Monday, June 1, 2009

India my India

India has become a unique nation and its becoming a first post religious society.Let me count the ways. India has 70 % Hindu 11 percent Muslim and many other religions.Many people do not profess any religion.Many Indians consider themselves as belonging to all religions bar none.
  1. Most powerful person directly elected by people is Italian born Catholic Sonia Gandhi
  2. Prime minister is Manmohan Singh.Born in a town now in Pakistan.
  3. Opposition leader is MR Advani who was not only born in Pakistan and chose to stay there after the partition and Independence of India.
  4. Sheikh Abdulah A Muslim renewable energy minister,former chief minister, father of current chief minister from state of Kashmir has a son in law who is Hindu and is cricketer from state of Rajasthan and is a minister in the central government
  5. Panjab has a father and son team of chief minister and deputy chief minister Badal.
  6. India's first woman speaker (nominee)Meira Kumar is a daughter of Jagjivan ram a famous Dalit leader.She was IFS officer and is quite a diplomat.
  7. Their are 4 ministers from Tamil nadu belonging to one family.
  8. There are two mother son member of parliaments both Gandhi Belonging to two different Political Parties.
  9. India has first woman president.
  10. India's defense minister AK Anthony is Christian.
  11. Three former employees of this law firm all are members of parliament and went to Pune school of law.

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