Shikha Dalmia on the Big Showdown Between India and the U.S.

India and America are facing their
biggest diplomatic crisis since India tested a nuclear bomb two
decades ago. But this time it is over nothing so explosive. It is
about how America, thanks to New York Prosecutor Preet Bharara,
also of Indian origin, humiliated an Indian diplomat for allegedly
underpaying her Indian housekeeper. 

Although Indians’ national pride is disturbingly tied to how
their government officials are treated abroad, notes Dalmia, the
way Bharara conducted himself shows that he is less concerned about
foreign housekeepers and more concerned about his own moral
fanaticism.

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