India-US Strategic News and Discussion

member_28352 · Post by **member_28352** » 02 Apr 2014 10:09

Kim Kardashian for US Ambassador to India.

Pratyush · Post by **Pratyush** » 02 Apr 2014 10:39

If that's the case, you can forget about the revival of the relationship. ?

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 02 Apr 2014 10:50

The best ambassador from the US would be a famous India-loving Hollywood star,now in semi-retirement,who could sync with Bollywood and expand cultural ties dramatically.Ivy League types are too snooty for their liking and would invite an equal opposite response from our highly cultured babus of the MEA.The job of an ambassador is to make friends,across the spectrum,both high and low,issues of protocol,etc.,professional diplomacy left to the minions.If notorious bootlegger Joe Kennedy could be made ambassador to the Court of St.James,I'm sure a Hollywood star would do far better than that Nazi bumchum,

Any names? What about "Rambo",or would one want a sultry sex symbol?!

Anand K · Post by **Anand K** » 02 Apr 2014 11:16

Most U.S. reps in India, inclusing the most important ones like Blackwill, Bunker, Bowles, Moynihan and Galbraith were all non-career appointees - these were academics or politicians and not of the lightweight category either. OTOH, the U.S. reps in TSP are overwhelmingly career diplomats.
Also, almost all reps in the USSR (especially in the Cold War years) were career diplomats.......

Any significance to this?

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 02 Apr 2014 11:23

How about ms. Madhuri Dikshit? I suppose she has taken us citizen by now.

Added later: I am serious about somebody that can do some good between indo us relations. The names below are for the positive news US thread. May be a day will come that there would would be no difference. But here is hoping not.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » 02 Apr 2014 11:31

^^^Julia Roberts?

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 02 Apr 2014 11:44

I demand Paris Hilton for US Amby to India.

SanjayC · Post by **SanjayC** » 02 Apr 2014 12:43

Anand K wrote:Most U.S. reps in India, inclusing the most important ones like Blackwill, Bunker, Bowles, Moynihan and Galbraith were all non-career appointees - these were academics or politicians and not of the lightweight category either. OTOH, the U.S. reps in TSP are overwhelmingly career diplomats.
Also, almost all reps in the USSR (especially in the Cold War years) were career diplomats.......

Any significance to this?

Breaking of India project, as articulated by Rajiv Malhotra in his book.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Apr 2014 14:53

Oprah Winfrey.

habal · Post by **habal** » 02 Apr 2014 15:01

Wendy Doniger

Yogi_G · Post by **Yogi_G** » 02 Apr 2014 15:10

Sunny Leone as ambassador with Ragini MMS3 based on life of Nancy Powell.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 02 Apr 2014 15:12

Bill Clinton. Hundreds of JNU grads and media houris will be lining up to get jobs as interns to the Amby.

Anand K · Post by **Anand K** » 02 Apr 2014 15:26

Robin Raphel.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Apr 2014 15:47

Preet bharara.

habal · Post by **habal** » 02 Apr 2014 15:49

Singha wrote:Preet bharara.

+1

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 02 Apr 2014 16:37

habal wrote:
Singha wrote:Preet bharara.
+1

ok, start a white house petition, then? All it takes is 100,000 signatures and he is yours.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 02 Apr 2014 16:54

prasannasimha wrote:
This seems to be a Republican /conservative rag where they want to complain about Democrats so nothing much can be read about it.

Oh! Sorry! I thought it was President Obama's daily briefing book!

panduranghari · Post by **panduranghari** » 02 Apr 2014 17:42

Paco.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 02 Apr 2014 19:31

UlanBatori wrote:Bill Clinton. Hundreds of JNU grads and media houris will be lining up to get jobs as interns to the Amby.

and taking up cigar smoking

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 02 Apr 2014 20:53

Just in case u missed it: Extortion scam is still in full swing.

KLP Dubey · Post by **KLP Dubey** » 02 Apr 2014 21:30

I suggest Snoop Dogg (or other rap expert) as the next US representative in India. None of the other names proposed have any sort of affinity or connection to the Bharatiya culture. On the other hand the rap experts are well-versed in the 3-pitch (anudatta-udatta-svarita) or 2-pitch recitation accents, and their recitation closely resembles the Rgvedic recitation. Especially the blacks of USA have a high affinity for this style and many of them have a good respect for the Indians. There should be an effort to recruit Vedic reciters from this community. I urge the Vedic and Hindu institutions to strongly support this initiative.

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 02 Apr 2014 21:32

Anand K wrote:Most U.S. reps in India, inclusing the most important ones like Blackwill, Bunker, Bowles, Moynihan and Galbraith were all non-career appointees - these were academics or politicians and not of the lightweight category either. OTOH, the U.S. reps in TSP are overwhelmingly career diplomats.
Also, almost all reps in the USSR (especially in the Cold War years) were career diplomats.......

Any significance to this?

Need to understand how things work in DC.
For India appointment the DC folks get money from large lobby donors not to appoint any prominent person as Amby. US Est. get money from international countries to not to have close relationship with India. PRC is one of the prominent countries. The other is the KSA_P axis

Since the Business lobby is small for India and Human rights groups have loud voices against India there is nobody to support India in DC. This is the situation since 1977 since when Carter visited India. Indians in US also in the 70s and 80s actually supported this policy citing emergency and loss of free press during IG times. This was converted to a great advantage by India's adversaries for more than 40 years and it is still continuing. So only academic and lightweight people are the point person.

But the US has deep engagement with Indians in India and Indians in US for more than 50 years. They use that network to engage and 'persuade' India and Indian policy for the last 50 years. DIE groups in India happily oblige to the demands and hence US does not need any Amby in India.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » 02 Apr 2014 21:49

OT: he is snoop lion since 2012 after becoming a rasta and does reggae now..

saip · Post by **saip** » 02 Apr 2014 21:51

I volunteer.

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 02 Apr 2014 21:59

Should have gone into positive news.

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 02 Apr 2014 22:03

Who ever is going to come must be prepared to get C-T searched because NM is not going to forget what SD did. It seems Nancy aunty was rattled at the forceful manner with which NM has spoken about the incident.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Apr 2014 23:09

among the pool of candidates so far, Paco looks the best qualified. a honest worker, albeit a bit demanding on the wheat n protein side. we shall convert him to rice (kerala red), paneer and dal in due course.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 02 Apr 2014 23:26

Something odd is going on here.

US indicts Ukranian Oligarch for bribing Andhra Pradesh govt officials

Included are KVPR Rao who is a YSR acolyte.

Is US now taking care of GOI responsibility? Has MMS surrendered completely?

saip · Post by **saip** » 03 Apr 2014 01:58

Iran has appointed a person involved in hostage crisis as the UN ambassador and everyone is hopping mad. This person says he was only acting as an interpreter during the crisis. Previously he was an ambassador in Europe. SD has been sitting on his visa for months. May be India should appoint DK as the next UN ambassador.

chanakyaa · Post by **chanakyaa** » 03 Apr 2014 02:11

US indicts Ukranian Oligarch for bribing Andhra Pradesh govt officials

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It was returned by a Chicago grand jury last June....

Ummhh..why release this information 1 month before elections??

putnanja · Post by **putnanja** » 03 Apr 2014 02:20

American Embassy school in trouble as teachers leave

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Paul Chmelik, the director of the American Embassy School, recently admitted in a note that the premier institution was going through challenging times.

“Via messages from the principals, many of you are now aware that the departure of faculty members due to visa renewal issues has begun. Such departures may continue during the days ahead until a resolution to the issues are orchestrated by high-level diplomatic discussions that are taking place between the Government of India and the US Government,” Chmelik wrote in his community note on March 28 last.
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Time to close down the tax-evading AES. Good move by GoI to withhold visa renewals till the school furnishes the visa and salary details of everyone. Close it by attrition. Don't renew the visas, and the school directors will close it on their own! Double standards by US! Want to strip search diplomats but itself doesn't want to follow laws of other countries !

chanakyaa · Post by **chanakyaa** » 03 Apr 2014 02:30

What is the point of closing AES and letting people leave the country without closing retro taxes (of individuals and school)? Looks like MMS wants to repeat Italian marines episode and hope it sticks. Let the people leave country, file charge sheet and then complain to your citizens that they are not coming back. Is that the game plan?

member_22733 · Post by **member_22733** » 03 Apr 2014 03:48

TOIlet's Chidanand Rajghatta spins it the toilet way:

Long arm of US law nails Andhra MP KVP Ramachandra Rao in bribery case

Washing the unwashed going on with full steam. It might be a warning to our top layer that their balls will be firmly squeezed by unkil when the time comes.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 03 Apr 2014 03:54

The chaprasi is obeying his master's orders in his final days as Indian PM,attending to departing "guests" in traditional Indian manner. There will be a small exodus of individuals who have been actively indulging in destabilising India,who will find it exceptionally "hot" this summer when a new regime takes over. The quislings and their ilk will be exposed regardless of position.We saw the first "rat" to leave the sinking ship,none other than the US ambassador herself. She read the writing on the wall!

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 03 Apr 2014 03:56

http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/micro ... h-company/
Microsoft wants to kickstart the next billion-dollar Indian tech company

Microsoft Ventures is revving up its India Accelerator program.The Indian arm of the Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant today announced that it’s accepting applications for its fifth Ventures Accelerator batch in Bangalore, India. Microsoft India is looking for a mix of Indian startups and international companies (interested in Asian markets) to participate. The program is scheduled to kick off in July and end with a demo day in November.“Our Accelerator is turning out to be one of the most competitive programs in this part of the world, with hundreds of startups wanting to be part of it,” Ravi Narayan, director of Microsoft Ventures in India, said in a statement. “The visibility, reach, and intensity of the program drives startups to achieve tremendous progress during the four months of the program.”16 startups made it into the summer batch, Microsoft India’s fourth, which will “graduate” in late May. They range from SlideRule, a startup facilitating online course discovery, to Appointy, a scheduling software startup that aims to help businesses grow virally.36 companies graduated from the first three batches, according to Microsoft India, which said 82 percent of the companies received funding during or after the accelerator program.Interested startups can apply for the Bangalore accelerator program here.“We will work closely with our industry partners, mentors, and panel of jury to identify exceptional technology entrepreneurs who are solving big problems at scale, both for India and global markets,” said Narayan. “We welcome all technology startups, from India and abroad, to send in applications.”

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 03 Apr 2014 05:10

US wants to cut-off India's solar energy industry while pushing for climate control agenda

member_28352 · Post by **member_28352** » 03 Apr 2014 06:30

Wrt to the KVP affair I don't think it is worth the paper that its printed on. I say lets go ahead and chargesheet USSD John Kerry downwards in DK affair custodial rape/keeping away from justice/kidnapping cases. In any case at this rate someday Mr Larry Page of Google and his key engineers will also be chargesheeted for violation of Defence of India act for providing Google Maps.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 03 Apr 2014 06:53

If the Samsung boss Lee Kun-Shee can be summoned by the Supreme Court to appear before the Ghaziabad court on an arrest warrant ,regarding a $1.4M non-payment to an Indian firm,there is no reason why Yanqui individuals have to be spared when they commit a crime or offence. Action should first be taken against those in the US embassy who have violated Indian rules as an example to others.Once this happens,the rest will fall in line.

JE Menon · Post by **JE Menon** » 03 Apr 2014 07:16

I've been reliably informed that a certain Sven Smalgand, who works closely with Bjorn Biglund, has submitted the following comment to the NYT blog...
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A curiously twisted little article by Mr. Harris. Starts out by outlining the fracas over a female Indian diplomat's arrest and strip-search, and then quickly devolves into a series of ever higher pitched whines about Western diplomats' lack of access to cheese & wine, and apparently tax-free employment schemes within the US embassy in India.

Observing this fascinating episode in US-Indian relations from a distance, and reading the US, Indian and British media on the subject, I discern that: (a) the allegations against the Indian diplomat seems a cack-handed effort at settling scores of some kind, via an unwarranted public arrest and cavity exploration; (b) the US mission in India is a den of inequity, ranging from apparently tax-avoidance trickery and a strange variety of open-faced racism, to pearl smuggling from China; (c) junior diplomats and security staff were running their own human trafficking operation, including spiriting out people facing court action using embassy cover, and under the guise of anti-slavery concerns; and (d) the "security barrier" was basically a set of standard roadblocks which was placed in addition to already strong police cover, and was something which were inconvenient for and disapproved by other embassies in the area.

That's just some of the issues that popped up in the articles. All this happened under Nancy Powell's watch. That's why she was "retired"..

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 03 Apr 2014 07:47

I wonder if the Swedish Foreign Affairs Nobel Prize Experts would please visit the "Hill" blog and contribute their expertise there too...