Book tracing India-UK ties ‘from colonialism  to cooperation’ gets London launch

LONDON, Oct 25: A book that showcases India’s strides on the world stage against the backdrop of its transforming relations with the UK, one of its key allies, over the last seven decades was the subject of a special launch event here. ‘The Reverse Swing: Colonialism to Cooperation’ by veteran journalist and political commentator Ashok Tandon captures India-UK ties since India’s Independence in August 1947 to the current day, with a recently concluded Free Trade Agreement (FTA) set to significantly boost trade and economic cooperation. Organised on Friday evening by the Indian Journalists’ Association (IJA) in the UK, of which Tandon is a past president, the book launch and panel discussion reflected upon some of the important milestones that shaped today’s close partnership between b