At the base of the mainmast, full beneath the doubloon and the flame, the parsee was kneeling in Ahab's front, but with his head bowed away from him; while near by, from the arched and overhanging rigging, where they had just been engaged securing a spar, a number of the seamen, arrested by the glare, now cohered together, and hung pendulous, like a knot of numbed wasps from a drooping, orchard twig.
China is now Indiaâs top trading partnerâand one of its least liked. Some of China's mountain of imports into India. India and Chinaâtwo massive, neighboring Asian emerging economies, each home to over a billion peopleâare on the way to forming one of the worldâs largest trade relationships.
The bilateral relationship has a history of being influenced by US policies towards Indiaâs neighbors; Indiaâs policy of non-alignment; and its relations with the erstwhile Soviet Union. Relations between India and the United States started to improve after the end of the Cold War.However these shifts came to a halt in May 1998 when India (followed by Pakistan) conducted nuclear tests and the US imposed wide-ranging sanctions.elations between India and the United States started to improve after the end of the Cold War. However these shifts came to a halt in May 1998 when India (followed by Pakistan) conducted nuclear tests and the US imposed wide-ranging sanctions.