The people connection I sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accompanied on his visit to India by a large delegation drawn from the defense, cybĀ er, and agricultural sectors; he inĀ tends to boost trade, investment, and tourism between the two naĀ tions. This year, Israelās Ministry of Tourism will spend $5Ā6 million in India in a bid to boost tourism to Israel. The goal is to have one lakh tourists visiting Israel in 2018. Once distant When I was growing up in Kolkata in the 1950s and ā60s, India had virtually no relations with Israel. I remember a singular exception: an Israeli school friend of my brotherās who was sent to study at La Martiniere. His father was postĀ ed in Nepal on deputation to the Air Force. Yusef would tell us coĀ lourful stories of life in...