Reality Check writes,
This morning I turned on the TV channels here in India. Indians are going way overboard in claiming Sunita as one of their own. Are we suffering from such low self esteem that we try to appropriate an American woman flying on an American technological marvel called the Atlantis ? [link]
Sigh! One has to agree. There is something intrinsically wrong with a country which wants to claims foreigners as its icons despite playing NO role in their success.
If anyone has to be proud of Sunita, it has to be Americans. These shameless morons are just crashing the American party, promoted by the Indian media which has long taken leave of its senses.
And this in a country which has an extremely bad track record of honoring its own heroes.
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I totally agree. At best Sunita is a person of Indian Origin. India cannot claim a role in her success. It is the media that makes such big blunders.
We have enough icons and achievers in India to boast off and to be brought under the lime light. We don’t need to gate crash into another country to take credit for their achievements.
There is nothing wrong however, if we do rejoice on the success of the Indira Nuyis and truly Made in India IITians who are playing a significant role in the American achievements.
Unnecessary importance to NRIs by daughters and sons of India….wonder, what would happen if at least a 5% of this surge of energies is channelised into “how to eradicate poverty or how to dismantle regressive attitude towards women in India or how to curtail environmental crisis..”?
perhaps little Citizens of Indian, starry-eyed, have been the audience to a few interesting facts , such as :
- “I am half Indian and I have got a, I am sure a group of Indian people who are looking forward to seeing a second Indian, person of Indian origin, flying into space. So, it’s nice to know that everybody brings along with them a group of people from all over the world that get interested in space.”
-A letter written in Hindi by her father is among the few personal items Williams took into space
-Daughter n Dad bonding, dad, Deepak Pandya, an immigrant, is her role model
“He is an amazing role model because I think my accomplishments are relatively easy. When I think about someone leaving their home country and starting all over and becoming a success, it is amazing”
*most of us love to FAKE. I do Fake.
it is indeed astounding. Indians always to identify themselves with success and personalities remotedly connected with India.
A similar thing happened when Har Gobind Khorana received the Noble Prize. A lot of Indians claimed him as Indian. In fact, he couldn’t even find a job in India. He had to move to US to find research grant and eventually win the Noble prize. He was American when he did his research and won the prize. If he were in India, I doubt if he would’ve won the Noble prize.
uh jyo: by calling an american, an NRI aren’t you also doing what the media is
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Deepali
An “Indian American”, an American of Asian Indian descent…..someone born to someone who has immigrated to the United States from the Republic of India (dad Deepak Pandya, an immigrant)…..to be a part of
0.9% of U.S population!…..thin slices tend to show undersurface irregularity at times!
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And Whisky is bad for your mind. Hey just noted that this comment box underlines whisky while not whiskey. Bloody Americans.
Look on the bright side of things, we’re having people in India learn about space travel. They’re getting interested in space exploration, and indirectly that inspires them to take up science as a career option. In all of this, the catalyst is the very clever media coverage which is a boon to so many people in this country.
The Indian persona is characterised by “Chalayga” view to life – there is very small percentage of home India who want to see better in India – the majority unwilling view to change their “Chalaga” life style. This “Chalayga” style has can be seen in the manner the government is handling public affairs – in a “Chalayga” manner. Most of the building in India are in shambles – again the “Chalayga” view. There is no particular urgency from anyone to change thing because the historic “Chalayga” ambush their senses .
Indians do very well indeed when they are outside the “Chalaga” box as evidenced by how Sunita William’s desire to become an US elite.
The time has now come (although there were many previous occasions) for Indian’s to shrug off their “Chalayga” views and take on the task to challenge all services for a better one – including electing the right government, fight low and high level corruption, get up and do something … just like what other countries are doing, but even better so that we can turn to the world and say not “Star of Indian Origin” but “Star of India; home grown”.
Blessing Karan
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kaun bolta hai re ki sunita bharat ki nahi hai, gand mar lenge!!!!!!!!
finally lady came n blessed our part of mother loam (earth)…most times, she was seen smiling like a chesire cat, n with pleasant interruptions like waving at the crowds who were chaning something
saar, waving at the crowds is too western a concept.we, Indians, fold our hands n say Namaste or Namaskaram to other mortals.But I feel this gesture of Namaste, anyway, has been bastardised by political leaders….
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I am with you on this!