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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Her Majesty Queen's Prime Minister comes calling..!!

The article is all about Britain's PM Mr. David Cameroon visiting India & why we should be bothered about it as a nation (or should we be bothered about it at all or not?)
Mr. Cameroon

Boss in chaos-
Well, Mr. Cameroon is a captain of a coalition government which in itself is a great historic event in UK. UK is not known to have a coalition government at the helm in the distant past. I think Mr. Cameroon can learn a lot from Indian political system about presiding over a coalition government. One more fact we can't ignore about his government that it is yet to be tested regarding how it views the Kashmir issue (OMG....how many times in my blog, I've to mention about an issue which itself has been conceived by the British imperialistic government). Because India's experience in this particular issue with Britishers has been bitter- to say the least. There had been many political leaders who raised the sensitivities against the Indians.
Why is he here?-
Excellent question! previous such visit to India by any British PM was paid by Mr. Tony Blair (Labor Party candidate) a decade ago. So, there is a general feeling in the UK about having neglected such an important ally. In terms of economy, UK is still experiencing the backlashes of recent meltdown while India not only weathered the same but successfully flourished as well. This leaves them wondering about how well India can be "be friend with". Indian economy has become so important for Britishers because of the potential it holds as a big consumer market & it's need for Advanced jet Trainer aircrafts for it's budding fighter pilots. Indian Migs are in no way trainer aircrafts. For a fighter who has never flown a plane except for a simulation flights, MiGs are a tough task. It;s like handing over a Ferrari F1 car to a person on racing track who has just learnt how to shift gears & expecting him to win the pole-position. Therefore, a trainer planes are needed. this is a market which Britishers have sniffed. They have got AJT Hawks & Indian government has money (more than 700 million pounds) & will to procure them. Makes a perfect deal..!!
AJT Hawk
Also, there is an intense feeling among the political & economic pundits across HM's nation that in it's continuing neglect towards India in the last decade, it has lost a big opportunity of investment there. It has been take over by the one & only USA, Russia, China & Japan. remember the Indo- US nuclear deal? USA President with one strike of his signature, opened the flood gates for India in terms of civilian nuclear usage. As did Bush government sanctioned it, Obama administration took it's time in solving it's hegemonic issues & very soon India had it's first specific & precise deal with Canadians....not with Uncle Sam! He joined after he woke up to the fact that it's no longer a nation of 20th Century. Same is the case with James Bond's nation. They were so blindfolded to take a note of India's economic growth, they are no longer in India's anticipated list of investor nations. probably that's why even such a top leader is visiting India, Indian media & leadership looks so reluctant to take a note of it. But of course, at the end of the day, it would be in the mutual interest of both the nations to have a strong bilateral relations. Topmost thing should be, there should be no racism in UK  against the students or people who arrive in UK seeking their respective fortunes. If they agree on this bottom line, things can smoothly be worked out.
there is one more thing which is catching my attention whether Koh-i-noor (Mountain of Light, as named by emperor Nadir Shah who plundered it from India in 14th Century. Previously it was named as Samantic Mani) diamond will be brought back to India.
Koh-i-Noor
But considering it's curse, I would prefer it to be with the Queen until the empire collapses totally...as per the curse Koh-i-Noor carries with it. But that's a joke....I really wish UK to flourish as well!
India's role in Post- US+UK Afghanistan-
Both USA & UK are concerned about situation in Afghanistan once they leave it. Therefore, India is being seen as an important ally who could look after very well over the region. India has got it's own national interests in it as well. It would be able to counter Chinese String of Pearls against it as well as it would be able to keep a close eye on it's notorious western neighbor from there.

So, considering all these situations, i would call it as a beginner in the relations of those two countries but still lot needs to be done in this regard.

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