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Tag: India

What is a British Indian?

26 June 1944. A fanatical assault by the Japanese on Imphal, India. If they break through here, they break into … More

British Empire, India, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, UK India Business Council, Vallabhbhai Patel

As the British Chancellor readies to visit India

Strolling through the Palace of Westminster, the mother of all Parliaments, reveals a fresco which British Prime Minister David Cameron … More

Britain, David Cameron, East India Company, Government of the United Kingdom, India, Thomas Roe, UK government, UK India Business Council

On Patriotism: Real and Irrelevent

Like me, you probably watched the cricket last summer. Although born in England, I feel I have earned the right … More

Cricket, England, ICC, India, Pakistan, Sexual slavery, Sports, Washington DC

Why Invest In India? The Overview – another economic America.

Never before has any country outside the US had as many of its corporate leaders in the Forbes Rich List … More

British Empire, China, Gujarat, India, Japan, Tata, UK India Business Council, United States

Political Will Is A Rare Commodity

I found myself last week debating on NDTV with Shashi Tharoor. ‘Why does India have so many malnourished children?’ I … More

Asia, Canada, India, Loomba Trust, Politics, Prime Minister, Shashi Tharoor, United States

Pakistan and Cameron

Remember David Cameron’s first visit to India – how happy the Indian’s were about his statements about Pakistan? Leave aside … More

Britain, Cameron, David Cameron, India, Intelligence Bureau, Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

From the Commons to Oxford to the Holocaust– why care about India?

Which buffoon would in the present climate seek to defend MPs? Who would be that foolish to ask for instant … More

European Parliament, India, Leicester West

From Founding Fathers Patel to Gandhi

Recently I visited the home in Delhi where Gandhiji spent his final day, the home in Gujarat where Sardar Patel … More

Gandhiji, God, India, iPod, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Richard Attenborough, United States, Vallabhbhai Patel

From the White House: British schools need to teach more history of India

I watched the President of the United States from the White House speaking in Hindi, to welcome the Indian Prime … More

Albert Einstein, Britain, East India Company, India, London, Obama, UK India, United States

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