More English-speaking happiness: It's a happy day for conservatives all over the Anglosphere!
Behold thislatest step forward, as American and Indian troops conduct joint counter-insurgency training. Another link in the strengthening chain of U.S.-India relations.
Money 'grafs:
Spurred by the United States, the two governments have signed commercial, scientific and military agreements in the last two years and are negotiating a controversial deal that could permit the sale of civilian nuclear technology to India. The Bush administration is eager to cultivate India as a partner in counterterrorism and, some analysts say, as a strategic counterweight to China.
The warming trend is also reflected in the surge of interest in India among U.S. business leaders such as Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft Corp., who recently announced a $1.7 billion investment in the country, the latest in a string of such commitments by U.S. technology firms eager to cash in on India's booming economy and surplus of inexpensive brainpower.
Other indicators include the parade of U.S. lawmakers through New Delhi in recent months and steadily expanding commercial air links. In addition, a record number of Indian students -- more than 80,000 -- are studying at U.S. universities, according to the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
President Bush is scheduled to visit India for the first time in early March at the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a self-effacing economist who met with Bush at the White House last July. In New Delhi on Friday, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said the planned visit is "really reflective of the very significant transformation that has taken place, and is taking place, in India-U.S. relations."
Frequent readers of this blog know I am something of an "India booster." I think that India should and must take its rightful place as a world power, and that the U.S. ought to do all it can to accept India's new role and nurture our relationship. This stance, I feel, makes more sense as time goes on: do you want an English-speaking India on your side, or a Google-censoring China?
Behold thislatest step forward, as American and Indian troops conduct joint counter-insurgency training. Another link in the strengthening chain of U.S.-India relations.
Money 'grafs:
Spurred by the United States, the two governments have signed commercial, scientific and military agreements in the last two years and are negotiating a controversial deal that could permit the sale of civilian nuclear technology to India. The Bush administration is eager to cultivate India as a partner in counterterrorism and, some analysts say, as a strategic counterweight to China.
The warming trend is also reflected in the surge of interest in India among U.S. business leaders such as Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft Corp., who recently announced a $1.7 billion investment in the country, the latest in a string of such commitments by U.S. technology firms eager to cash in on India's booming economy and surplus of inexpensive brainpower.
Other indicators include the parade of U.S. lawmakers through New Delhi in recent months and steadily expanding commercial air links. In addition, a record number of Indian students -- more than 80,000 -- are studying at U.S. universities, according to the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
President Bush is scheduled to visit India for the first time in early March at the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a self-effacing economist who met with Bush at the White House last July. In New Delhi on Friday, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said the planned visit is "really reflective of the very significant transformation that has taken place, and is taking place, in India-U.S. relations."
Frequent readers of this blog know I am something of an "India booster." I think that India should and must take its rightful place as a world power, and that the U.S. ought to do all it can to accept India's new role and nurture our relationship. This stance, I feel, makes more sense as time goes on: do you want an English-speaking India on your side, or a Google-censoring China?
posted by Joshua @ 2:42 PM
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