> I read it; all to the good for India. However, it is budget battle season in
> the US Congress and the scare-the-crap-out-of-them strategy is in full force
> in the fight for $s. Lots of Federal departments and trade associations [who
> like to socialize the risks/costs and 'privatize' the gains from R&D] have
> taken the Pentagon's strategy [which is to a large extent the US' industrial
> policy] to heart..............
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Thanks for the cautionary note! The return-to-India phenomenon has been noticeable for quite some time, though. There are even web sites devoted to it: check out www.return2india.com, for example.