It is time to smash some myths about the Indo-US nuclear deal & the media attention
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same holds true for hydro power. India has enormous potential to harness its rivers to generate electricity. Once again, thanks to state apathy towards poor people displaced by dams and the noisy and media friendly ‘green’ brigade, the very mention of dams has become politically incorrect in the country. The funny thing is, all the major nations of the world, including China, the US, France, Germany and Russia have already built the dams and are now preaching environmentalism! Then again, there are non-conventional sources of energy that hold promise. If half the cars in Brazil can run on ethanol, surely India with its huge potential for sugarcane and molasses and corn can do something similar? And don’t forget the fact that nuclear plants can be terribly destructive of the environment!
The second big myth is about Uncle Sam and how it is a great friend and ally of India. If you read newspapers now, you might be fooled into thinking that India can have no greater friend and ally than the United States of America. That’s where commentators seem to be exercising the option of ‘eyes closed’ instead of ‘eyes open’. For most part of India’s journey as an independent nation state since 1947, the United States has not been a friend. At the best of times, it has been an estranged democracy. At the worst of times, it has been downright hostile to India.
A few historical facts need to be enumerated here to set the record straight. Since 1948, when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, the United States has consistently supported Pakistan in the dispute. Since 1947, it is the United States that has supplied Pakistan with the tanks, aircraft and guns that military dictators of Pakistan ave used to wage war against India. In 1971, when millions of East Pakistanis were being butchered by its own army, the United States not only openly supported Pakistan, but also militarily threatened India! Since 1974, when India conducted its first nuclear test, the United States has practiced a technology ‘apartheid’ regime against India. India has been battered, bloodied and bruised by terrorism since the 1980s-first for the cause of Khalistan and then in the garb of Islamic jehad in Kashmir. The whole world knows that the terrorists who strike India with impunity are financed, armed, aided, abetted and encouraged by Pakistan. Yet, till 19 hijackers changed the course of history and crashed two planes into the twin towers during what is now known as 9/11, American officials used to contemptuously ignore repeated complaints by India that Pakistan is behind cross border terrorism. During the 1990s, when the Soviet Union (A traditional ally of India) disintegrated, the United States forced Russia to cancel a cryogenic deal with India that would helped the country’s missile and space programs immensely. After 1998, when India went in for the second round of nuclear tests, the United States virtually blacklisted India. The funny thing is, recent disclosures of official documents in the United States reveal that Uncle Sam was well aware of the clandestine nuclear bonhomie between China and India and chose to close its eyes to such a flagrant case of nuclear proliferation. Even funnier, Uncle Sam was ready and willing to strike a deal with the Taliban regime of Afghanistan! Till 9/11 happened, that is! Though there is much more that can be told about America’s so called love for India since 1947, the few facts mentioned above should be enough to dispel the myth that America has always had the best interests of India.
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same holds true for hydro power. India has enormous potential to harness its rivers to generate electricity. Once again, thanks to state apathy towards poor people displaced by dams and the noisy and media friendly ‘green’ brigade, the very mention of dams has become politically incorrect in the country. The funny thing is, all the major nations of the world, including China, the US, France, Germany and Russia have already built the dams and are now preaching environmentalism! Then again, there are non-conventional sources of energy that hold promise. If half the cars in Brazil can run on ethanol, surely India with its huge potential for sugarcane and molasses and corn can do something similar? And don’t forget the fact that nuclear plants can be terribly destructive of the environment!The second big myth is about Uncle Sam and how it is a great friend and ally of India. If you read newspapers now, you might be fooled into thinking that India can have no greater friend and ally than the United States of America. That’s where commentators seem to be exercising the option of ‘eyes closed’ instead of ‘eyes open’. For most part of India’s journey as an independent nation state since 1947, the United States has not been a friend. At the best of times, it has been an estranged democracy. At the worst of times, it has been downright hostile to India.
A few historical facts need to be enumerated here to set the record straight. Since 1948, when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, the United States has consistently supported Pakistan in the dispute. Since 1947, it is the United States that has supplied Pakistan with the tanks, aircraft and guns that military dictators of Pakistan ave used to wage war against India. In 1971, when millions of East Pakistanis were being butchered by its own army, the United States not only openly supported Pakistan, but also militarily threatened India! Since 1974, when India conducted its first nuclear test, the United States has practiced a technology ‘apartheid’ regime against India. India has been battered, bloodied and bruised by terrorism since the 1980s-first for the cause of Khalistan and then in the garb of Islamic jehad in Kashmir. The whole world knows that the terrorists who strike India with impunity are financed, armed, aided, abetted and encouraged by Pakistan. Yet, till 19 hijackers changed the course of history and crashed two planes into the twin towers during what is now known as 9/11, American officials used to contemptuously ignore repeated complaints by India that Pakistan is behind cross border terrorism. During the 1990s, when the Soviet Union (A traditional ally of India) disintegrated, the United States forced Russia to cancel a cryogenic deal with India that would helped the country’s missile and space programs immensely. After 1998, when India went in for the second round of nuclear tests, the United States virtually blacklisted India. The funny thing is, recent disclosures of official documents in the United States reveal that Uncle Sam was well aware of the clandestine nuclear bonhomie between China and India and chose to close its eyes to such a flagrant case of nuclear proliferation. Even funnier, Uncle Sam was ready and willing to strike a deal with the Taliban regime of Afghanistan! Till 9/11 happened, that is! Though there is much more that can be told about America’s so called love for India since 1947, the few facts mentioned above should be enough to dispel the myth that America has always had the best interests of India.
For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative
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