The Editor is in India. As ever, first arrival is a shock of the vitality of the country, even at 2 a.m. There are a lot of people, all seemingly in movement at once in a cacophony of colour and noise. Even knowing the temperatures would be in the 30s, when coming from England’s attempts to reach 15, the first gulp of warm, humid air fills the mouth, nose and lungs with a reviving mixture of balmy flower scents and acrid traffic fumes.

Ah, I am back!

Picture One:

President Obama has lost friends in Bangalore.

Bangalore, in case you are not aware, is the IT centre of India. The city has experienced amazing growth in the past decade, with call and data centres being a major part of the picture.

Obama’s speech on his proposals to create jobs included removing tax breaks for jobs that are outsourced from the US—despite assuring other countries at the G20 that he was against protectionism. His words, according to the reports here, were ‘say no to Bangalore and yes to Buffalo’. There were protests on the streets.