Indians need no longer worry that their country has 'made it', when The Times of London advises Chancellor of the Exchequer and Prime-Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown to pay heed to New Delhi's new status on the world stage as he headed out east in mid-January. Things have come to such a pass with the rise of Great India that The Times leader writer is quite unabashed on the need for Britain to court India: "He [Mr Brown] also has to deploy charm to convince India's leaders of how much they have in common with what used to be described as the 'West' in the Cold War era (when Delhi affected neutrality). Tony Blair has spent much of his time in office seeking to make Britain a 'bridge' between Europe and America. Under Mr Brown, Britain can also be, and should want to be, a bridge between India and America." Note: Brown is being asked to act as bridge not between Asia or Southasia and America, but India. Okay, we get the message!
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Interesting idea. Madyee.com is a consumer-report website that has just been launched in Pakistan, and visitors do their own ratings. Though many of the products are not yet rated – Chhetria Patrakar went straight for PIA but found no one had dissed it yet – there is enough indication that the site will prosper. Good to see that the site also goes crossborder, and so there is a consumer report on the Govinda starrer Amdani Athanni Kharcha Rupaiya: "The performance was not too good but this movie can be seen once." Expectedly, Shoaib Akhtar has got good reviews, as has Air Blue, Pakistan's energetic private airline. For Aamna Shariff (and CP does not even know who she is), there is no review in on her yet. Let's Google her. Okay, she started her career a few years ago with the teleserial 'Kahiin To Hoga', where she plays the role of Kashish. "Viewers were roped in by her immense talent and charming personality. A designer's dream – Aamna brought to television the latest trends of India." Aha, so that's where she gets all those nifty outfits!