The West should have realised long ago that it was bad diplomatic practice to rebuff Narendra Modi merely on the basis on allegations that he was involved in the 2002 violence. The latest re-think is thus welcome. In announcing that the United Kingdom would resume official contact with the Chief Minister of Gujarat and that the British High Commissioner in India would travel to Gandhinagar to call on Mr Narendra Modi, the Conservative-led coalition in London has ended an awkward diplomatic episode.