When US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice offered India access to its nuclear energy on Wednesday it came as a major surprise to many. Also a fact to be noted that it comes at the same time when other US officials are busy investigating Pakistan for its nuke leak. This was expected, but no so early. With this US has now made its weakness clear. Not only it has accepted the fact that it made a mistake by making Pakistan its strategic alliance but also it made its future plans clear of joining hands with India big time. Although it is very interesting to know that this announcement comes at the same time when India is supposed to comment on its FDI caps structure to the world bank in near future. US is not here to lose. It's only business when it comes to US.
For a long time the mental slavery has been playing a huge role in India's outlook. Not only finance oriented startegies but every singe strategy up to the date was planned making sure not to hurt the "big brothers" especially US. This offer from US is now an indication towards a fact that the scene is changing. Its now big b's turn to make sure not to hurt India.
Not to mention here is the fact that US is not doing all this just to please India. Increased FDI caps by India in its public sector can prove to be a big boost for US service industry. From India's point of view it would be much better to give access to China a helping hand for the colaborative investments in Indian public sector as soon as the FDI caps open out more. China is feared to be the biggest competitor of India in coming decade. In that case its always better to join hands with your competitor and make it your ally.
Nuke energy from US can also prove to be very important in that specific domain too. India is known for its genius brains which will really be stimulated with this news. With a little help from US nuke sector, not just weapons but a huge energy crisis can also be well dealt with.
In short a good news. But to be handled very carefully. And if done so then leave aside "Rice", India will also enjoy "Bush" in its evening meal.