Yes; after Bangladesh war, Indo-US Nuclear deal is India's biggest foreign policy initiative. However, to my mind, its roots lie in the change in foreign policy towards better relationship with USA which was brought about by NDA Government under Shri. Atal Bihari Bajpayee.

As regards, Tata's Nano project, Tatas should pull out of Singur if Govt. of West Bengal can not govern the situation, as hanging sword of stressful conditions is not in the interest of development and running of a Company. People must understand this, especially the Communists. They should draw their own conclusions from the fact that, Sri Lanka has invited Tatas to set up their plant in Sri Lanka.

Shreeniwas

All,
It is our duty to take this news(Nuke Deal) to the Common Man.
Let us give a logical thought process.For any Agreement/deal, there will be pros and cons for both the parties, we should not expect a deal which favors india alone, if so why should US sign this deal?This is a significant deal since it will impact even the common man.To reach our vision 2020, we have to cross over many hurdles, we even have a list of hurdles . Infrastructure is the one which tops the list, Infrastructure is something which is not simply about the roads, it is about power, drainage system etc.
Nowadays we have a power cut in TamilNadu for an hour everyday, which is not industry friendly or even people friendly.Since we clinch this deal, we can expect an uninterrupted power supply with in seven years from now.
"The World is flat", we are in the age of globalization, you are going to be the looser if you are not going to join the globalization era.
let us ask some questions to ourself,
1) what is the use of being isolated from the international nuclear trade?
2) How are we benefited by conducting the nuclear test?
3) Did the nuclear tests fetch anything to the common man?

In the Globalization era, one has to depend on others in a WIN-WIN situation.India is a major IT service provider where countries like US depend on us at the same time, we don't have enough natural resources(uranium,thorium,plutonium etc) to satisfy our energy needs, so we have to get the fuel from the NSG (we depend on NSG).
In my opinion, India will be considered as an Influential Country after signing this deal.This deal shows how far USA is influenced by India.
It was the right time to make use of USA in getting the waiver and India did it in the right way.
To my knowledge, This is India's biggest Foreign policy initiative which bring India to the mainstream Nuclear Trade.
Just think why many countries oppose this waiver to India,if india is not going to be benefited by this deal, why should they oppose?
Think...

India is bound to waste over $100 billion if this nuclear deals goes through the US Congress. This deal will generate very little power in the future and the technical problems of safety and storage of spent fuel have not been debated at all. Indian laws need to be amended to allow Parliament to have a say in major foreign policy issues. A mere Cabinet should not be allowed to change India's foreign policies.

India will be shackled to the rules of the NSG, IAEA and the US Congress. There will be intrusive inspections of our nuclear facilties in the future. India seems to be living with a colonial mindset.

I dont see any connection of the Indo-US nuclear deal with the 1971 Bangladesh war. This deal is just a major cop-out.

India nuclear deal should be scrapped, regardless of the outcome of the Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting, and regardless of whether or not it results in the fall of the Singh government in India. India's future depends on the full development of its thorium-cycle nuclear power capacity. "The U.S.-India deal, insofar as it prevents the full exploitation by India of the thorium fuel cycle, is, in reality an anti-nuclear deal. It was a rotten deal from the outset, and it should be set aside, regardless of the short-term political consequences in India or the United States.

"no nuclear energy cooperation agreement that inhibits India's rapid and full development of its thorium reactors is acceptable. Thus, the U.S.-India deal should be tossed in the garbage can. If there is to be any U.S.-India bilateral agreement, and if the Nuclear Suppliers Group is to ratify such a deal, then it should be in the best interests of both nations, and clearly this agreement, as currently proposed, is very, very bad for India. T

Earlier when the supposedly leaked letter came into limelight , I (perhaps most of us did that),why our country is still pressing so hard for the deal. Why ????
Now the deal is finely done and this has ended the nuclear deadlock after 37 years . Hope this deal will be better for India but still one question remains unanswered - Even after this if India goes ahead for testing, what would be its impact on the deal?

I think the NSG waiver and the India-Global Nuclear Deal ( rather than Indo-US nuclear deal) is a significant achievement of Dr. Singh's government. Before a few days, I actually was a critic of this deal. After some reading and these news discussion and analysis, i came to realize that it is not after all as bad as BJP and the LEFT claim it to be. In short, it is a milestone in our foreign policy. Full credit to the government and our negotiating team. However, the whole discussion on the NSG waiver during the WEEKEND EDITION by Mr. Rajdeep Sardesaai was ironic and funny !

Mr. Kapil Sibbal (Congress) was as arrogant as ever. Perhaps, he didn't mean it. Let's give it to him. His argument about Dr. Kalam still makes me laugh. He urged others to respect Dr. Kalam and his opinion on the deal. He went on to say Dr. Kalam was their Joint-choice as the president of India. What suddenly happened to that choice during the re-election of Dr. Kalam to the president's office? Mrs. Patil was their choice then. I don't have anything against Mrs. Patil, but i'd have personally wanted to see Dr. Kalam again in the office for another 5 years !

Mr. Chandan Mitra (BJP), along with D Raja (CPI-M), was still in a denial mode. In fact, they don't have any choice. After opposing the deal so strongly for a long time, they cannot overturn and start supporting it now. It will only make them look stupid and confused. So now even if they feel the deal is in our interest, they can't do anything about it.

During the whole discussion, Mr. Parthasarathi and Mr. Walter Anderson sounded the most sensible of all !

I believe all the politicians are the same. Even if we have an honest man as our PM, i am not sure how efficiently he can deliver considering PARTY POLITICS and Other Hurdles.

BJP and Left are completely on the wrong end of this. And history will prove it.

i think this deal is very important for india. all those people who think that india will become dependent on USA for technology should just look at examples of Arjun tank and LCA . it is true that we have able to take great strides technologically but we still need co-operation with the other countries of the world. as regards to nuclear energy not being a clean source of energy. i think that it is the best source available right now which can produce large amounts of electricity. wind and solar energy still need some amount of research to be done.

Hitherto our foreign policy has been with complete consensus. But this deal has vertically divided the consensus if almost equal number(of course a little less due to your cash for vote) of Members of Parliament opposing the deal on one or the other counts. Only time will tell as to the acceptability of such deal by a vast moajority which was not convinced to fall in line.

This is how the democracy has been redefined. Now it is "democracy is a government for the people" against the usual definition of "Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people."

The nuclear waiver can be considered as biggest victory for the emerging India. When will the BJP and Communist raise above dirty politics for national development ? I suggest CNN IBN newsroom must talk to more technical people on their shows rather than politicians like D Raja who spoil the debate and take it wrong way.