Why India Now Prefers Kerry Over George Bush

By Siddharth Srivastava - South Asia Tribune Publications: "Kerry calls for more sensitive handling of India vis-�-vis Pakistan, with an emphasis on treating the two countries separately, a view that finds consonance here. He uses the familiar vocabulary of ending cross-border terrorism engendered in Pakistan and criticizes the manner in which US declared Pakistan a non-NATO ally without concern for Indian sensitivity; he says that Kashmir is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan; he talks of moving beyond a step by step approach in strategic thinking; much in Clinton style Kerry recalls a visit to India to participate in a conference of the world economic forum and says that any US President must visit the world�s largest democracy at least once during his tenure, a fact that Bush failed to do. "