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National honour and the foreign origin

The last nationalists of India have finally succumbed. One of the important Nationalist Congress Party leaders, the national face of the party from North East India has met the Indian National Congress President and apologized for the displeasure caused to her in 1999 on the issue of her foreign origin. (http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200906051481.htm) The Nationalist Congress party was formed in 1999, by a few prominent leaders of the Indian National Congress, on the issue of the foreign origin of the party president. In a moving letter, they requested her to honour India’s national pride and renounce the claim on the office of the Prime Minister, should the party come to power. Let me quote a passage from the letter(http://www.ncp.org.in/sonia1.htm) itself, “Madam President, India is a country with a history and tradition going back for 1000's of years. It is a confident culture and a proud nation. Above all it is a country which is self sufficient in every sens