I'm sure the 'old school' purists would say "jolly good thing too", but imagine taking your Ford Fiesta for a service to be told it needed four new horse shoes all round.

BBC: Our medieval medicine

But it remained distinctly non-committal about taking part in a round-table conference with politicians of all stripes called by Mr Singh for later this month in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-ruled Kashmir.

ECONOMIST: What peace process? Kashmiris are entitled to ask