Monday, April 27, 2015

India- Origin.... ?

I read an article....

"An Indian-origin scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has developed artificial human microlivers for drug testing, has won a prestigious... "
How we love reporting such things here...
  • Indian origin boy wins Nat Geo Bee Contest...
  • Indian-origin scientist wins $500,000 research award...
  • Indian-origin schoolboy in UK wins major physics prize ...
  • Indian origin musician Ricky Kej wins Grammy...
  • Indian-origin lecturer wins top nursing award


and the list goes on ... and on .... and on...
Then I read this
37-year-old Padmni Ray Murray, who is an Overseas Citizen of India or OCI card holder, is a lecturer from Bengaluru. She and her colleague Indira Chowdhury were visiting Nepal for a conference. The two were at Kathmandu airport at 5.30 this morning, queuing up to board a relief flight. But when it was her turn to board, Ms Murray says, she was stopped because of her British passport.

And few comments I read to this was as follows...
Srinivas | 20 hours ago
Isn't it opportunism to keep a British passport and then claim that she is India. If so, why do people don't want to just keep their identity limited to being a Indian national. The central government has been continuously doing good work, first in Iraq, Yemen and now in Nepal and the media seems to always look for TRP by highlighting such issues which is not a true representation. Hope the media learns to highlight what is appropriate to the level it is required.

  • Anonymous | 20 hours ago
    You are are a Brit, kindly accept the fact and except help from Britain not India..Indians should be aced first and be happy with your British passport if that helps you ..you guys become Indians when you need Indian help but in other case you are a Brit paying council taxes there ..enough of your double standards ...it's just OCI card which gives you only 6 months to stay in India nothing else
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and many such comments..... 

We enjoy the fame they bring when they succeed abroad... we enjoy the money they send, by their hard work abroad...

Hypocrisy .... thy name is pseudo-nationalism!


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