Cable: we will respect Indian's ICT demands

[SupremeSpod]

Indeed it is surprising they don't given that we completely stripped the country of its assets and left it a basket case economically (thats why the railway was built, it wasn't a gift), left precious few educational insitutions of any worth, tolerated loads of famines under the Raj etc.
The stats are quite stunning - when Britain entered India it accounted for 25% of world GDP, when Britain left it was 2%.
I think its quite remarkable that they don't bear any bitterness.

Do you know what Hindu women do with a horse when it's been sacrificed? Ashvamedha

[sasguru]

Do you know what Hindu women do with a horse when it's been sacrificed? Ashvamedha

Fascinating but

[sasguru]

That's why the recent trip to Turkey was a smart move.

Yes and going to Brazil should be on the cards too. Maybe we could get some Brazilian footy managers over

[TimberWolf]

Do you know what Hindu women do with a horse when it's been sacrificed? Ashvamedha

I gave up after the bit where it said the horse has to be less than 100 years old Do the women have horse sex or not?

[dang65]

How many other countries have given India Carte Blanche access to their IT industry as in the UK.

I was in a meeting yesterday where a French guy was talking (in English, naturally) and got a bit stuck on the term "carte blanche" so he said, "Do you say 'carte blanche' in English? I think you do?" The other English person in the meeting immediately said, "No, never heard of it." I said, "Uh, yes we do!" "Well, I don't!" she said. Duh.

[Spacecadet]

Do the women have horse sex or not?

No, its only imitated

and the ceremony in full has only been performed a handfull of times

[AtW]

The stats are quite stunning - when Britain entered India it accounted for 25% of world GDP, when Britain left it was 2%.

GDP is a bulltulip metric - Chinese workers make expensive iPads working 70 hour weeks, this contributes fraction of GDP to China compared to what West gets because iPads sold for crazy money.

[Clippy]

Yes and going to Brazil should be on the cards too. Maybe we could get some Brazilian footy managers over

Was going to suggest that but I'm not sure we would be welcomed with any 'reverance'.

There is no shared history, that I am aware of, that could be 'leveraged' - admittedly, my historical knowledge isn't vast.

Also, it may not be a popular sentiment, but we really need to continue to actively establish links with Libya.

[sasguru]

GDP is a bulltulip metric - Chinese workers make expensive iPads working 70 hour weeks, this contributes fraction of GDP to China compared to what West gets because iPads sold for crazy money.

Yes but in the C17th there was no outsourcing. The GDP figures there refer to share of world trade.
And anyway you are working 70 hour weeks and there's no efffect on GDP or your bank balance either

[sasguru]

There is no shared history, that I am aware of, that could be 'leveraged' - admittedly, my historical knowledge isn't vast.

We introduced football to them. Nuff said.