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It is not correct to quote a few transactions to build a case against Russia. We have seen in many audits that Indian bureaucracy can be painfully slow. Blaming a foreign partner is possible only if contractual obligations are violated. To get there, we need good bureaucracy in India, specially...

Russia wants to be friends with India. Russia can be friend with China and India at the same time. Russia can be a bridging force between China and India. GOI wants to have a workable relationship with China. There is a genuine effort at GOI level to develop such a relationship. I have said...

Russia sees unfriendly attitude of Indians and obviously the unpleasantness creeps into dealings. One of my past bosses said a million dollar statement "it is important to have a positive attitude with external stakeholders if contract is to be executed well". You have entered into a contract...

The sword-edge of Pakistan or the weapons that will be used against India are mostly American, not Russian. Still some posters jump wildly on this forum regarding small Russian sales to Pakistan of largely non-combat equipment. I find it funny. It is clear that Russia will aim at improving...

What have we got so far? P8-I. I believe India paid 2 billion USD for 8 nos. P8I. How much Pakistan paid for P3C?? Pakistan pays NATO rates FROM AID MONEY. That is Pakistani buys are not only free, the reference price is same as one for NATO countries (special rate). In contrast India pays full...

US can PRINT world's reserve currency. India cannot. India cannot afford American weapons as India does not have the money. $650 million for 145 "light guns"! I asked my batch-mate who served in US Army for 20 years as if the buy made sense. He said that one American weapon system and that also...

The fact is that military cooperation between USA and india is an illusion created by some who are only interested in India's paltry military budget tied up in a few very expensive (but militarily insignificant) procurements. This is best and cheapest way for the empire to cut india down to size.

There is no genuine engagement between USA and india at the political level. Please show me instances to prove me wrong?

And what are these so called "mysterious reasons"? Please elaborate?

India does not have much political support in the USA. This is a fact. The awareness about India has improved manifold in American public about Indians after major migration of Indians into the USA; but to think this translates to major political gain in terms of USA's institutional framework is...

I want to know which land you live in. I am happy in my lala land. Show me (and prove your knowledge). Pore through GOI press communiques of last 5 decades. Go to Parliament's library if you need to. People like you are there to only spread lies. You are painting a picture which never...

The fact is no alliance was on offer to India. What I wrote is just for the sake of an argument. The British always had healthy contempt for Hindus. I believe that contempt is there today as well. British practically shaped US policy towards India.

The biggest problem for India is that India did not join Western alliance at the right time. Now the moment has passed. The technological development of India is far behind the West, and there is no way West will allow India to close the gap. The West-loving Indians forget that West DOES NOT...

You have no knowledge of history. There was a USSR/China spilt in sixties which was taken advantage of USA. USA opened its markets to Chinese goods as a plan/trick to use China to defeat USSR. However China is a jinn that is hard to control once let out of the bottle. Socialism is very much a...

Who told you India is "anti-American". India is a neutral country which cultivated a neutral image among the nations of the world by neither joining NATO nor Warsaw pact. You saw today that India was able to extract Indian citizens as well as some foreign citizens from Yemen because India could...

@Peter, the question is not about inventions and scientific progress. The question here is geo-politics and military blocs. India never joined Western political and military bloc for one reason or the other. India did not join Warsaw pact either and adopted a neutral attitude in the cold war...

We have already missed the USA bus. The right time to board this bus was in 1950s. Now it is too late. I believe india will never ride with america due to civilizational differences.

On a philosophical and cultural level, Russia is closer to india compared to western Europe. Geographically Russia is much closer. Soon direct overland trade between Russia and india will become possible as rail lines reach from China to india. Do we want to think forward or brood over what we...

The issue for India is that China and Russia are dominant powers in Asia. USA may be a superpower today with oversized influence in all parts of the globe, but it is clear USA is over-extended. USA has been suffering a trade imbalance of 6% of GDP for decades now. It is better for India to have...

It actually made sense as there was not much private capital. Pt Nehru might have taken some aspects of the Soviet system which he felt were suitable for India. In retrospect I feel central planning was a good thing as it tried to distribute economic growth to all regions of India thus...