Did somebody say ‘foreign origins’?

I have always found it amusing, this discussion on Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origins. She is an Indian citizen and obtained this citizensh...

I have always found it amusing, this discussion on Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origins. She is an Indian citizen and obtained this citizenship legally, yet people have a problem with that. The law as it stands today does not debar her from holding any elected office. Must the law not be respected?

The world, in any case, is a globalising world. Just see the rush at the airports. Everybody, for whatever reason, seems to be leaving town. They are headed for New Zealand, Australia, Canada, UK, USA, Germany, Middle East and, if possible, outer space.

Some of our erstwhile Indian brethren are now sitting as MPs in Canada’s parliament. One was a prime minister in the province of British Columbia. Persons of Indian Origin have been elected to high posts in Guyana, Trinidad, Fiji, Singapore, the UK, South Africa, the US, and several other nations.

Then take outsourcing. All those call centres mushrooming all over the country. Indian kids suddenly speaking with foreign accents. Are they not betraying their roots by pursuing such activity? And what about cricket? Isn’t it an Englishman’s game? Shouldn’t we be quibbling about cricket’s foreign origins, now that we have a foreign cricket coach as well?

3 Indians killed, one injured, 5 rescued in Mozambique boat accident

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Three Indian nationals were killed and one was injured in a boat accident off the coast of Beira in Mozambique. Five others were rescued and the Indian High Commission has extended their condolences to the families. The mission is coordinating with local authorities to locate the missing 5 Indians.

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