Month: July 2008

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s UPA government survived the confidence motion by a much bigger margin (20 votes) than was predicted earlier. Though it was supposed to be a vote for or against the nuclear deal, it was anything but that. The Left was probably the only party that stuck to its principles — right or… Continue reading Vote of confidence: It was about everything but the nuclear deal

In the NY times editorial titled No Rush, Please, on the subject of the nuclear deal, the author says India’s illicit pursuit of nuclear weapons would effectively be forgiven. I don’t understand how some countries’ pursuit of nuclear weapons — USA, Russia, UK, China, France — would be considered legitimate and India’s pursuit considered illicit.… Continue reading The nuclear deal