Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi is seen by the Americans as a place to watch for a “new generation” of Left leaders who “will use relations with the US, Indian foreign policy, and growing conflict over globalization to solidify Left party gains.” Cheekily dubbed “The Kremlin on the Jumna,'' JNU gets prominent billing in leaked internal American diplomatic communications as a centre of the Indian Left's soft power with a “politically and intellectually charged” student body.