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Indias nuclear negotiating power was well highlighted by the editorial Back on track?
N-future
Indias nuclear negotiating power was well highlighted by the editorial Back on track? (IE,July 21). While energy-starved India is desperate to get its hands on assured supplies of nuclear fuels,the largest suppliers including the US,UK,France and Russia are equally desperate to sell their materials to India,and thereby revive their largely moribund N-fuel processing facilities. Its a fact that global stocks of N-fuels in the civilian sphere are steadily increasing as more N-weapons are dismantled by the US and Russia,making this a buyers market. Alas,instead of striking a hard bargain with the sellers,India continues to exhibit an ineptitude in leveraging its position. Under the circumstances,we must take the carefully orchestrated hype over Indo-US nuclear cooperation with a very liberal pinch of salt.
R.P. Subramanian
New Delhi
In spite of the proof of Pakistans unbridled support to terrorists,US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wasnt prepared to go beyond the usual advise to Pakistan and further affirmation that it is a key US ally. On NSG,she wanted India to look at its nuclear liability law. She didnt touch on Indias role now that the US is leaving Afghanistan. Its obvious that US interest in India is more commercial than political,and loaded in favour of the US as shown by her keenness on defence contracts. However,for these very reasons,I too feel India must unshackle its imagination and think big strategically and diplomatically.
Y.G. Chouksey
Taking charge
The parliament in the UK effectively asserted its supremacy in the aftermath of the News of The World scandal. The Indian Parliament,which follows the Westminster system,but has in recent times ceded authority to the judiciary,the NAC and civil society,should learn that in a parliamentary democracy Parliament is supreme.
Manas Upmanyu
What caught my attention,watching the live proceedings in the British parliament,was the smoothness and decorum. In contrast,proceedings in our Parliament look like those of a fish market. Why cant our prime minister be grilled by the opposition the way the British PM was? Why cant the JPC grill the 2G players in a live telecast the way Rupert Murdoch and company were grilled by a panel of British MPs?
Saroj Kumar Panigrahi
Errors of ignorance?
Once the facts about Ghulam Nabi Fai came to light,people like Dileep Padgaonkar promptly tried to deflect criticism,saying he wouldnt have agreed to go if he had the slightest idea who Fai actually was (Padgaonkar,J&K interlocutor,is among Fais many guest speakers,IE,July 21). Why didnt Padgaonkar inquire before he accepted the individuals hospitality?
Mohan Deshmukh
Pune
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