WHY AMERICAN INDIANS ARE GOING GAGA OVER NARENDRA MODI

Hi Friends, How are you guys doing? Didn't get opportunity to write earlier, was busy as the primary care giver to the better half and working my butt off to pay the bills.That is a whole different story, which I would share with you some other time, now to important issue of Modi's visit. Why is it that most of the Indians in US are spending their time, which is a precious commodity, energy and money to make Modi visit a grand success. Why am I writing about him. Have I become his fan, what is it that attracts people towards him. Is he this popular back home in India. To me, Indians here are loving him, as they connect to him as he symbolizes the American Dream. How does an Indian from India, becomes American Dream. Anyone who has come to this country has his/her own unique story. It is not easy to leave your home, friends, relatives and move to a new place, seven seas away, with two suitcases. One has to struggle to survive, one may shovel snow, mow grass, wash dishes to move ahead. The beauty is that success is there to grab for anyone who is willing to make the effort. The big melting pot churns everyone without discrimination. You can go as far as you are willing to walk or run. All these people naturally get attracted to Modi as they feel that he is one of them. Only he dreamt bigger and came from even humbler beginning. It was only short time ago that we all were disagreeing with Chandra Bhushan Upadhyay when he was predicting Modi's success. I own an apology to him. Though I have always defended his right to say what he felt right, even if I didn't agree with him. Everyone thinks differently and each has a right to his/her opinion. I have indeed become a Modi fan. Maybe I was waiting for a leader who is always one step ahead of others. He out-thinks and out smarts others. After 71 war Zulfikar Bhutto outsmarted Lady with steel balls and got his territory and half of his imprisoned army back. In Srilanka the willy fox Jayewardene outsmarted Rajiv Gandhi resulting in Indian troops fighting LTTE. Not anymore, Modi will outsmart Gora, Kala, Cheeni ya Pathan. Only now I learnt that this is not Modi's first visit to USA. He visited in early 1990s. That time he told Indian community that each Indian should send five American families as tourists to India. This makes me believe that he was a visionary even then, only he was not well known. It is an irony that he came to limelight after Gujrat riots in 2002. Why is it that people become famous due to wrong reasons, like Mikka and Rakhi Sawant became famous after infamous kiss, before that noone knew them. It took one Chinese leader to march communist China ahead of capitalist nations. Now China has more billionaires than India. Hope now it is India's turn to return to its past Sona Ki Chirya time. We may have to become part of the change instead of waiting for the world to change