IndianExpress.com :: Text in context

IndianExpress.com :: Text in context:

"A collateral benefit of the political gamesmanship that has taken place on the Indo-US nuclear deal is the amazing popular literacy on the subject. So, even as political controversy swirled over the manner in which the draft of the India-specific safeguards agreement with the IAEA was made available online, assorted, non-technical voices conceded that it is a very good draft. What occasions this satisfaction? First, the safeguards agreement’s consistency with the 123 agreement and the separation plan makes it a sustainable document. Two, it recognises India’s nuclear weapons programme. Three, and extremely significantly, it addresses India’s apprehensions on disruption of supplies, fears that come from memories of the Tarapur atomic power station. And taken together, the big picture accommodates India’s aspirations and actual role as a partner in the management of the global order."