by Harish Gupta, National Editor, Lokmat Group
India's nuclear malady is a spin-off from global politics. After 2004, it became clear that, for evolved democracies like the US, it is no longer possible to send troops to foreign lands, the political price of even a single citizen's life being unbearably high. So, with the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in the background, the American leadership began paying a lot of attention to fixing the riddle canon that is South Asia, and specially that of India.
