Comments on: What does Nobel for Obama mean for India?

By: jk

jk — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:52:31 +0000

if obama can able to resolve the tibet freedom then he is great and india also can sign for nuclear weapon it is the first china who need to stop a mind of occupying other nations and make dictator rules.

By: Neo Zeon

Neo Zeon — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:58:12 +0000

Nobel committee should explain why they choose Obama, if they can explain it will clear the air and we at least know the real deal.

By: jason

jason — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:16:12 +0000

Nothing.

By: avatar

avatar — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:31:05 +0000

SeshadriIt appears you are not aware that from Nehru to Vajpayee all the PMs went to UN showcasing the global disarmament, citing the discriminatory laws (included in both CTBT and NPT) and, understandably, the P5, as ill representative as it is, shoved it under carpet. Now that some self assertive nations went ahead with their pursuit to arm with WMDs, world started to realize the futility of the same. Worse,the prospect of WMDs falling into the hands of nonstate actors (Pakistan a case in point) looks more horrific and a sense of urgency took over.The age old Indian stand will become official UN policy in near future. The disarmament and denuclearization was a resolution India wanted UN to adopt since the beginning of nonaligned movement. Sadly, indias slogan is hijacked, it is prudent to table the resolution as indias. On a realistic note, no country will divulge from the ownership of the WWMDs.The Obama award is irrelevant to India, why should India care about the Nobel prize anyway when the committees are so biased or ill informed, I would ignore the Nobel prize.

By: vivek

vivek — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:18:43 +0000

kautilya, I was about to post what you posted. next topic suggestion for reuters bloggers ” what does obama’s suit mean for india ? “

By: S.Seshadri M/s Lawconcern

S.Seshadri M/s Lawconcern — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:19:45 +0000

1.I was so glad to hear that Mr. Barack Obama had won the Nobel Prize for peace.2. Until recently I was under the impression that Nuclear Weapons capacity was integral for the security of any nation.3. Now I feel that India, which is the land of Gandhi should lead in renouncing nuclear weapons and all nations too should renounce nuclear arms as these are horrific weapons that are capable of destroying the humankind.Instead all nations can strive for improving the lot of the poor and disadvantaged people as progress on technology and financial fronts have benefited only less than 5 % of total population on Earth.

By: Bhuvanesh

Bhuvanesh — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:27:53 +0000

I think that President Obama already has made his views on nuclear disarmament quite clear — pushing the Senate to ratify the CTBT, and then pushing the remaining eight countries (China, North Korea, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, and Pakistan) to ratify it and for all nuclear-armed countries to commit to disarmament (of course, it goes without saying that no country will disarm unilaterally, and that disarmament also involves regional issues that must also be resolved). I don’t see how getting the Nobel would influence his policies.

By: Amit

Amit — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:21:09 +0000

Check out:Peace Laureate Obama: Questioning the wisdom of his Acceptancehttp://pravinsheth.blogspot.co m

By: Vipul Tripathi

Vipul Tripathi — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:35:49 +0000

A Russian politician observed that the prize was a reaction to the Bush era and its neo-conservatism. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20091009/156410 411.htmlThe prize affirms Obama’s liberal policies, both when standing on their own and especially so when compared to Bush, who is described by some as the friendliest U.S. President India has ever had.Now if you read Mehta’s piece, I have linked to, you might see Indians don’t get on too well with the U.S. liberal establishment.How is Obama going to react to this unexpected and at this stage even unwelcome honor is going to have a bearing on which policies he espouses and which he implements (and which he discards etc. etc.)Many Americans are wondering if the Nobel is going to influence him and how.You can sample some of the letters written to New York Times here:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/o pinion/l10nobel.htmlThat has a bearing on every country.And that’s why it is a question.

By: Kautilya

Kautilya — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:32:36 +0000

Is that even a question? Why is it relevant? I can not believe Reuters is publishing this type of discussion. This blogger should find some real work.