A reasonable analysis but largely one sided.
I hope you understand that, in any major deal there are bound to be trade offs affecting all the parties involved.
Though I agree completely with those who say that Nuclear power alone is not a solution for India's increasing power crunch, I also believe that all the phobia surrounding Nuclear tech. is mostly unsubstantiated. Whether we like it or not there are only three major sources of bulk energy in the world and they are either fossil fuel based, hydroelectric or Nuclear fission based. India has very limited resources of fossil fuels. Petroleum reserves are scanty and coal reserves are being exploited to the fullest extent. Hydroelectric power has some potential in India but most projects are delayed due to several reasons like environmental considerations, unpredictable monsoons leading to fear of flooding.
India already imports most of its oil from abroad. Major suppliers of this oil include the Arab countries and other middle eastern countries. There is severe shortage of oil in the world and whatever is available is a monopoly of a few countries who can easily tailor the supply and demand of oil through OPEC.
India today faces a severe power crunch. Such shortage of power will hurt India in the long run. It is estimated that if India needs to maintain her glorious economic progress then she will have bridge this tremendous supply shortage of power.
The only solution left is Nuclear power. Now this power can be either generated independently or through external help. It must be noted that India does not possess sufficient Uranium to generate the required power. Hence, it is simply a waste of time, effort and resources to pursue research in Uranium based reactors.
On the other hand India possess world's largest reserves of another nuclear fuel called Thorium. It is estimated that if India can develop a reactor that can run on Thorium then we will have enough power for 2500 years. Extensive research is being carried out in the country to develop Thorium based reactors. This is a very complex tech. But we can be proud about the fact that we possess the most advanced tech in this field. Also, nuclear scientists around the world concede to the fact that India will be the first country in the world to develop a functional, commercial Thorium based reactor, if ever one is produced.
Unfortunately, this research is bound to take some time. In the meanwhile the power shortage can not be overlooked. It is also important to note that the target of 20GW of Nuke power set by India was set long before the nuke deal materialized.
Hence, I will say that nuclear power is very important for India. Whether the Nuke deal with US is good or bad, I can not say because all the backdoor trade offs are not public yet. But at the same time I will also say that, Nuclear trade for India with other countries would not have been possible without this deal. At least whatever is said on paper about the deal just shows that we got a big bargain. What happens later, only time will tell. But I can assure you one thing that a govt. that risked a trust vote in the parliament for the deal, certainly hasn't sold the country.