the hotelmotel business and several people had a physician who was an indian students were becoming deans so all that helped the critical mass was already there while the political momentum had taken over everything converged together we sold it as a glass which was 65 full and 35 empty a little catchy we had the moral authority so all that helpedq how did the indian government helpa they wanted to get active but we did it independently the indian government had hired a lobbyist but the key thing was a combination of all factors we had more on the table the jobs that we created the deal was our defining moment we also sold it as a civil rights issue in that the npt was more an emotional issue and people were really impatient about itq the democratic party prevailed in the recent elections how far do you think they will tilt towards indiaa well india is a strategic alley no question about that we also want indians not to be stuck in the cold war era they also have to see the glass as 90 full and 10 emptyq would hillary clinton is running for presidenta yes she would be running for presidentq if the democratic party wins the next elections how do you think they will deal with indiaa its quite clear you can see it in the voting pattern of the indous nuke deal where 86 voted in favour of the deal in the house and the senate just 12 senators did not vote for the dealq it has always been seen by every lawmaker and the people here in india that even though the us tries to court india there is always pakistan lurking somewhere how will the democratic party be different from the republicans in dealing with the two countriesa well the democratic party has been quite blunt with mr musharraf when president clinton spent five days in india during his visit and spent just one night in pakistan that in itself was a message i think the democratic party would be quite firm in bringing democracy back to pakistanq finally how do you see indous relations panning out nowa i feel the next seven years would be critical there would be in american terms a lot of good pitches thrown at india and it is important that india catches them i see an american lou dobbs laughs in the future who says well it is terrible all the americans have come to india and taken the jobs of indians that will be the ultimate there is surely going to be a lot of trade more exchange will occur a certain group of americans would love to come here in india and maybe even settle and learn hindi here