london rishi sunak who is set to be britains first indianorigin prime minister recently said that he wants to change the ukindia relationship to make it a more twoway exchange that opens up easy access to uk students and companies in indiaaddressing a gathering of british indian conservative party members in august the 42yearold ukborn indianorigin tory mp for richmond in yorkshire vowed to get the country through the difficult times of inflation and build a better safer britaina majority in the cheering crowd were categorical that sunaks indian heritage and ethnic minority background had no part to play in the contest to become british prime ministerduring an event hosted by the conservative friends of india cfin diaspora organisation in north london the former chancellor greeted the gathering with a mix of traditional greetings such as namaste salaam khem cho and kidda and even broke into hindi aap sab mere parivar ho you all are my familywe know the ukindia relationship is important we represent the living bridge between our two countries he said in response to a question about bilateral ties from cfin cochair reena rangerwe are all very aware of the opportunity for the uk to sell things and do things in india but actually we need to look at that relationship differently because there is an enormous amount that we here in the uk can learn from indiai want to make sure that its easy for our students to also travel to india and learn that its also easy for our companies and indian companies to work together because its not just a oneway relationship its a twoway relationship and thats the type of change i want to bring to that relationship he had saidthe ukborn son of indianorigin general practitioner father yashvir and pharmacist mother usha had spoken extensively of his migrant roots during the last campaign and also referenced making history by lighting diwali diyas at 11 downing street as the first indianorigin chancellor of the exchequersixty years after my naniji boarded a plane in east africa on a warm sunny evening in october her greatgrandaughters my kids played in the street outside our home painted rangoli on the doorstep lit sparklers and diyas had fun like so many other families on diwali except the street was downing street and the door was the door to no 11 said sunak in his campaign video a few months agothat personal story also extended to a visibly emotional reference to his parentsinlaw infosys cofounder narayana murthy and sudha murthy as he hit back at attacks on his wife akshata murthys family wealthim actually incredibly proud of what my parentsinlaw built he said during heated television debates over the past few monthsas a devout hindu sunak is a regular at the temple where he was born in southampton and his daughters anoushka and krishna are also rooted in the indian culturehe recently shared how anoushka performed kuchipudi with her classmates for the queens platinum jubilee celebrations