The 75th anniversary of India’s Independence was celebrated across the world with pomp and show. While the Indian embassy in Russia unfurled the tricolour from a parachute, New York’s Times Square reverberated with the voice of patriotism as singer and music composer Shankar Mahadevan sang “Ae Watan”. Honouring its friendship with India, the UAE illuminated Burj Khalifa with the colours of the Indian flag and a flash mob was organised at the Al Ghurair Centre, Dubai. Several other high-rise buil