Premji is a truly great Indian and we should all be proud. Once he was interviewed in the US and asked if muslims were discriminated against in India. He countered by asking if it was possible for him to have risen to where he was had there been discrimination (of the sort that is potrayed by the overzealous media - words in brackets mine).
RE:atleast
by sri on Sep 12, 2007 03:39 AM Permalink
It's much more than that. It is about true secularism, it's about being Indian, its about high-minded thinking,
So how many muslim billionaires are there in Catholic America!????
Jealous..... I think the west and Pakistan are jealous that Muslims, Hindus and all major religions are thriving in india due to its overall democratic and inherently tolerant ethos!
RE:muslim billionairres...Oh Please!
by balaord on Sep 12, 2007 09:12 AM Permalink
Hello moron, the biggest contribution to MIT (100 million dollors was given by a Muslim CEO and scientist )
Do you know youtube is cofounded by a Muslim?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawed_Karim
Do you known the technology VP of Microsoft is a Muslim? http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/jawadk/default.mspx
RE:muslim billionairres...Oh Please!
by mohd sajid on Sep 12, 2007 11:46 AM Permalink
hahahahahah do you think they will like to convert or you can make them conver. never you r foolish
you foolish hindus, you take pride in premji (Begani shaadi mein?) and do you know what happens to your brothers in Paki and bangla. I know an industrial house in bangladesh (probably shehgal industries ?!) was forced to convert to Islam. No one rises beyond a chaprasi mostly. And our all assuming cheap ragdhips take pride in collecting their prises by discrediting own community. Have you ever seen a muslim intellectual or secularist ( ! ) condemning their misdeeds? Oh you hindu stuppids.
RE:You foolish hindus..
by mohammed ali on Sep 12, 2007 11:05 AM Permalink
he bro just think, i country/ company which promotes, hires the employee on the basis of his cast religion where it will go you can can see what is hapening to them becouse of there act where htey are going ? just see hter GDP growth and ouers and ask your self which one is correct way of living life ?
RE:You foolish hindus..
by Vijay Palyath on Sep 11, 2007 08:23 PM Permalink
So how many muslim billionaires are there in America!?
Jealous. I think the west and Pakistan are jealous that Muslims, hindus and all major religions are thriving in india due to its inherent tolerant ethos!
RE:You foolish hindus..
by praveen jain on Sep 12, 2007 08:56 AM Permalink
hey dear mr pandit.... we are indians first....religious may be next.... and thats why we are happy for premji...
and i dont give a damn about how pakistan treats there people....the people living in pakistan (whatever religion they belong )are there citizens and not ours...
IT IS DUE TO INDIAS BASIC CULTURE THAT PREMJI (CONVERTED MUSLIM LIKE MOST INDIMUS ) CUD RISE UPTO THIS LEVEL. FOLLOW BINLANDEN AND BECOME YACOOBS . FOLLOW FREE AND FRIENDLY SPIRIT AND ANYONE CAN RISE LIKE PREMJI. IT IS NOT ISLAM BUT BASIC HINDU CULTURE BLENDED WITH THE REST. I AM PROUD TO BE A HINDU AND AN INDIAN.
RE:RE:It is due to Indias basic culture,
by Rohit Bhanot on Sep 12, 2007 05:19 AM Permalink
rah rah rah. i love myself and i love every characteristic that describes me. i am proud to be myself. gosh, God is so fortunate to have me.
Azim Premji is an inspiration for Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Americans, Australians, Russians and Trofmovs of the world.
It is so wrong to say that he does not flaunt his Muslimness - India does not flaunt Hinduness - in fact it keeps on hiding its Hinduness. It keeps placating other communities for no known reason excepting a deep set feeling of inferiority or indebtedness - both misplaced.
Azim Premji, Abdul Kalam, Zakir Hussain, Azharuddin, Nawab of Pataudi, Shahrukh Khan, Shabana Azmi, ... all receive well merited adulation in India - this is as secular as any nation can be. In fact there is no "more secular" country in the world. 7 centuries of moghul rule should have left a lot of scars in the Hindu psyche - but it did not.
Regarding poverty of muslims - you will find the same % of poor Hindus in India - perhaps more! While muslim poverty is being talked about, poverty among Hindus is not talked about in religious tenor - it is talked about as general poverty. For every act of terror against muslims, you can quote 10 acts of terror against Hindus ( who take it lying down ).
All people would do a favour to India if they keep dividing Indians further on religious and caste lines. Caste and religion have their place and it should not be exploited by everyone to the deriment of India.
Once again - Azim Premji is a great inspiration - not just because he is successful in a grand scale - also because he is a very upright businessman who has proved tha
RE:Azim Premji, an inspiration
by Mahendra Pandit on Sep 11, 2007 08:08 PM Permalink
Raghvendra, you are right, absolutely.
The whole reason for india"s being is to see that muslims dont feel bad, muslims prosper and Hindus?, oh they can remain poor, as always, they are enslaved people. So much enslaved that they cant digest freedom. Even they support the islamic upliftment as their own cost.
ALSO IF A PAKISTANI or BANGLADESHI MUSLIM IS POOR NO ONE SPEAKS OUT THERE.
It is wrong to label successful Indians by religion and start analyzing their Muslimness. We saw this with Pres Kalam when some people despite his open indifference to Islam were clamoring to make a Muslim out of him. Premji would be in the same category. Its only celebrities like SRK or AR Rahman who even wear Islam on their sleeves. Chances are with little Hindu openness these gentlemen would have completely aligned with Hinduism.
