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Students, former diplomats, researchers from think tanks, and others eager to further explore the Indo-Australian relationship filled the room. Among them was Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, who in his address lauded the book as “elegantly crafted” and delving into issues that have “preoccupied” both nations since the 1950s. “Cricket used to be a sport that Australia played against India. But today, Australia’s best cricketers play in the Indian Premier League,” Charlton noted at the launch of his book Australia’s Pivot to India in Delhi’s India Habitat Centre last week. “The Indian diaspora has not just...