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In reply to the discussion: Indian official: Diplomat's arrest in NYC barbaric [View all]smitra
(290 posts)See here: http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-the-devyani-khobragade-saga-is-yet-to-unravel/20131219.htm#1
Quote: " ...The removal of barriers around the US embassy in Delhi is not directly related to the Khobragade incident.
It now appears that the parking slots allotted to Indian diplomats in Washington were removed some months back. Despite repeated appeals by the mission, nothing was done. So India decided to open the barricades around the US embassy in Delhi more as a tit-for-tat measure..."
Reciprocity is standard operating procedure in diplomatic issues.
Also, since you say that you have the "facts straight", let me present you with some more facts, presented in the context of your earlier query about how many Indian buildings have been truck bombed.
1. No US diplomatic premises in India have ever been truck bombed. The closest that anything resembling an attack on US embassies/consulates was a gun attack on security guards at the US consulate in Calcutta (Kolkata) in January 2002, resulting in the deaths of Indian policemen.
2. In 1993, many prominent buildings in Mumbai (Bombay) were bombed, including the stock exchange and a major shopping mall. I have a friend who lost her husband on that terrible day.