Who would have thought that the son of a tea vendor at Vadnagar railway station in Gujarat will one day dine with the British Queen and address a crowd of 60,000 people at Wembley Stadium? Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister, did just that. True to his words and in response to the orchestrated campaign mounted by AV and GS, he announced the start of direct flights between London and Ahmedabad from next month. I am sure that I heard him rightly, when at that point in his speech, he referred to CB as his friend. He also announced a revamp of current the visa system.
Narendrabhai has also promised to eradicate India of corruption, nepotism, violence against women, poverty and many such vices that are at present endemic in India. We sincerely hope that he will now fulfill these promises too.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
