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Mystery of Indian-born foreign stars

Should we not be creating roles in India for the talented?

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ILLUSTRATION: AJAY MOHANTY

Ajit Balakrishnan
How many of us Indians wished some days ago we caught a glimpse of Winston Churchill turning in his grave at Saint Martin’s Churchyard in Oxfordshire, when Rishi Sunak was elected Prime Minister of Great Britain.

And with that news came a flurry of social-media messages from friends across India: “Did you know Indian-origin persons head Google and Microsoft”, and when I impatiently pointed out that being part of India’s technology sector, how could I not know that, I got another series of messages: Did you know that the Prime Minister of Portugal is an “Indian boy” and I bet you
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