During our visit to IITB for ground breaking (Bhoomi Puja) for KreSit, I was honored at the US Consulate in Worli. It was a big event hosted by US Consul David Good. That was the last time Ann went to India but Raj-Ann and Ben fell in love with India!
David Good soon left US Foreign Service and joined Tatas as their man in Washington DC. It was strange running into him DC at an event!
Jawahar Lal Nehru was the first prime minister of Independent India. He served from August 1947 till his death in May of 1964. He was Mahatma Gandhi’s chosen favorite. He spoke for all Indians when he gave his “Tryst with Destiny speech” on the eve of the independence:
Mauritius is an Island in South Indian Ocean, about 300 miles off the coast of Madagascar. It is an odd former British Colony that mostly speaks French and is almost 80% ethnic Indian. It is interesting to see Indians greeting and speaking to each other in French. It has a population of a little more than a million. On average, a Mauritian is three time as a rich as an Indian.
Chidanand Rajghatta wrote a book called “The Horse That Flew” during the dotcom days, and wrote a chapter on me titled “The Godfather”.
It captured the mood and the hype of the time. With his kind permission, you can read the chapter on me below: