Selig Harrison. Washington Post, 23 April 2006. Posted on the Center for International Policy website.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal: Another Wrong Turn in the War on Terror
Michael Krepon. The Henry L. Stimson Center, 29 March 2006.

N-Deal: Boon for India, US, World
K. Subrahmanyam. Rediff, India, 09 March 2006.

A New Nuclear Age
Reuven Pedhatsur. Haaretz, Israel, 08 March 2006.

Implementation of the India-United States Joint Statement of July 18, 2005: India's Separation Plan
Full text as approved by Indian Parliament, 07 March 2006. Posted on the Outlook India website.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement
Mary Beth Nikitin and Jon Wolfsthal. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 03 March 2006.

The President's Indian Fantasy
Fred Kaplan. Slate, 01 March 2006.

Parsing the Separation PLan: The Indo-U.S. Subsidiary Deal
P.R. Chari. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, March 2006 (.pdf file).

The Credibility Question
NewsInsight, New Delhi, 28 February 2006.

Nixon to China, Bush to India
Fareed Zakaria. Newsweek, 27 February 2006.

Separation is Not Rocket Science
G. Balachandran. Indian Express, New Delhi, 27 January 2006. Posted on the South Asia Monitor website.

Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal: Safeguards for Breeder Reactors a Key Obstacle
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Hindu, India, 21 January 2006. Posted on the Global Research website.

India America Nuclear Deal - A Strategic Analysis
Gaurang Bhatt. India Defence, New Delhi, 16 January 2006.

United States-India Civil Nuclear Deal Reviewed
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 10 January 2006.

India's Choice, Congress' Responsibility
Daryl G. Kimball. Arms Control Today, Washington, DC, January/February 2006.

Hard Bargain
NewsInsight, New Delhi, 08 December 2005.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
Robert J. Einhorn. Testimony before the House International Relations Committee, 26 October 2005. Posted on the Center for Strategic and International Studies website (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal and Non-Proliferation
Rajesh Kumar Mishra. Strategic Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, October-December 2005 (.pdf file).

Indo-US Nuclear Agreement and IAEA Safeguards
R. Ramachandran. Strategic Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, October-December 2005 (.pdf file).

Faulty Promises: The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
George Perkovich. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, September 2005 (.pdf file).

India and The New Look of U.S. Nonproliferation Policy
William C. Potter. Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, CA, 25 August 2005.

The Truth Behind the Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Hindu, India, 29 July 2005.

Good Day for India, Bad Day for Non-Proliferation
Strobe Talbott. International Herald Tribune, 21 July 2005. Posted on The Brookings Institution website.

Bush Administration Stokes Dangerous Arms Race on Indian Subcontinent
Stephen Zunes. Foreign Policy in Focus, Silver City, NM and Washington, DC, 20 July 2005.

Joint Statement Between President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
White House, 18 July 2005.

India Moves Toward a New Compact with the United States
Praful Bidwai. Foreign Policy in Focus, Silver City, NM and Washington, DC, 14 July 2005.

United States-India Defense Relationship Agreement (June 2005) Analysed
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 06 July 2005.

A Realist Case for Conditioning the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
George Perkovich. Working paper prepared for a Nonproliferation Policy Education Center seminar, 15 May 2005. Posted on the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website.

New Delhi's Dilemma
Brahma Chellaney. The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2000 (.pdf file).

Dealing with the Bomb in South Asia
Strobe Talbott. Foreign Affairs, March/April 1999. Posted on the Fletcher School website at Tufts University (.pdf file).

Against Nuclear Apartheid
Jaswant Singh. Foreign Affairs, September/October 1998. Posted on the Indian Embassy website.

Issues in U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation
Graphic. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, Washington, DC.

The U.S.-Indian Nuclear Cooperation Deal
Arms Control Association, Washington, DC.

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Security Cooperation

India's Space Program
Vincent G. Sabathier and G. Ryan Faith. Center for Strategic and International Issues, Washington, DC, 25 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. Defence Co-operation: Full Steam Ahead
Gurmeet Kanwal. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 25 September 2007.

U.S.-India Maritime Cooperation: A Track-Two Dialogue
Peter Lavoy and Robin Walker. Conference organized by the Center for Contemporary Conflict, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and the National Maritime Foundation, held in New Delhi, 18 September 2007.

Americanization of the Indian Military
Siddharth Srivastava. Asia Times, Hong Kong, 05 June 2007.

US-Indian Relations: A New Agenda for a New Era
Bruce Riedel. Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 19 April 2007.

U.S.-India Defense Relations: Strategic Perspectives
Vibhuti Haté and Teresita C. Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 04 April 2007. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism: Proceedings of an Indo-U.S. Workshop
Roddam Narasimha and Arvind Kumar, eds. National Academy of Sciences, 2007 (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. Military Cooperation: U.S. Perceptions
L. Venkateshwaran. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 10 June 2006.

Indo-U.S. Cooperation: Next Step in the Indian Ocean
Amit Kumar. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 19 May 2006.

U.S.-India Defense Relationship
U.S. Department of Defense fact sheet, March 2006 (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. Framework for Maritime Security Cooperation
U.S. Department of Defense, March 2006 (.pdf file).

Perils of Three-Way Security Cooperation
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Hindu, India, 14 February 2006. Posted on the author's blog.

Indo-U.S. Joint Military Exercises after 2002 ? a Partial List
Aspects of India's Economy. Research Unit for Political Economy, Mumbai, December 2005.

U.S. Acknowledges India as Regional Force: Pledge to Share Civilian Nuclear Technology Follows Military Cooperation, Indian Navy Growth
James Cetrone. The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, Washington, DC, 04 August 2005.

India-U.S. Defence Pact - II: Commitments May Fetter Judgment
S. Raghavan. The Hindu Business Line, India, 14 July 2005.

Defence Pact with the U.S.: India Entering Risky Territory
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Hindu, India, 01 July 2005. Posted on the author's blog.

New Framework for the U.S.-India Defense Relationship
Signed by Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Washington, DC, 28 June 2005. (Note: Will open as a Word document).

India and the United States: Forging a Security Partnership?
Sumit Ganguly and Andrew Scobell. World Policy Journal, New York, Summer 2005.

Seeking Breakthroughs
Ashley J. Tellis. Force, Noida, India, October 2004. Posted on the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website.

Five Part Series by Josy Joseph. Rediff, India, 21-26 April 2003.

The United States, India and Asian Security
Robert D. Blackwill. Presented to the 5th Asia Security Conference sponsored by the Institute for Defense Analyses, New Delhi, 27 January 2003. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

Joint Statement by India-U.S. Defence Policy Group
U.S. India Defense Policy Group, 2003. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

Missile Defense and South Asia: An Indian Perspective
Rajesh M. Basrur. Chapter in "The Impact of US Ballistic Missile Defenses on Southern Asia," edited by Michael Krepon and Chris Gagné. Stimson Center, Washington, DC, July 2002 (.pdf file).

Wider Military Ties With India Offer U.S. Diplomatic Leverage
Celia W. Dugger. The New York Times, 10 June 2002. Posted on the Indian Ministry of External Affairs website.

Indo-U.S. Naval Cooperation
G.M. Hiranandani. Bharat Rakshak Monitor, May-June 2002.

Rapid India-U.S. Military Links Stagger Officials
NewsInsight, New Delhi, 02 February 2002.

South Asia Security- Divergence in United States and India's Perceptions: An Analysis
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 22 January 2002.

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Pakistan and Kashmir

India, Pakistan and Kashmir: Stabilising a Cold Peace
Asia Briefing #51. International Crisis Group, 15 June 2006 (.pdf file).

Ends and Beginnings
Ajai Sahni. Outlook India, New Delhi, 09 March 2006.

India and Pakistan: On the Heels of President Bush's Visit
R. Nicholas Burns. Remarks to the Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, 06 March 2006. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

Balancing U.S. Interests Amidst the India and Pakistan Conflict
Thomas Glardon. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 18 March 2005 (.pdf file).

What If Pakistan Fails? India Isn't Worried ... Yet
C. Raja Mohan. The Washington Quarterly, Winter 2004-05 (.pdf file).

Dissuasion and Confrontation: U.S. Policy In India-Pakistan Crises
Col. John H. Gill. Strategic Insights. Center for Contemporary Conflict, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, October 2004.

Indo-U.S. Relations: The Pakistan Factor
B. Raman. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 14 May 2004.

India Doubting Its U.S. 'Strategic Partnership'
Sultan Shahin. Asia Times, Hong Kong, 27 March 2004.

The Counterterror Coalitions: Cooperation with Pakistan and India
C. Christine Fair. RAND, 2004 (.pdf file).

Mediating Kashmir: A Bridge Too Far
Satu P. Limaye. The Washington Quarterly, Winter 2002-03 (.pdf file).

Kashmir: Redefining the U.S. Role
Navnita Chadha Behera. Policy Brief #110, Brookings Institution, November 2002.

India's Fine Balance
Dennis Kux. Foreign Affairs, May/June 2002. Posted on the Fletcher School website at Tufts University (.pdf file).

A New Equation: U.S. Policy Toward India and Pakistan After September 11
Lee Feinstein et al. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, May 2002 (.pdf file).

United States and the Agra Summit
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 10 August 2001.

India and Pakistan: Thinking About the Unthinkable
Paul D. Taylor. Naval War College Review. U.S. Naval War College, Summer 2001.

Moving Forward in South Asia
Stephen P. Cohen. The Brookings Institution, May 2001 (.pdf file).

Reconsidering the U.S. Role
Howard B. Schaffer. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2001 (.pdf file).

The Piper's Price: India and the U.S. After Kargil
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Times of India, 17 July 1999. Posted on the author's blog.

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Regional Issues

China and the Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal
Jabin T. Jacob. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 14 September 2007.

China Looks on at the US-India Lockstep
Siddharth Srivastava. Asia Times, Hong Kong, 30 June 2007.

India and Iran: New Delhi?s Balancing Act
C. Christine Fair. The Washington Quarterly, Center for Strategic and International Issues, Washington, DC, Summer 2007.

Great Power Dynamics: India, U.S. and China
Devyani Srivastava and Priyashree Andley. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 05 May 2007 (.pdf file).

Asia's Major Powers and U.S. Strategy: Perspectives from India
V.R. Raghavan. Centre for Security Analysis, Chennai, India, 04-05 May 2007. (NOTE: Will open as a Word document).

Will India Be a Better Strategic Partner Than China?
Dan Blumenthal. American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, 09 April 2007.

India's Expanding Role in Asia: Adapting to Rising Power Status
Lisa Curtis. The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, 20 February 2007 (.pdf file).

Strategic Interests Pull Japan and India Together
Chietigj Bajpaee. Power and Interest News Report, 16 February 2007.

U.S. Strategic and Defense Relationships in the Asia-Pacific Region
Bruce Vaughn. Congressional Research Service, 22 January 2007 (.pdf file).

Will India Emerge as an Eastern or Western Power?
Kishore Mahbubani. Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, January 2007 (.pdf file).

Using India To Keep China at Bay
Tim Beal. Foreign Policy in Focus, 12 December 2006.

The United States and the Rise of China and India: Results of a 2006 Multination Survey of Public Opinion
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Asia Society, New York, NY, 11 October 2006 (.pdf file).

India-Iran Relations and U.S. Interests
K. Alan Kronstadt and Kenneth Katzman. Congressional Research Service, 02 August 2006 (.pdf file).

The Regional Implications of the U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement
Shehzad Nadeem. Foreign Policy in Focus, 29 April 2006.

Iran Stirs India-U.S. Waters
Vijay Sakhuja. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 10 April 2006.

China Responds to the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
Mohan Malik. China Brief. The Jamestown Foundation, 29 March 2006.

India-U.S. Civilian Nuclear Deal: Impact on Asian Balance of Power
Sameer Suryakant Patil. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 17 March 2006.

The New Deal: When Bush Comes to Shove
Siddharth Varadarajan. Frontline, India, 11-24 March 2006. Posted on the author's blog.

India-Iran Relations: Changing the Tone?
Pramit Mitra and Vibhuti Hate. South Asia Monitor. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 08 March 2006 (.pdf file).

Uncharted Waters
Pratap Bhanu Mehta. Outlook India, New Delhi, 07 March 2006.

In Deal with India, Bush Has Eye on China
Paul Richter. Los Angeles Times, 04 March 2006. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website.

Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal: The China Factor
Jabin T. Jacob. Insitute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, March 2006 (.pdf file).

India in the Indian Ocean
Donald L. Berlin. Naval War College Review. U.S. Naval War College, Spring 2006. Posted on the Bharat Rakshak website (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. ties: The China factor
Claude Arpi. Rediff, India, 28 February 2006.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal, Iran, and India's Future
Harsh V. Pant. ZNet Magazine, Woods Hole, MA, 31 January 2006.

India's Look-East Policy: More Aggressive, Better Dividends
C. S. Kuppuswamy. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 03 January 2006.

India and the Middle East
Stephen Philip Cohen. Testimony before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, 16 November 2005 (.pdf file).

India's Potential Importance for Vital U.S. Geopolitical Objectives in Asia: A Hedge Against a Rising China?
Francine R. Frankel. Testimony before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, 16 November 2005 (.pdf file).

India, Iran, and The United States
Conn Hallinan. Foreign Policy in Focus, Silver City, NM and Washington, DC, 19 October 2005.

The United States, China, and India: A Story of Leaders, Partners, and Clients
Zia Mian. Foreign Policy in Focus, Silver City, NM and Washington, DC, 27 September 2005.

Redrawing India's Geostrategic Maps with China and the United States
Lora Saalman. ZNet Magazine. Woods Hole, MA, 22 September 2005.

Natural Allies? Regional Security in Asia and Prospects for Indo-American Strategic Cooperation
Stephen J. Blank. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, September 2005 (.pdf file).

The U.S., India, and China
Immanuel Wallerstein. Fernand Braudel Center, Binghamton University, 01 August 2005.

What is Driving India's and Pakistan's Interest in Joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Jefferson E. Turner. Strategic Insights. Center for Contemporary Conflict, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, August 2005.

India, China, the U.S. and the Balance of Power in the Indian Ocean
Adam Wolfe, Yevgeny Bendersky, Federico Bordonaro. Japan Focus. Cornell University, 25 July 2005. Posted on the ZNet Magazine, Woods Hole, MA website.

India's International Oil Ties Risk U.S. Displeasure
Pramit Mitra. International Herald Tribune, 07 April 2005. Posted on the Center for Strategic and International Studies website (.pdf file).

The 'Strategic Partnership' Between India and Iran
C. Christine Fair, Jalil Roshandel, Sunil Dasgupta and P.R. Kumaraswamy. Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, April 2005 (.pdf file).

The U.S., India and China
Ram Narayanan. United Press International, 09 February 2005.

U.S. and Iran at Loggerheads: India's Role in Rapprochement
Harsh V. Pant. Security Research Review. Bharat Rakshak, India, October 2004.

New Horizons in United States' Relations with South Asia
Christina Rocca. Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, July 2004 (.pdf file).

The United States and South Asia: Core Interests and Policies and Their Impact on Regional Countries
Stephen Cohen. Presented at the Conference on Major Powers and South Asia, 11-13 August 2003. Posted on The Brookings Institution website on 01 October 2003.

The China Factor in the India-Pakistan Conflict
Mohan Malik. Parameters, U.S. Army War College, Spring 2003.

Sino-Indian Relations in a New Perspective
Snehalata Panda. Strategic Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, January-March 2005 (.pdf file).

U.S. Security Policy Toward South Asia After September 11th and Its Implications for China: A Chinese Perspective
Zhang Guihong. Henry L. Stimson Center, January 2003 (.pdf file).

U.S-India Security Relations: Implications for China
Zhang Guihong. Faultlines. Institute for Conflict Management, New Delhi, 2003.

As the US Goes to War against Iraq, It Declares India a Pillar of its Hegemony in Asia
Aspects of India's Economy. Research Unit for Political Economy, Mumbai, December 2002.

The China-India-U.S. Triangle: Strategic Relations in the Post-Cold War Era
John W. Garver. The National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, WA, October 2002 (.pdf file).

The India-China Relationship: What the United States Needs To Know
Conference Report. Asia Society and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, 30 November 2001 (.pdf file).

India Looks East
Laxman B. Bahroo. Bharat Rakshak Monitor, November/December 2000.

Indo-U.S. Relation and the China Factor: Realities and Compulsions
Rajesh Kumar Mishra. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 25 September 2000.

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