Rishi Sunak is as Indian as Barak Obama is Kenyan. He is born and raised in Britain. Neither Sunak becoming the PM suggests new found multiculturalism of UK. In spite of proving his competence as a Chancellor during pandemic through sound economic policies, he was sidelined by an incompetent white person- Liz Truss.
Think for a moment Rishi acting in a manner Boris Johnson did- partygate scandal, lying to Queen. Tolerant and race neutral British people will rip him off.
And there are many PIOs like Rishi at top political posts- Kamla Harris (USA), Leo Varadkar (Ireland). But that does not mean India has some kind of advantage when it comes to bilateral trade and security relations. Rather, Sunak has recalled Suella Braverman to Cabinet whose remarks few days back about Indian diaspora in UK are quite unfortunate.
To me, all these PIOs holding top political and professional posts in foreign countries reflects failure of Indian economy in retaining best talent within the country. In addition to economy, backward infrastructure, conservative social attitudes and politics dominated by caste and religion are among factors that we have to witness many Indian CEOs, PMs, VPs in USA, Europe and across the world than in India.
However, I believe that this whole story is beginning to change. India is rising and it is rising rapidly.
