Young author and entrepreneur Hindol Sengupta wants people to join him in celebrating what he calls ‘the great Indian dream’.
“Like the great American dream, there is this great Indian dream that you and I must live with. It is happening right now. I want you to feel the magic of it. This dream is about all of us. In the last 25-30 years, something magical has happened — the per capita hope has risen; the per capital hope which cannot be measured, it is a feeling you wake up to every morning. The great Indian dream exists because of the per capita hope,” he explained.
Mr. Sengupta was addressing a meeting after receiving the Dr. Pinnamaneni and Smt. Seethadevi Foundation Award 2015, which he shared with flute maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, at a function in the city on Wednesday.Lacing his speech with several personal experiences, he sought to drive home the message that India was rich once and “we’ll be rich again”. “Indian dream is not just about money, it is about a wealth of philosophy, civilisation,” he emphasised.
He said his parents, who belonged to a modest middle class family, had moved to India from Bangladesh.
“They came with a dream to earn back whatever they had left behind. But for many years, it did not happen precisely because India had stifled our dreams. But not any more,” he reiterated. “We are in this unique moment where things have started changing. Change is upon us, if we do not open our doors to change, history will never forgive us,” he warned. Citing several practical examples to corroborate his theory, he said: “We have made a leap of faith in our mind. Change has already begun to happen in our mind and I can see a sense of fearlessness in people around. Please join me and celebrate this fearlessness,” he said amidst loud applause.
Mesmerising concert
Flute maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia mesmerised the people of Vijayawada city on Tuesday at a concert held on the occasion of the silver jubilee celebration of Dr. Pinnamaneni and Smt. Seethadevi Foundation.
Accompanied by Pandit Yogesh Shamshir on tabla and Devpriya Chatterjee on flute, he played rag yaman, known as rag kalyan in south.
Addressing the organisers, he said he would be back in city to share the happiness of the Pinnamaneni family at the time of the Foundation’s golden jubilee celebrations.
Grama Pragathi Puraskaram
Former Income Tax Commissioner Muttuluri Narasimhappa an integrated pomegranate farmer from Anantapur was given the Grama Pragathi Puraskaram (Rural Development Award).
Indian dream is not just about money, it is about a wealth of philosophy, civilisation
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