Hehehe C'da. India's successes (or failures) have actually nothing to do with people wishing her ill or not.
What I was trying to point out is that fact that even though some may not want to recognize it, all over the world, important players, countries & world institutions recognize the far-reaching advances India is making and *want to be very much a part of this progress*. That is where the "party is". And if for *no other reason,* it would seem prudent for anti-India elements in Assam to be very much a big part of "this party" & not extricate themselves from these successes and trying desparetely to throw Assam into some abyss :) --Ram On 8/22/07, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In spite of the ill-wishers of India, looks like it has finally arrived > at the promised land. > > > So, when is the party to celebrate? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 7:01 AM +0530 8/23/07, mc mahant wrote: > > India* shining**??------ * > > Doubts? > mm > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:31:53 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Assam] India shining? > > This from the New York Times. > > > > I know, columns like this give heartburns to a few naysayers on the net, > but hopefully, they realize that even a country like Japan, does not want to > be left behind when it comes to investments in India. :). > > Without resorting to rah-rahs, while a few diehards on the net may want > it otherwise, India is fast developing into a major economic power. Last > night, at the Charlie Rose Show, Larry Summers (of Harvard, economist, and > former Treasury Secy) was also talking about the huge developmental (and > distributional) strides both China and India have been experiencing. > > > > --Ram > > > > <http://www.nytimes.com/> > > ------------------------------ > > August 21, 2007 > > *As Japan and India Forge Economic Ties, a Counterweight to China Is Seen* > ** > > By HEATHER > TIMMONS<http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?ppds=bylL&v1=HEATHER+TIMMONS&fdq=19960101&td=sysdate&sort=newest&ac=HEATHER+TIMMONS&inline=nyt-per> > > NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 - When Prime Minister Shinzo > Abe<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/shinzo_abe/index.html?inline=nyt-per>of > Japan<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/japan/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>touches > down in > India<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/india/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>this > week, it will be the highest-level step yet in what analysts say is a > long-term effort to balance, if not contain, China's growing economic and > political might. > As Beijing's influence in Asia and around the world has grown, their > common interests have forced Tokyo and New Delhi to begin warming their > historically chilly relationship and to start forging closer economic ties. > "The key issue facing the whole region is how to accommodate the rise of > China," said Suman Bery, the director general of the National Council of > Applied Economic Research, a New Delhi research group. Indian economists > estimate that Japanese investment in India will reach $5.5 billion by 2011, > compared with just $515 million in the 2006 fiscal year. > Mr. Abe is on his first trip to India. He and his Indian counterpart, > Manmohan Singh, are expected to unveil public-private partnerships and new > business initiatives. Leading the agenda will be a $100 billion > infrastructure project to create a high-tech manufacturing and freight > corridor between New Delhi, India's capital, and Mumbai, its port and > financial center. It would be the most expensive development project in > India, and a third of the bill would be paid by Japanese public and private > money. Mr. Abe and Mr. Singh are expected to announce that the two > governments have reached formal agreement on the deal. > Japanese business leaders traveling with Mr. Abe will disclose similar > deals this week - on natural gas, transportation, currency swaps and > Japanese investment in Indian educational projects, Indian officials said. > Chief executives from > Toyota<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/toyota_motor_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org>, > Mitsubishi<http://www.nytimes.com/mem/MWredirect.html?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=MSBHF;MSBHY>, > Canon, > Hitachi<http://www.nytimes.com/mem/MWredirect.html?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=HIT>and > others have joined a new India-Japan business leader forum, which will > meet for the first time on Wednesday in New Delhi. > Consultants are trying, so far in vain, to coin the catchphrase, like "the > Samurai and the Swami," that will sum up the nascent strategic economic > relationship between the countries. > > Courting India has come slowly for the Japanese, who were highly critical > of India's surprise nuclear weapons test in 1998. While Japan is a large > lender to India, until now it has not been a major investor or business > partner. Instead, Japan has virtually sat on the sidelines while countries > from Switzerland to Brazil cemented business alliances in India, where > economic growth is about 9 percent a year. > Japan's trade with India was about $6.5 billion in 2006, according to the > Indian government - about 4 percent of Japan's trade with China. "Whatever > doubts Japan had for so long, now India is smelling like roses," said > Jagdish N. Bhagwati, an economist and a professor at Columbia University > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/columbia_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org>and > a fellow at the Council on Foreign > Relations<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/council_on_foreign_relations/index.html?inline=nyt-org>. > "They want to get in before it is too late." > For Japan, India is an attractive market, both for its growing consumer > spending and cheap labor. Tokyo also has an interest in diversifying its > Asian trading partners and reducing its dependence on China. As an > increasingly confident China has flexed its muscle regionally and globally, > anti-Chinese sentiment has been rising in Japan, as has anti-Japanese > sentiment in China. > "India is a much safer bet, in business terms," because it lacks the > historical baggage, said Richard Tanter, professor of international > relations at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. > Then there is the straightforward economics. Japanese and other > automakers, for instance, view India as a potential manufacturing center > that could offer lower labor costs than China. But India's manufacturing and > export potential are still crippled by an inability to move goods in and > around the country. > The proposed New Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor could address that > problem. The nearly 1,500-kilometer corridor would include a high-speed > freight line and nine 200-square-kilometer investment regions dedicated to > industries like chemicals and engineering, as well as three ports and six > airports. > Infrastructure projects like the industrial corridor are "the kind of > thing Japanese companies are particularly good at - roads and harbors and > ways to get into developing countries," Mr. Bhagwati said. Japanese > companies were heavily involved in the construction of New Delhi's clean, > efficient subway system. > India, which desperately needs more power generation, could be a > particularly fertile market for > Toshiba<http://www.nytimes.com/mem/MWredirect.html?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=TOSBF>, > which bought the nuclear power plant manufacturer Westinghouse last year. > Any deals between India and Toshiba would be far in the future, though. > India's government is still deeply divided over a deal with the United > States that allows India access to civilian nuclear technology, and Japan > may not support the United States-India nuclear deal, given Tokyo's aversion > to nuclear proliferation. > Still, on Monday, Mr. Singh stressed India's commitment to nuclear energy > during the opening of a new research center in New Delhi, calling oil > imports an "unbearable burden." > The most successful India-Japan business partnership to date is a venture > by the automakers > Suzuki<http://www.nytimes.com/mem/MWredirect.html?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=SZKMF>and > Maruti, which has become one of India's leading carmakers after a > troubled start in the early 1980s. Sales of its reliable, zippy and cheap > Marutis were up 17 percent in the quarter that ended in July from a year > ago, to 1.6 million units. > Toyota's India partnership, Toyota Kirloskar Motors, which dates back to > 1999, makes about 60,000 units a year. But, last month Toyota executives > said they expected the unit to produce 10 times its current capacity by > 2015. > Culturally and economically, Japan and India remain far apart, a fact that > government officials and economists said could complicate building a > stronger relationship. Speaking Monday during a meeting in a New Delhi hotel > to discuss the Japanese prime minister's visit, Mr. Bery, the director of > the New Delhi research group, said Japan's manufacturing is "state of the > art," which has "not been our strong suit." > > Minutes later, the five-star hotel fell victim to one of New Delhi's > frequent power disruptions, the lights flickered out and the meeting carried > on in the dark. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Search from any Web page with powerful protection. Get the FREE Windows > Live Toolbar Today! Try it now! <http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-in> > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > >
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