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It will certainly ride it out, but India needs to attract investment. India has a very sluggish economy right now and needs to reassure foreign investors that this is a place that is a safe investment for their money. It needs to enthuse foreign investment, and that may just - this decision may create a delay in all of that.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Jonathan Karp, Wall Street Journal\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the biggest American investors in India, the energy company Enron, has in the past survived difficulties with a previous B-J-P government in building a power plant. \u003cbr/\u003eBut more projects are pending and the company is waiting to see if sanctions affect the deals, whose financing is still being negotiated.\u003cbr/\u003ePower Minister Rahul Bedi insists that India will ride out any adverse affects the sanctions might have on the economy.\u003cbr/\u003eHe said even if international aid agencies joined the U-S and others in holding back aid to India, his agency and others could find other funding.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"We are more than confident that even if the situation arises where multilateral agencies withdraw or communicate their intention to withdraw future assistance or even already-granted assistance, we would have no problems.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: P.R. Kumaramangalam, Indian Power Minister\u003cbr/\u003eThe number of countries announcing sanctions continues to grow.\u003cbr/\u003eJapan has suspended 30 million U-S dollars in grants, including, officials said, funds for modernising hospitals and fighting polio.\u003cbr/\u003eBadly needed infrastructure projects are also going to be hit.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd it will likely not be the government that will feel such ripple effects, but Indians living in the slums and poor areas who depend on such projects.\u003cbr/\u003eBut Indian officials say they are confident that even in the worst-case scenario, the effects are not going to be far-reaching.\u003cbr/\u003eDespite widespread condemnation of the government, it is still getting some sympathy for its position.\u003cbr/\u003eEven the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader who lives in exile from Chinese rule in India, praised India for asserting itself during a visit to the U-S. \u003cbr/\u003eBut Rahul Bedi with Jane's Defence Weekly says the international furor over the testing may be as much a matter of timing as a policy dispute.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"If they had done them (the nuclear tests) in 1995, 1996, then there would not have been such an international outcry because at that point, China - as well as France - were carrying out nuclear tests and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was under negotiation.  So if India had done so at that time, it would have probably gotten away with much less criticism than it has two years since.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Rahul Bedi, Jane's Defence Weekly\u003cbr/\u003eIndia is already incurring the wrath of international outrage over its actions.\u003cbr/\u003eBut from all appearances in New Delhi, many Indians are celebrating their government's display of military might in defiance of the rest of the world.\u003cbr/\u003eNew Delhi, India - May 13-14, 1998 and File\u003cbr/\u003eNew Delhi - May 14, 1998\u003cbr/\u003e1. Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and politicians\u003cbr/\u003e2. Manmohan Singh (left) and Prime Minister Vajpayee\u003cbr/\u003e3. Politicians pose for photos -- Manmohan Singh (blue turban), former finance minister for Congress Party, next to Prime Minister (Man in green on left of frame is from BJP, man to right of PM in white is Sharad Parwar (Congress party), and behind pillar is L. K. Advani (Home Minister, BJP)\u003cbr/\u003e4. Cutaway of security\u003cbr/\u003e5. Medium shot of politicians standing outside\u003cbr/\u003eFile: June 1995\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various of Boeing construction in hangar\u003cbr/\u003e7. Boeing plane coming towards camera inside hangar\u003cbr/\u003e8. Shot of Boeing plane taking off\u003cbr/\u003eNew Delhi - May 13, 1998\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jonathan Karp, Wall Street Journal \u003cbr/\u003eFile -- 1995\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various GVs of Enron power project \u003cbr/\u003eNew Delhi - May 14, 1998\u003cbr/\u003e11. Set up shot of news conference by power minister\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) P.R. Kumaramangalam, Indian Power Minister \u003cbr/\u003eFile\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of polio immunisations being administered\u003cbr/\u003e14. General shots of slums\u003cbr/\u003eNew Delhi - May 14, 1998\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rahul Bedi, Jane's Defence Weekly \u003cbr/\u003eNew Delhi -- May 13, 1998\u003cbr/\u003e16. 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