In reply to seankenny:
Time is a great healer, this is why I wonder about how long the Remberance services will persist in the UK, and why they persist, as a child of the 60s, whilst I did not live during WW2, it was very real for me, for my children, less so, for my Grandchild, who knows?
I have met Indians and Pakistanis for who partition is a real sore point, but oddly the first thing I discuss is not partition or the Koh I Noor, generally its the weather.
I will soon be spending 8 weeks in India and doing some long journeys on trains, and maybe some of these topics will crop up, as Indians for sure will ask me some probing questions.
I am sure Anita and William are acting to the crowd, but I believe them when they say the Koh I Noor is an important thing to Indians, Pakistanis etc, but perhaps not front and centre.
It was rather weird in Kalymnos and Kos the other week, do you know, not one Greek I met asked me for the Elgin Marbles back, I was convinced the border guard was going to bring it up, met some German climbers to, and we never mentioned the war or the World Cup.