--- Ritu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > For what it's worth, the Indian perspective is the > same as Dr. Brin's. > Clinton was the one American President who actually > managed to engage > the imagination of the Indian public and change the > public perception of > the US, the one who actually made us think that > India and US do not need > to be enemies/polite antagonists for all time to > come. > > While there is support for Bush here [33% hope he is > re-elected], based > partially on Bush's support for outsourcing, the > thaw in Indo-American > relations is credited to Clinton. > > Ritu
That's interesting. The story I've heard from people I know in the Indian diplomatic service is exactly the opposite. They felt completely ignored under Clinton, but thought that Blackwill (among other things) was a sign of just how seriously Bush took the relationship. Some of this may be obscured by the US's very public support of Pakistan, which is necessary to our interests but likely to be irritating (to put it mildly) to an Indian public that doesn't see all the things going on behind the scenes to try to mitigate the effects of that... ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
