Key Points
NR Narayana Murthy, nice man and one of the seven Infosages, publicly 'requested' that 'our youngsters must say, 'This is my country..
Unlike the former president, Murthy has not ignited minds with his 'request'..
To back her man up, in case we are accusing him of being a slacker while shouting at the galley slaves to 'KEEP PULLING!' (no one is making the accusation, though), Mrs Murthy was vocal about hub having worked '80 to 90 hours a week, so, he doesn't know what less than that is.'..
Many compatriots of Narayana Murthy wearing a mental handlebar moustache and bearing an Indiana Jones bullwhip must be grumbling: 'I say, when did Murthy get so soft, not asking fully-limbed Indians to work for quinoa and country the whole 168 hours a week?'..
This reminds me of not just the Mrs G-era Big Sister mantra of 'Talk Less, Work More', but also the 'Pledge' in my old Radiant Reader school textbook: 'India is my country, all Indians are my brothers and sisters...' (Not true, since my parents, both Indian, are certainly not my brother and sister.)..
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