The Indian government did every thing that it can do to give an impression that India takes a lot of care when it comes to the question of USA....If one remember, when Bush visited during his second term, in Central Delhi, the most famous hotel which is just few minutes walk from Parliament, few rooms were booked by FBI. All we thought at that time, that some of FBI sleuths will stay around. But the day when Bush visited Delhi and delivered historical framework agreement which resulted in infamous Indo US Civil Nuclear cooperation agreement. That day evening, PMO was busy in calling officials at Meridian hotel. The cause of PMO's worry, as we read at that time, is that the hotel staff refused to allot rooms for FBI dogs which they brought along with them all the way from USA as part of security apparatus. Finally budging to PMO, finally hotel staff reluctantly accommodated dogs in the sophisticated suits which otherwise a costly guest used to pay more than 25,000 per day !
Obama's visit is also not devoid of such things. According to the Washington Post news paper, Indian security agencies are over enthusiastic in pleasing the US Presidency's security apparatus and went ahead to cut down the coconut trees surrounding Gandhi Museum in Mumbai. Unfortunately, this sensitive incident failed to caught the attention of over grown Indian media. For the sake of record, I am quoting from the article by Charles Krauthammer of Washington Post, appeared on November 12th below.
" I will admit that Indian authorities went somewhat overboard when they cut down the coconuts surrounding the Gandhi museum in Mumbai. I am no expert on this, having never been subject to a coconut attack, but it seems to me that a free-falling coconut is no match for an armored car built to withstand anything short of a small nuclear device. Now perhaps the enemy, always racing one step ahead of us, is working on the dreaded RPC - the rocket-propelled coconut. I'm not privy to all the intelligence here, and, try as I may, I could get nothing out of the Coconut Desk at CIA. Nonetheless, to this outsider, the anti-coconut measures seemed a bit excessive."
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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