The Harvard Crimson now reports that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will not be speaking at Harvard this September.
The Indian Express wrote last week that, following a phone call from University President Lawrence H. Summers, Singh accepted Lamont University Professor Amartya Sens invitation to speak at the University.
Why the reversal? What gives?
Well according to an article on Rediff.com:
The Indian Express had also reported that India's ministry of external affairs had advised the prime minister not to speak at Harvard as the timing of the lecture would clash with bilateral negotiation appointments. The article had that MEA officials felt that a "meeting with Summers, who was treasury secretary in Bill Clinton's Democratic administration, could jeopardise relations with the current Republican White House."
Sigh. Will things never change?
