The End of the Beginning
A one para blurb in the newspaper today announced the decommissioning of the CIRUS nuclear reactor.It simply said that it was part of the Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Deal agreed between Manmohan Singh and George Bush. This barely a few days after it completed its landmark of 50 years and barely a few years after it was refurbished at a cost of millions of dollars.And all this at a time when there is still a muted debate on the nuclear liability bill and even before the USA actually gets around to helping us move forward on its commitments as part of the deal. Actually the use of the word commitment in the previous sentence is a misnomer.Its actually the Indian government claiming to represent the people of India that is making all commitments and the USA and other developed nations are just saying thank you. It is perhaps the result of our inherently subservient attitude. Notice the way we hold foriegners in awe during personal interactions and are almost apologetic about our own exis