The global media has missed an interesting detail in the Sunday Times Rich List published this week. It is the remarkable rise in the fortunes of several Indian and Indian-origin entrepreneurs whose names ought to be much better known in the UK. Read more

The death of Margaret Thatcher has set off celebrations among her opponents, these in turn attracting a torrent of criticism from her supporters. Read more

The biggest danger to peace in the world is post-Cold War smugness – that much is evident from the largely cynical response to the mounting threats emanating from the North Korean dictatorship. Read more

There is growing pressure on Britain and other leading members of the Commonwealth to move the venue of the next Commonwealth summit away from Sri Lanka. Read more

The continuing protests over the rape, sexual torture and death of ‘Damini’ have made headlines around the world – the reports and commentaries have been near-unanimous in their support of protesters. In Britain the debate is fierce. Because Britain claims to know India so well, it appears to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the protests. Read more

There is a danger that the momentum generated by the protests against the Delhi gang rape will slip into something quiet and self-satisfied because the Lt Governor, back from his holidays, has announced some measures to make Delhi a safer place for women and girls. Read more

One of the ‘facts’ trumpeted by the anti-abortion lobby in the wake of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar’s death in a Galway hospital is that Ireland has the lowest maternal death rate in the world. It is said to be one death for every 100,000 live births, which is an enviable record indeed. Read more

The recent public ceremony honouring the martyrs of the 1962 war, 50 years after the event, ought to prompt many more such acts. Indians deserve to know the names of all Indian armed forces and security forces personnel who have been killed or are missing presumed dead since independence. Read more

The swiftness with which British authorities have moved to arrest and charge suspects following the attack on Lt Gen Kuldip Singh Brar in London is a reminder that British attitudes towards extremists who indulge in violence have hardened over the years. Read more

If you ignore, for a moment, the ideological and strangely opportunistic protests by the BJP-CPM combine, you will find that in the long run they are irrelevant. Recent studies of high growth economies show that although the Indian economy took a hit from the global financial crisis, it is on course to becoming the 3rd largest economy in just over 20 years. Read more