Just as new government sprang to power six months
back, lots of things were destined to change and one of them is the whole of
the course of action of Indian foreign policy.
After been freed from the shackles of British rule,
the first Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru never got the nation
assigned any side in the cold war but it was also not a hidden fact that India
was a robust and stringent ally of USSR and afterwards Russia took the place of
USSR in India’s foreign policy heart. Due to such proclivity of Pt. Nehru, USA
was itself distance away from us and on the other hand some diplomatic failures
of Pt. Nehru with former United States of America’s President John F. Kennedy
deteriorated the further possibilities of better diplomatic relationships
between the two nations. JFK even went ahead to describe his meeting with Nehru
as the worst diplomatic meeting he had ever attained. Such things marred the
relationships of both the nation while rapidly became cold and were left
uncared for the upcoming 67 years.
But someone has rightly said that there is nothing
permanent except change. Today Russia’s crisis with western heavyweights is day
by day making it weak and due to the reluctance of its own Prime Minister and
the world leaders to discuss the issues of Ukraine etc. the relationship
between them has most probably reached a stalemate and the main thing is Russia
is not USSR. India bonded with USSR for a mutually beneficial relationship and
following our principles we still today share a mutually beneficial
relationship with Russia. But in the advanced 21st century we can
also not let our relationship with the United States go into the ditch.
US from the very beginning has been a world superpower
exceeding all other nations in terms of everything, economy, military etc. But
both the nations were never able to work with each other owning to the
differences that were created before in the starting of post-independence area.
But today I believe we can’t sit around and continue to watch others proceed further.
Today India and America need each other excessively and as times have changed,
India is also one of the world’s most remarkable nations, US must respect this
relation too.
Mr. Modi’s decision to invite Mr. Obama as the Chief
guest of the Republic day function must be lauded. Through Republic day
function’s meetings surely, leaders from both the countries would get time to
take their dialogue process further and the friendship between the leaders of
the two nation which is a result of Modi’s previous visit to the United States
can also add up to the virtues of these relations.
India and US can help each other humongously. India
possesses what US years for and vice versa and if these two nations strike a
perfect balance then no world power can ever hinder their progress.
The first thing is that recently Mr. Modi has launched
the “Make in India” campaign which needs both workforce and investment. Today
companies in United States have an excess of capital but a lack of workforce
and space to carry out their function and India is certainly today the best
place where all their requirements can be easily filled. Thereby ease of doing
business is also being promoted in the nation which adds up to more
accessibility of Indian soil to foreign companies and US recently had promised
a $40 billion investment in India. The prospects of the two countries helping
each other are amazing and can surely be wonderful.
The other thing is education sector. Today a large
proportion of Indian students has been there in United States pursuing various
studies and courses in world famous universities, if the relationship between
both the nation strengthens then United States can surely make some crucial
agreements with India in the education sector.
Talking about defence, today India is having one of
the world’s biggest army and US is having world’s most advanced army, if these
things combine with each other we would make world’s strongest army and I
believe through mutual cooperation this is possible and if that happens then both
the nations can surely help the world advance further.
Talking about science NASA of USA is world’s biggest
space research organization, the first to send humans to moon but now India’s
ISRO has also shocked the whole world with its exemplary Mangalyaan. If there
is a better understanding between the two nations, the space agencies of both
the countries can add up more to the scientific horizons of the two nations.
Today India and US need each other splendidly in all
the facets of work, what we need is a just a better understanding between the
two nations and I believe that can be possible in the coming future.
JAI HIND, JAI
BHARAT
JAI MA BHARTI
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