Since taking over the running of the United Kingdom, the Conservative-Liberal coalition has been doing much to try and get its semantic on Britain’s relationship with India right. Initially, we were told that the new coalition government was interested in forging a ‘special’ relationship with India. By the time it came for the Queen’s iteration at the official opening of Parliament a few days later, the endeavour had been re-classified as an "enhanced partnership”.
As the mandarins and spin doctors each work to establish an acceptable equilibrium in terminology, David Cameron and his 90-member A-team have embarked on their Indian summer odyssey. That the terms of the economic relationship are today skewed in favour of India is today being publicly acknowledged by the British media. One can only hope that Team Cameron is able to find the right nuance for the partnership - not only metaphorically but literally as well. Otherwise, it will be much ado about nothing.
