Agree. I only hope that the anti-India threads and sentiments expressed on FR dont represent the majority opinion of US at least as far as Indo-US relation is concerned.
Depends on what you mean by "majority opinion," GK. If you are talking about average Janes and Joes, most don't really care about India one way or the other. In certain IT-intensive regions, one might come across people who work with Indians or have collegues in India. Outsourcing is a topic of discussion too.
Now, I don't mean to suggest that Americans are not interested in other cultures. It is just that India is a relatively new quantity for them. Most Americans tend to be very open-minded about new people and cultures when they meet a foreigner like me. Of course, there are exceptions and idiots but these are far and few between (in my experience). In any case, every country has its share of nutjobs.
The Bush administration is very friendly and IMO we should look beyond the prism of Pakistan. While US support of the Paki koranimals is a source of frustration for India, we must understand their compulstions too (with the WOT). Personally, I see a great future for US-India relationships at the business, military, and policy levels.
I've only seen anti-India sentiments expressed by a few ignorameses who are really only angry at jobs lost to out-sourcing and anti-Christian activities by Indias own share of ignorant and/or violent Muslims and Hindus.
Perhaps I just missed the anti-India threads.