India and Pakistan

Why is everyone in the UK media making such a fuss of the 60th anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan? I don't remember the more prestigious 50th anniversary celebrations receiving this much coverage. I hope that the fact that India is now considered a 'superpower' hasn't got anything to do with it. Sucking up to a country when they get rich is bad enough but to then point out in every media report how many severely poor people in India aren't getting a share of that new wealth amounts to jealous sniping.