You're a big boy now

India (population; 1.2 billion) is on its own (or soon anyway), say the Brits (pop; 62 million), after only 65 years;

Britain will stop giving financial aid to India by 2015, the Government has said, marking a shift in ties between the one-time imperial power and its fast-growing former colony.

Politicians can be counted on to delay the obvious if there are interest groups affected, which should be a lesson...but probably won't be.