Hindu Industrial Complex
It’s the perfect confluence of events: Immense buisness opportunities in India for American multinationals; the heightened geopolitical importance of India in the "war on terror" and as a check against Chinese hegemony; and the emergence of a univocal Indian-American lobbying arm comprised of rich to very rich Indian-Americans. Welcome to the Hindu Industrial Complex. The brown men have been invited to the back rooms…for now.
For India, which wants the U.S. Congress to approve an accord allowing it to acquire nuclear technology, it helps to have friends in high places.
Top executives at J.P. Morgan Chase, General Electric and Boeing are among those lobbying lawmakers to approve the agreement - a demonstration of the rapid emergence of pro- India groups as a political force in Washington.
The effort has already yielded results. Last month, after hearing pleas from the companies, U.S. business groups and Indian-American business executives, House and Senate committees overwhelmingly approved the outlines of the agreement, which would give India access to power- plant technology from companies including GE
