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...Oscar-nominated “Lagaan.” The two, who met through dance and mutual involvement with the South Asian Association (SAA), are the dance directors of Ghungroo, an annual celebration of the many art forms of the Subcontinent. They have been practicing different forms of Indian dance since childhood. Rohini: “I’ve been doing dance since I was five. When I came here, I wanted to continue to dance. Ghungroo is a great way to learn different dance styles. Dance directing lets me become completely involved in every aspect [of the show...
...Ever since last July, when George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to an historic nuclear deal, negotiators have been working to finalize the arrangement. The big idea was that India, which has been a pariah in the world community ever since it announced its oxymoronic "peaceful nuclear explosion" in 1974, would agree to put its civilian nuclear power facilities under international inspection in exchange for being able to buy nuclear technology from the United States. The administration argued that the deal would bring India into some kind of international compliance, even if it had failed...
...Over the next eight months, American and Indian negotiators worked endlessly to give the Bush-Singh plan specifics. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, a career diplomat who has held senior spots in both the Clinton and Bush administrations, did much of the heavy lifting, traveling to India five times. But working out the agreement proved difficult. Of India?s 22 nuclear reactors, for instance, India originally only wanted to have 4 designated as civilian and covered by international inspection, according to a senior U.S. official. Eventually that number got up to 14. The rest are designated as military...
...Late Wednesday night, after Bush?s delegation arrived in New Delhi, Burns and National Security Adviser Steven Hadley met at the offices of Prime Minister Singh and continued their talks with Indian officials. Burns and Hadley took off at midnight to get some sleep while lower-level officials continued throughout the night. Hadley and Burns picked up again at 7 a.m. at Hyderabad House, a stately government building, where Bush and Singh were meeting. After Bush and Singh themselves pushed the negotiators to get the deal done, the final agreement was hammered out at 10:30 a.m., less than...
...Meanwhile, President Bush announced in a televised news conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that he would not be dissuaded from his upcoming visit. ?Terrorists and killers are not going to prevent me from going to Pakistan,? he said, ?this just shows that the war on terror must continue...