I read the messages in response to my column with interest ... Sohail's comments pretty much echo my own world view. India is beginning to shine, and as someone who is extremely proud and protective of India and my Indian heritage, even though my home is now undoubtedly the US, my motivation in writing this article was to strike a note of caution that pride has to be tempered with hard-nosed realism and a honest reckoning of one's own strengths and weaknesses.
