Consigning Tebbit to history, unleashing the Diaspora Dividend

    2020-08-20T07:00:20+00:00July 26th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – July 2019|

    By appointing the most ethnically diverse Cabinet in history, Boris Johnson has consigned the ‘Tebbit Test’ to history. He must now unleash the true potential of Britain’s diaspora communities, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. A few weeks ago, we witnessed the greatest game of cricket in history. England beat New Zealand in a nail-biting finish to lift the World Cup. Throughout the tournament, India were the favourites, only to be beaten in the semi-finals by New Zealand. [...]

      A defining UK-India partnership against protectionism

      2019-06-25T14:32:32+00:00June 25th, 2019|2019, Special Edition – June 2019|

      In a world shaken up by the emergency of climate change and headwinds of protectionism, the UK and India have a chance to prove how their combined force for good can set the pace for a rules-based global order. India looks poised to overtake the UK as the world’s fifth-largest economy this year, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections for the year ahead, as a Brexit-worn Britain loses some of its economic heft. Some of these significant shifts in [...]

        A personal rapport between Modi and the next UK PM will be crucial

        2020-03-20T09:17:23+00:00June 25th, 2019|2019, Special Edition – June 2019|

        The new incumbent at 10 Downing Street must pick up on the missed opportunities flagged by the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee report, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. As the famed British philosopher and activist Bertrand Russell lucidly put it – war does not determine who is right, only who is left. What the UK has faced in the last few weeks and months is a form of political warfare that has been quite brutal at times. [...]

          India seeks a better Britain-Europe fit

          2018-10-31T13:22:34+00:00April 12th, 2016|2016, March/April 2016, Putting it in context, Year|

          Uncertainty is the only certainty in these uncertain times. That is the reality of the European Union (EU) today. And that is a worry for the region and for a globally engaged India. Global events compounded by economic and physical insecurities within member states are threatening the EU’s very existence. It is quite obvious that the EU is changing and changing fast; yet, no one really knows what a transformed EU might look like in a year’s time. Prime Minister [...]