Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam ( All the world is a family)

 I heaved a sigh of relief, thank God, I belong to the Heart of India the state of Madhya Pradesh, once part of the infamous BIMARU states, now proudly boasts of the cleanest city in the country since last seven years on the trot. I have always loved my birthplace and the state that I belong to, I am sure most of you too would be equally attached to your native places. But this is not something which we go about shouting from rooftops, but today I actually was tempted to do it. There is a reason for this elation, after all no other than Mr Sam Pitroda has bestowed this honour of being true blue Indians. Now don't be a spoilsport by quoting his exact statement, but if you insist, the North East people are Chinese, Western part are Arabs, Northerns are Whites and Southerners are Africans, so where does that leave us the Hindustan ka Dil obviously he meant we are the only original ones, rest are well ...leave it at that. Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda, aka Sam Pitroda himself is a Gujrati born in Odisha, no wonder his looks are a little mixed up between an Arab (West) and Chinese (East) although Odisha is not classically South but then some African link too is visible, remember Gondwana.

But then we misunderstand Sam, he is an evolved person, in a state of Nirvana, on the lines of Nityananda, the Guru with his own United State of Kailasa; pearls of wisdom which emerge from them are worth their weight in Gold. They must keep at it and we must seek an IPR on these gospels as someday we could convert it in actual gold and distribute it to address the concerns of inequality and inheritance at the same time. 

Sam is a true believer in Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam,   'all the world is a family' philosophy and so he dives deep into the hearts and souls of his countrymen and discovers these hidden traits which we inherited when our ancestors were the citizens of the Gondwana Super continent which comprised Africa, India, Australia, Antarctica and South America some 200 million years ago. We have all been taught about 'Unity in Diversity' as the hallmark of our nationhood, but then these days the diversity has assumed the pole position and there are diverse number of views on how diverse are we. religion, caste, creed, gender, language, region, food and what have you. Here Sam was just making an honest attempt at bridging this divide, in his Yankee way by simply making the differences more international as that would at least look classy and not desi. Unfortunately he forgot that the foreign hand which was the bogey in the 70s is still not  welcomed with open arms, so how naive of him to expect a Jadu ki Jhappi.

He is also a proponent of Yoga and practises it religiously, especially one particular asana, the "Pad-mukh-asana"which when translated  in simple English is "Foot in the Mouth" syndrome. All his gaffes over the years are characterised by this unique asana which he has mastered over the years. His cup has runneth over, enough damage for this round. Until next time, Sam, not sure what salutation would please him, African or Chinese so sticking to good old French Au revoir!