MADRAS, India -- It seems that India and the United States are finally on the same side. After years of mutual suspicion during the Cold War -- when New Delhi veered toward Moscow and Washington played the China card -- Indo-American relations appear set to follow a mature path and agenda.
This process might have occurred sooner but it was delayed by the 9/11 terror attacks on the U.S., which led Washington to lean toward Pakistan due to its strategic geographic location.
Following the recent signing of an agreement by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President George W. Bush, New Delhi is happy that Washington now recognizes its concerns with terrorism and has come close to accepting India as a nuclear power despite the fact that it has not signed international nonproliferation treaties.