The great betrayal, but in the good books of the USA

Historically, the Congress party has betrayed the nation. In 1947, it agreed to the Partition after initially refusing to allow any division of the country. Mahatma Gandhi, who had declared that the country would be ‘divided over his dead body’, didn’t raise a finger when the ‘surgery’ was done – with extensive bloodshed that marked the beginning of a catastrophe.
In 1948, the Congress government led by Nehru stopped our gallant forces from recovering lost territory in Kashmir, once again causing permanent damage to the country. In 1962, he befriended China and was taken for a ride by Chou En-lai with consequences known to every Indian.
Again in 1971 Indira Gandhi declared a unilateral ceasefire and ordered the winning forces to retreat when our army had almost approached Lahore. She also decided to cede the territory that was won by our army to Pakistan. What a betrayal !
Now in 2008, the Congress is ready to sell off the country to the USA by signing the agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency, exposing our nuclear research to inspection. This will infringe on our sovereignty. A pat on the back by George W. Bush means so much to Dr. Manmohan Singh, to the extent that he is ready to lead the country to dig its own grave.
Let us briefly consider a few points of the agreement. That it “ensures an uninterrupted fuel supply for our reactors” is a lie. A nuclear test will end the fuel supply under the Hyde Act.
The agreement envisages that India will have to identify and separate its civilian and military nuclear facilities. This is not possible precisely because our nuclear reactors are geared to serve a dual purpose. It implies that all our nuclear facilities will be considered “civilian” and will be under the IAEA scanner. Research on nuclear weapons will stop totally; or else, IAEA (read USA) will harass India in the manner suffered by Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
To stop nuclear research for defence (for example, the fast-breeder reactor in Kalapakkam) will increase the comparative strength of our not-so-friendly neighbours.
The fact of the matter is that the deal will lead to only a minimal increase in our energy-capability. But we will be in the good books of the USA and rest of the G-8.

The Golden Eagle

A man found an eagle's egg and placed it under a brooding hen. The egglet hatched with the chickens and grew to be like them. He clucked and cackled; scratched the earth for worms; flapped his wings and managed to fly a few feet in the air.

Years passed. One day, the eagle, now grown old, saw a magnificent bird above him in the sky. It glided in graceful majesty against the powerful wind, with scarcely a movement of its golden wings.

Spellbound, the eagle asked, “who's that?”

“That's the king of birds, the eagle.” Said his neighbour. “ he belongs in the sky. We belong to earth – we're chickens.”

So the eagle lived and died a chicken for that's what he thought he was.
So Don't restrict urself.. Come out of the shell.. Life'z urs! Cheers!!!