I dropped by a lunch held by Rwanda’s envoy to India today and was struck when a Rwandan diplomat said, “Last year we were the embassy of Rwanda. Today we welcome you as the high commission of Rwanda.” Read more

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Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Britain, Commonwealth, Commonwealth revival, embassy, High Commission, imperial history, Mozambique, Rwanda, Rwanda's envoy to India, Rwandan diplomat
The remarkable decline of Britain in the average Indians’ consciousness over the past half century is quite dramatic. It is not based on any hostility to Britain. Read more

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Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, July 30, 2010 at 12:19 am
Filed under World · Tagged 1948 British Nationality Act, Britain, Commonwealth, emigration, HINDUSTAN Times, immigration, Labour Force Surveys, Margaret Thatcher, migration, news, tabula rasa