I'm a bit confused.....We have been giving India sheds load of aid for years and years and continue to do so, yet now we have to go like beggars, cap in hand, for a slice of India's upcoming business boom.

Rather than grovelling, shouldn't we actually be DEMANDING our money back, instead of the typical British act of having to feel guilty for past mistakes in this part of the world?

I'm now reading that we are going to contribute to building massive infrastructure in India yet still we don't see anything coming back from their side, bar the usual take, take, take.

World's gone crazy....

you're an idiot

You certainly are.

What do you think of the Chinese by the way - and I don't mean the takeaway down the road.

There are plenty of things for which to blame Cameron.
A trade mission to a BRIC country, especially India, with whom we still have strong links, isn't one of them.

especially if it ends up in a deal to buy Hawk and Euro Fighters, securing many jobs across the UK.

Especially if we can open call centres here and phone them claiming our name is Ranjit.

Spot on. Whilst there may be issues around sending aid to a country with nuclear weapons and a space programme (but in my view why punish those in need) I don't see how anyone could be critical of a PM attempting to gain trade ties and investment from another country.

I hope he stays in India.