Comments on President Barack H. Obama's address to the Indian Parliament on November 8, 2010

President Barack H. Obama

I think it takes a lot of courage and humility for a President of the USA to say that he is there as president because of Mahatma Gandhi. It was also very nice that he mentioned Dr. Ambedkar and also spoke about that India is not just an emerging power, but a power that has emerged. However, we also need to hear what he said about India being a bit docile in the international forums (this was in reference to Burma). We need to understand as Indians that if we are truly a "global power" we need to start acting like a global power and not restrict our critical foreign policy statements to Pakistan.