Germany has been somewhat late in waking up to the potential of India, but now it’s pouring. Close on the heels of a large participation of German companies at the Auto Expo and at the World Book Fair came German President Horst Koehler and his wife Eva Luise, bringing with them a high-powered delegation.
The proactivity has in many ways been triggered by the presence here of Ambassador Thomas Matussek, an old India hand who was press counsellor here 25 years ago.
The city’s glitterati was there in strength at the residence of the ambassador mid-week, savouring a staggering fusion of German and Indian cuisine to symbolise the waltzing ties between the two countries which have decided to have “intensive ties across the board”.
In the nearly 20 years since Germany’s interest in India was spurred by its economic reforms, Indo-German trade has grown 400 percent, or an average of 22 percent year on year.
