It was a media coup by Fareed Zakaria when he interviewed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about 26/11, US-India relationship, his view on Pakistan and what he expects out of his visit to Washington this week. <video interview>
This was the first time the reserved and thoughtful Mr. Singh shared his views on 26/11 the, day [...]
Posts Tagged ‘us-india’
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 23rd, 2009 • Category: Americas, Ideas, India, Interviews, New Delhi
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 22nd, 2009 • Category: Diaspora, Food, Ideas, India
What a difference a few months make. It was not so long ago that many eyebrows shot up at the apparent low-priority that the newly-elected President Obama placed on India. While Obama made AF-PAK a top foreign policy priority for his administration and reached out to the leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan, [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 29th, 2008 • Category: Bombay/Mumbai
Earlier today President Bush upon his return to the White House from Camp David issued a statement of support to India about the attacks in Mumbai.
President Bush said:
“We pledge the full support of the United States as India investigates these attacks, brings the guilty to justice, and sustained its democratic way of life…The killers who [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Oct 14th, 2008 • Category: Americas, Global Voices, Ideas, India, YouTube Videos
While most of us were obsessively tracking the twists and turns of the financial global downturn there was an important milestone that USA and India crossed that went almost unnoticed. Earlier this month President Bush signed a bill that allows for sharing civilian nuclear technology with India that will help generate nuclear energy. Energy has [...]