India-U.S. ties steady despite nuclear impasse.

It was hardly the stuff of which a staunch U.S. ally is made.

Opposition in India to a landmark nuclear deal sparked vocal anti-Americanism from leftist parties, who said the country was in danger of becoming a U.S. poodle. That rhetoric may be further emboldened by the government's apparent climb-down on the deal. [...]

"The heart and soul of the U.S. relationship is private investment," said Teresita Schaffer, South Asia program director at the U.S.-based Center for Strategic & International Studies.

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