05-12-2006, 03:47 AM
<!--emo&:furious--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/furious.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='furious.gif' /><!--endemo--> NRIs: NDA Indians and UPA Indians
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But what I do know is the officials in the Washington embassy have deliberately reached out only to those individuals and groups that are perceived as being sympathetic to the UPA regime.
That is a remarkably silly position to adopt. I know that several senior members of the NDA have expressed their misgivings about the Indo-American nuclear agreement. But that does not mean that the Indian community in the United States would not be willing to support an Indian government on this. (Or, for that matter, any other issue.)
So, why then is the foreign policy establishment deliberately ignoring a large section of American citizens of Indian origin, occasionally even repudiating offers to help? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Seems like the foosas have way too much control of happenings in the embassy which is not healthy for the NRI community in general.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But what I do know is the officials in the Washington embassy have deliberately reached out only to those individuals and groups that are perceived as being sympathetic to the UPA regime.
That is a remarkably silly position to adopt. I know that several senior members of the NDA have expressed their misgivings about the Indo-American nuclear agreement. But that does not mean that the Indian community in the United States would not be willing to support an Indian government on this. (Or, for that matter, any other issue.)
So, why then is the foreign policy establishment deliberately ignoring a large section of American citizens of Indian origin, occasionally even repudiating offers to help? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Seems like the foosas have way too much control of happenings in the embassy which is not healthy for the NRI community in general.