It is remarkable how quickly India’s ties with Britain have strengthened in the last few months in the wake of the major trade deal signed in July. Today, Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Keir Starmer are speaking of how the UK and India are natural partners; what kept the two nations from finding each other in the modern age must remain a mystery unless it can be surmised that the colonial hangover and mutual suspicions conspired for long to cause this hiatus.

It’s an uncertain world in which this high point in ties is being arrived at with the Trump factor probably a good reason even if the hard work of three years had seen the deal take substantial shape before the full US tariff effect struck India like bolts of lightning.

The British PM, travelling with the largest business delegat

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