Lobby for India

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message from the owner of the Lobby for

India website, India together.

 

 

http://www.indiatogether.org/us/lobby.htm

 

Lobby for India Objective

Dear Friends,

 

We are at the crossroads of international partnerships.

The Cold War is a fading memory, and while military

power remains important, economic and cultural

structures around the world are increasingly

the true foundations of cooperation.

In this regard, India and the

United States could not be more alike.

Although in economic terms India is only

now experiencing the early stages of

economic growth, many of us are optimistic

that this path will lead to the kind of

vibrant and responsive economic structures

that now support American markets.

Alongside this economic parallel is the

natural bond that flows from being the

planet's largest democracies.

 

What role can Indian Americans play in

ensuring that these opportunities grow to

their full potential, so that the nations

of our past and future can be brought closer

together? Is it possible that our hopes for

such an outcome, if expressed appropriately

and with conviction, will ensure it?

What are the strengths, the tools,

we can bring to such an effort?

Who can we speak to in voices

that will shape this destiny?

 

I believe that positive answers exist

to these questions, and we can begin

looking for them among the common

structures of our two societies.

Let's begin with freedom. We are

used to thinking of freedom in ways

that benefit our material lives, and

in terms of ideas we have always been

exposed to. So we support a free press,

civilian authority over military affairs,

the judicial system, our rights to our

property, and so on. But freedom is also a

powerful weapon; having given ourselves the

voice to express our will, we can then use

it to further our interests. Both in America

and in India, the democratic nature of our

political institutions and the media's

natural affinity for those institutions

must be used beneficially.

 

I propose that ethnic Indians in the United

States regularly write to our representatives

in the U.S. Congress, indicating to the occupant

of the congressional seat our concerns for India.

We must be heard in the corridors of power,

and for that to happen, we must speak to

those who would act on our thoughts.

Every representative in Congress must

be made aware that the support of ethnic

Indian Americans and future American citizens

at the voting booths is at least partly

contingent on the voting records of congressmen

and women in matters relating to India.

 

On these pages, Lobby for India will help

make your voices for a strong relationship

between India and the United States heard with

purpose and conviction. We hope that you will use

the links and the information we provide to

participate with vigor. Together, we will

fulfill both the promise and the obligation

of our free societies.

 

http://www.indiatogether.org/us/lobby.htm