from the blogosphere...
Palling around with the West, India was dealt its share of 911...sadly. The reaction from the US, post 911, in Iraq was so badly managed that one wanders what India does in the short and long term. I think India says, No apologies for palling around with the West. I think India's Hinduism, Islam,etc encourages democratic governance but how does it deal with and minimize corrupt governance is extremely important.
Is it a clash of religions or geography? Some have faith in Obama in buidling bridges for India and Pakistan to meet; for the Kashmir issue in paricular. Obama has a bigger problem to solve in the Israel-Palestine pickle! How does he keep Israel safe and help Palestine run a proper government.
How one encourages peacefull dissent is critical.
