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Mr Nadella's open letter to Indians


Dear countrymen.
On Tuesday ,February 4,2014,the software giant announced me as their brand new CEO .before I could react and celebrate this news ,my fellow Indians like always went crazy ,singing paeans in my name and nationality.
Twitter,facebook and so called intellectual media was remembering me as if they have known me since childhood.
So I decided to pay my gratitude to my country and my countrymen, I take this humbling opportunity to pay my sincere regards to the system.
I owe my success to the great Indian education  system .because of this vivacious system ,I had to leave for US to find new opportunities and to make myself count .the ruins by Indian education system was so much that it took 22 long years stay in US to plug the holes'Ruins were so deep that rebuilding took time.
I was from Manipal University,had I stayed in India I would have become a wasteful resource. Here until you are from top notch institute or have good source one doesn’t become a success.
That’s the dictum that works in India. Indians believe that places define people, however in US people define places.
Also I owe my success to the web of coaching circuit in the country .Here student as young as in standard 6 is programmed to chase dream IIT or dream CPMT,CA. Parents ignore and bury their child’s invaluable talent .The so called gyan gurus at coaching centers make sure “kids learn(as Mr. Joseph rightly says in ‘serious men’) all the formulas of every chapter on the planet before they learn how to masturbate”.
Indians has this hysteria to celebrate Indian origin success. Frankly speaking, here in America we respect talent and individual geniuses .We respect individuality .Every child is unique and is respected not just those who tops the class.
Here we believe in producing top class talent, unfortunately in India they believe in manufacturing class toppers .I would like to tell my Indian fellows the caboodle of toppers disappear soon. Their superficial sheen evaporates too. Its originality, talent, leadership that gets you global, recognition.
My next gratitude is to-the pompous craze of grand prizes in India. We waste our time in holding panel discussions over who should be given Bharat Ratna.
Instead of focusing whether young could be Bharat Ratnas are getting scholarships and early encouragement so that they reach places in their respective endeavors.
To mention Indian express Big picture story by Bharat Sundarsan on Anil Gaurav .That says in India to succeed you need background. 'Background is everything'. I regret how may tendulkars , Einsteins ,Roys ,Mistrys  died because they never had background to nurture their talent .Government was too corrupt and indifferent to provide social infrastructure to hone talent and skills.
I hope after reading this you people would not go gaga over any Indian origin making noise at the global scene.
You should not just get enraged over US’s strict rules .underpayment of domestic help is crime, may be in India it’s a custom.
US might be cruel, arrogant, dominant, but we Indians need to learn this thing from US, it respects talent and encourage talent through great platforms not just TRP ridden reality shows. US provides opportunity and equal treatment to every student.
 It might be then that every Indian stands out on the global shores.
Thank you
Yours defiantly
Satya Nadella

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