‘The model of development in India is well rooted because it comes up from the bottom’

Shekhar Gupta, Columnist Indian Express, 26 Jan 2011

I’m at the residence of the UK High Commissioner in Delhi and my guest is the incredibly versatile minister, Vince Cable, a senior member of the UK Cabinet and also an accomplished economist whose work sets a benchmark for understanding the global credit crunch. I have been to India around 20 times and this is the second time I have been here as a minister. I love coming to India. I’m here this time following up the Prime Minister’s visit in July with a trade delegation, trying to build trade and investments in India.
Shekhar Gupta: You are a son-in-law of India, in a manner of speaking.
Vince Cable: Yes, I could say that. I was very happily married for 35 years. My wife has died but we have an Indian extended family. We have family in Goa and Mumbai. I love coming back, meeting them again. I do consider this a second home.

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