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'India, for those in the north, extends only from Mumbai to Kashmir'
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 11:55EST +0100 The story on President Clinton's meeting with the Katyal family was interesting. In fact, I had followed all your reports on the recent hijack crisis (IC-814) very closely. The entire coverage was excellent. Keep up the good work. Manali Rathi
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Tue, 21 Mar 2000 14:54:32EST +0530 I fully agree with the views of Krishna Srinivasa. It is not the politicians and other vested interests who are responsible for the positive developments in this country. The reason behind these developments is that people have realised that it is they who are responsible for the country's progress ultimately. And this is exactly what the Indian Americans and so many other faceless people in this country are doing --putting in their bit so that the country prospers. President Clinton's visit is the result of all this hard work. I am happy that the American government has recognised the merit of Indians. Prasad
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Thu, 20 April 2000 19:55:56EST +0530 President Bill Clinton's historic visit to India and the results of the talks between the two countries can be regarded as one of the great events of this new millennium. Clinton has appreciated our commitment to promoting international peace and fighting cross border terrorism. He has also understood Pakistan's involvement in nefarious activities and has appreciated the economic progress made by India. One hopes that the new and improved relations between India and the United States of America continues to strengthen and set an example to other democratic countries in the world. Ravi Prasad
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 03:58:09EST +0530 Your news reports are very lucid and extremely visual in content. One can actually picture the events merely by reading your stories. Gaurishankar
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 06:16:06EST -0600 We will miss President Clinton in the White House when his term comes to an end. It scares me to think of our choices and with the ongoing India-Pakistan crisis, we could well do with the strong leadership that he has been providing. Joan Sieren
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:26:47EST -0500 These guys need to grow up! Shailesh Trivedi
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 21:52:53EST +0530 The above report is excellent. Indeed, President Clinton's speech was brilliant and touching. No wonder our MPs became his fans! K Mohan
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 21:56:15EST I wonder why Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley, was not part of Clinton's itinerary. This is very much an Indian attitude -- disregard South India as if it does not exist. India, for those in the north, extends only from Mumbai to Kashmir. If this attitude continues, sooner or later, the southern states will want to be independent of the rest of India. Dr Murthy
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 15:33:27EST -0000 As an American, I thank you for your frankness. Bill Clinton is the best thing that has happened to America in many years. He is a true American, not one of those born-rich Republicans who think that they have a "right" to be President. Bill Clinton has earned that right. True, he is a politician and must compromise on certain issues, but he is also one with the people. Long life to him and his family! Patricio Canahuate
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 21:29:36EST -0500 Clinton is a politician, a profession which is lower than that of a lawyer's which in turn is lower than that of a used car salesman's job.
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:42:21EST -0500 I am disappointed to see how little importance CNN gave to Clinton's India visit. His recent visit to China received far more attention than his visit to India. Prasad Akavoor
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:07:40EST +0530 I have only one word to describe the photographs -- fantastic!
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 21:51:26EST +1100 That was a good, concise report. Well done! We look forward to more such reports from you.
Gopal Kamat
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Tue, 21 Mar 2000 16:46:25EST -0600
I am a native of Kerala. In my younger days I was proud of being born and brought up in a state where people are civilised. educated and
tolerant. But that was in the past. Now, even though it is known as God`s own country in tourism circles, it appears to be more like a devil's land where there are rapes, atrocities being committed on women by ministers and other high officials, barbaric killings of political opponents, strikes,
This is shameful. The hartal that was organised to protest against his visit has certainly done him or America no harm. If anything, it is India's and more particularly, Kerala's loss.
Rajesh M Gopinathapai
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Thu 23 Mar 2000 09:50:57EST +0900
A balanced article on Clinton which looks at both, his accomplishments and failures. Good work!
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:55:16IST
President Clinton's itinerary in India was disappointing. Like any average American tourist, he spent most of his time in the Golden triangle of Delhi-Agra-Jaipur. He praised the women of Kerala for their achievements but spent time in Rajasthan where the rate of female literacy is lowest in India and where cases of Sati still take place. He visited one of those "show-cased" villages and came away believing that women are treated well.
Western observers will remember the Malivada village in Maharashtra in the 1970s. One wonders if he asked the women in the panchayat what their views on Sati were. He talks of democracy and yet he chooses to spend his holiday time in castles of the past.
Bill, are you committed to democracy or is it a ticket to royalty as most politicians here believe? I think Mr President, you should have visited Kerala instead and spent time in the Kovalam beach, another favourite haunt of the average American tourist.
M K Vasudevan
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 11:54:40EST -0000
Clinton set an example for our Indian politicians. It is really very sad to learn about how C M Katyal feels about our ministers and scores of other social service organisations.
Now, whether this gesture by President Clinton is purely an effort
to understand the complexity of the problem or it was merely to drive home his sincerity in improving Indo-US ties will be worth studying when he returns to his homeland.
Mahesh
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:43:58EST -0500
President K R Narayanan is increasingly behaving like a rebel and is taking militant stands on various issues. This does not speak well for his image as a learned person. Rather than bringing maturity to his office, his utterances and actions are bringing disgrace to the office and to the nation.
In a massive welcome which Indian people offered the US President, the leftists' opposition was drowned. Probably that is why the Indian President felt like helping them a bit by publicly taking belligerent stand towards a visiting head of state. What happened to the philosophy of atithi devo bhava which was being dished out to the BJP and the RSS everyday during the Pope's visit?
I think K R Narayanan is a frustrated, grumpy, old comrade ever willing to spoil his government's initiatives in forging a good relations with USA.
Since when has the foreign policy become a job description of the
President's office in India? Narayanan should ensure that he acts solely on his government's advice and as per the Constitution. He is not a directly elected official and he must keep that in mind. The mandate to govern the nation is given to the Prime Minister and not to the President.
It is unfortunate that this President is ever willing to exceed his powers and ever eager to misuse the government's courtesy of not editing his every speech. I wonder if he has misunderstood the government's courtesy as a weakness of the prime minister.
It was not that Vajpayee and Jaswant Singh were bending backwards to
please the US president. At least on four occasions before and during Clinton's visit they clarified in clear but polite terms that India will not sign the CTBT in haste and will not roll back nuclear arms. The way our prime minister acted during this visit was admirable. He proved that he has a spine of steel and can at the same time be a warm and friendly person too.
K R Narayanan's angry and out of place outbursts should therefore be condemned by all. Such outbursts are certainly not in our national interests.
Mukund M Kute
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Wed, 01 Jan 2000 09:24:13EST -0600
Are you serious? Bill Clinton is the biggest liar the United States has ever had the horrible misfortune of having as a president.
Skip and Helen Richardson
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