The Obama Visit

Finally the hype of the Visit of one of the most illustrious figures -the US President has started to fizzle out and many analysts have started to put up their opinions on the pros and cons of the Visit.
As usual the high profile Visit was given wide coverage by the media and a lot of talk made the rounds about the advantages that would be bestowed on us by the US President.
The US mind you,has not yet come out of recession and 600 billion dollars has been pumped in recently to boost the sagging morales.Much of these would flow into the Indian Stock Markets(keeping in mind the current boom) which would negate the intention of the US Economists & Planners.
The US in the late 1990's had denied India the transfer of technology for Cryogenic engines for its rockets fearing that the same would be used for developing Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles.It went ahead and black listed institutions like ISRO & DRDO.
Under the able guidance of Prof.Abdul Kalam India successfully configured the Super Computer and even launched multiple satellites
using a single rocket at a fraction of the cost incurred by the European Sales Agency/Ariane Space.
This incident left the US red faced and by the time they realised their folly they had already lost millions of dollars in potential future business.
The moment he left the Indian shores Obama equated Pakistan & China with India as Partners and refused to acknowledge the handiwork of Pakistan which closely works with terror Organisations with a Single Point agenda to destabilise India.
The Mumbai Police too had to bear the arrogant tactics of the American Intelligence who had accompanied the US President but the issue was downplayed as usual by the Indian Govt.
The one positive trend which emerged by this visit was the Pedestrians were able to actually WALK on the footpaths!!
The illegal markets at Fashion Street too was cleared for a couple of days which brought down the traffic snarls to a certain extent.
Many areas particularly in the City were brushed up for the event,potential trouble makers were shifted out of the city and traffic was smoothly regulated.
Some times we the Citizens of Mumbai wish that such dignitaries make a trip once a year so that the adminstration(BMC & the Police) are on their toes and the city appears to have a polished look.
Jai Ho!!