Knock On The Atomic Chamber Of Shaolin
Manmohan Singh's 2005 nuclear deal with George W. Bush is still a nonstarter. It broke a lot of china, as Bush put it later with intended pun, but no one has yet come forward to build power plants on the strength of the deal. That's because we made a law that would make the builder pay through his nose if anything went wrong in the plants. Blame Narendra Modi's and Sitaram Yechury's parties for that—they were the ones who wanted such a harsh law.
But, we got other goodies. By flashing the deal, Bush and Barack Obama got us into several of the clubs of the world's nuclear-owners and missile operators. Yet, thanks to the cussedness of the Chinese, the doors of the Nuclear Suppliers Group have remained shut to us, like the 35 chambers of the Shaolin Temple were to the commoners in that 1978 kung fu thriller. Without getting into the NSG, we can't sell any nuclear stuff to anyone.
This story is from the March 25, 2018 edition of THE WEEK.
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