PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN
I am reproducing the article, sent to me by my niece, Minna, ( Ritu Juneja ). Hope you will like it.
Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp) ?
A. Rajiv Gupta
Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of
the today's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dahm
Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?
A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim
Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at
6 th position now.
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1
web based email program)?
A. Sabeer Bhatia
Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the
creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
A. Arun Netravalli
Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,
responsible to iron out all initial problems?
A. Sanjay Tejwrika
Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?
A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.
Q. We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America ,
even faring better than the whites and the natives.
There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (15% of population). YET,
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are! Indians.
Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were
recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD
HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA .
1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC.
More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60
subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was
one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of
education.
4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable
language for computer software.
5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty
striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was
once the richest empire on earth.
7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago.
The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained
the concept of what is now k! nown as the Pythagorean Theorem. British
scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's
works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European
mathematicians.
9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India . Quadratic
equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest
numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used
numbers as big as 10 53
10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America , up until
1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion
amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Pr!
ofessor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
13. Chess was invented in India .
14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health
scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract,
fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in
ancient India .
15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers
over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu
Valley ( Indus ValleyIndia in 100 BC.
Quotes about India .
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which
no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein.
India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech,
the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand
mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.
If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living
men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the
dream of existence, it is India .
French scholar Romain Rolland.
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries
without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih
(former Chinese ambassador to USA )
ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.
BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India
that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our
potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining
and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to
follow.
I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA .
Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.
Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp) ?
A. Rajiv Gupta
Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of
the today's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dahm
Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?
A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim
Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at
6 th position now.
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1
web based email program)?
A. Sabeer Bhatia
Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the
creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
A. Arun Netravalli
Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,
responsible to iron out all initial problems?
A. Sanjay Tejwrika
Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?
A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.
Q. We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America ,
even faring better than the whites and the natives.
There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (15% of population). YET,
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are! Indians.
Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were
recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD
HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA .
1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC.
More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60
subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was
one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of
education.
4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable
language for computer software.
5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty
striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was
once the richest empire on earth.
7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago.
The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained
the concept of what is now k! nown as the Pythagorean Theorem. British
scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's
works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European
mathematicians.
9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India . Quadratic
equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest
numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used
numbers as big as 10 53
10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America , up until
1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion
amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Pr!
ofessor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
13. Chess was invented in India .
14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health
scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract,
fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in
ancient India .
15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers
over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu
Valley ( Indus ValleyIndia in 100 BC.
Quotes about India .
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which
no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein.
India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech,
the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand
mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.
If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living
men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the
dream of existence, it is India .
French scholar Romain Rolland.
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries
without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih
(former Chinese ambassador to USA )
ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.
BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India
that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our
potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining
and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to
follow.
I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA .
Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.
posted by vaneet kundra at
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
5 Comments:
Dear Vaneet,
Great facts revealed! Kudos to your niece, Minna( Ritu Juneja)for consolidating and putting them together. As she says, it's only the tip of the ice-berg, there are many more such laudable achievements of the Indians. It is really a matter of great pride for all citizens. Un-ambiguous and clearly defined goal setting,perfect planning and organising resources, dedicated efforts in implementation with close monitoring and review of resources and effort, total commitment to the cause, faith and belief in the self and the almighty and persistent fire in the belly to achieve the goal will definitely achieve even an impossible task, generally percieved to be. Can such a goal for restoring the social, cultural, moral and human values that this great and highly blessed country, by over 360 million Gods, had had centuries ago, but seems to be depleting by the day, be made with firm resolve and worked on? That would make us all much more proud to be an Indian.
I am not sure how old your niece is, but i foresee a follower in your path and i am reminded of the saying, "Honhar Birwan Ke Hoat Chikane path"
Cdr Khilari,
I think you should join FRNV, foundation for restoration of national values. FRNV needs committed and patriotic people like you. They plan to open 100 chapters all over india as per my phone talk today and Amritsar chapter, may also open in the near future.
It is appreciable to see this post. It is making rounds in the mails. But one thing many fail to notice. We may be proud to be Indians and be very patriotic and feel elated when we know other Indians are at the helm of some organization. This post too is the same. But if you notice, not one of the people whose names are in the quiz are working for the betterment of India. They're all abroad and doing work for americas and help India in no way. They're successful, but we need not use these people as role models. THey're bad role models actually, leading to brain-drain and also bad western culture amongst us.
Dear Harru, rebel,
This is your 1st comment on the blog perhaps. thanks. The system in India is so corrupt, full of red-tapism, lethargy, bribe and what not. I have a friend In USA who came to ludhiana for a project of approx. 20 crores. It was a high-tech project and only love for his country, brought him to india, otherwise he was interested in Vietnam as the Vietnamese Govt. was giving dirt cheap land, incentives and soft loans too, but he still preferred India. After going from door to door for about 6 months, he was so frustrated by corruption in bureacracy, high land prices with no incentives. He left India and put up the same project in Vietnam in record 8 months time. He is so happy from Vietnam, that he has told his friends, not to ever think of India and he has been instrumental in bringing his friends to Vietnam instead of India. Who lost ? India lost, just because of corrupt bureacracy and politicians. Tell me, who will be interested to put up a project in India, if this is the case. Regarding jobs, same is the case in India. Working conditions are so good abroad, that no Indian wants to take up a job in india. But after the recession in the west reverse brain-drain has started and lot of Indians are getting back to India, even at lower pay scales, because you never know in west, while you go next morning to your office, a pink slip may be lying on your table. But in India, things are still better off. Actual recession is still to come to india.
Its such a proud moment for us indians when we read articles like what minna wrote...indians are going places all over the world. The best doctors , scientists , IT,S in usa today are all indians.
list is endless...
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