I recently saw Shashi Tharoor's interview on 'The Colbert Report' (probably the only one in India who's a Colbert fan)...and I must say, I was thoroughly impressed by the interview..For we, the Indians who are usually ridiculed for being the land of tigers and elephants, it was a relief to watch a globally recognized Indian sitting in front of someone who portrays himself as the ultimate American patriot (and would go to any extent to prove it) and discussing India in a brighter light...For five to six minutes that night, we all witnessed, not only the obvious respect Mr.Tharoor commanded over Stephen, but words like Amitabh Bachan, Shahrukh Khan and Brahmins being spoken by a devout American (surprisingly by maintaining the individual value of each of those words)...
We have earlier seen globally recognized Indians like Aishwarya Rai on Oprah who evidently received questions on Indian marriage system and how absurd it is and about Indians not kissing in movies and the way Americans found that ludicrous and similar idiotic questions...But, yesterday night, when I saw his interview and saw him not even giving Stephen a mere chance to look down upon him and Indian people in the entirety, even while talking about the existent caste systems and so on, was a complete relief. I'm glad that he is one of the pioneers in making a global Indian not different from the citizens of developed countries when it comes to individual intelligence and making a mark on a global scale.
Thank You again Mr. Tharoor for not giving in to the international media (or what Stephen would call, a chance to "nail" you)...It was truly an interesting interview and I would love you to return to his show with your next book..
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hi dee i havent seen tht interview.. cud u fofrward me the link if its thr on you tube or something... sounds like a good one
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