Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

its a very good read....but the last line is significant ...do we
agree ...i dont...but anyway read on

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Twenty-five thousand years ago, haplogroup R2 characterized by
genetic marker M124 arose in southern Central Asia. Then began a
major wave of human migration whereby members migrated southward to
present-day India and Pakistan (Genographic Project by the National
Geographic Society; http://www.nationalgeographiccom/ ). Indians and
Pakistanis have the same ancestry and share the same DNA sequence.
Here's what is happening in India:

The two Ambani brothers can buy 100 percent of every company listed
on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and would still be left with $30
billion to spare. The four richest Indians can buy up all goods and
services produced over a year by 169 million Pakistanis and still be
left with $60 billion to spare. The four richest Indians are now
richer than the forty richest Chinese.

In November, Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex flirted with
20,000 points. As a consequence, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries
became a $100 billion company (the entire KSE is capitalized at $65
billion). Mukesh owns 48 percent of Reliance.

In November, comes Neeta's birthday. Neeta turned forty-four three
weeks ago. Look what she got from her husband as her birthday
present: A sixty-million dollar jet with a custom fitted master
bedroom, bathroom with mood lighting, a sky bar, entertainment
cabins, satellite television, wireless communication and a separate
cabin with game consoles. Neeta is Mukesh Ambani's wife, and Mukesh
is not India's richest but the second richest.

Mukesh is now building his new home, Residence Antillia (after a
mythical, phantom island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean). At a cost
of $1 billion this would be the most expensive home on the face of
the planet. At 173 meters tall Mukesh's new family residence, for a
family of six, will be the equivalent of a 60-storeyed building. The
first six floors are reserved for parking. The seventh floor is for
car servicing and maintenance. The eighth floor houses a mini-
theatre. Then there's a health club, a gym and a swimming pool. Two
floors are reserved for Ambani family's guests. Four floors above
the guest floors are family floors all with a superb view of the
Arabian Sea. On top of everything are three helipads. A staff of 600
is expected to care for the family and their family home.

In 2004, India became the 3rd most attractive foreign direct
investment destination. Pakistan wasn't even in the top 25
countries. In 2004, the United Nations, the representative body of
192 sovereign member states, had requested the Election Commission
of India to assist the UN in the holding elections in Al Jumhuriyah
al Iraqiyah and Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan. Why the Election
Commission of India and not the Election Commission of Pakistan?
After all, Islamabad is closer to Kabul than is Delhi.

Imagine, 12 percent of all American scientists are of Indian origin;
38 percent of doctors in America are Indian; 36 percent of NASA
scientists are Indians; 34 percent of Microsoft employees are
Indians; and 28 percent of IBM employees are Indians.

For the record: Sabeer Bhatia created and founded Hotmail. Sun
Microsystems was founded by Vinod Khosla. The Intel Pentium
processor, that runs 90 percent of all computers, was fathered by
Vinod Dham. Rajiv Gupta co-invented Hewlett Packard's E-speak
project. Four out of ten Silicon Valley start-ups are run by
Indians. Bollywood produces 800 movies per year and six Indian
ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10
years.

For the record: Azim Premji, the richest Muslim entrepreneur on the
face of the planet, was born in Bombay and now lives in
Bangalore.India now has more than three dozen billionaires; Pakistan
has none (not a single dollar billionaire).

The other amazing aspect is the rapid pace at which India is
creating wealth. In 2002, Dhirubhai Ambani, Mukesh and Anil Ambani's
father, left his two sons a fortune worth $2.8 billion. In 2007,
their combined wealth stood at $94 billion. On 29 October 2007, as a
result of the stock market rally and the appreciation of the Indian
rupee, Mukesh became the richest person in the world, with net worth
climbing to US$63.2 billion (Bill Gates, the richest American,
stands at around $56 billion).
Indians and Pakistanis have the same Y-chromosome haplogroup. We
have the same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely:
M124). We have the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence. Our
culture, our traditions and our cuisine are all the same. We watch
the same movies and sing the same songs. What is it that Indians
have and we don't?

Indians elect their leaders.
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....The writer is an Islamabad-based freelance columnist. Email:
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