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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline - Opinion SEPTEMBER 02, 2022 | The Indian Eye 20
The true meaning of celebrating
India’s Independence Day at Freedom
Tower in New York City
TOM GEORGE KOLATH Indian IT professionals have con-
quered that industry globally. If we
New York, NY
didn’t have that foundation we would
very Indian must be so hap- be like any other country.
py to see our Indian tri-color Indian Nurses, Doctors, Re-
Eflag with the 24 spokes of the spiratory, and Physical Therapists
Ashoka-Chakra on top of a 104-story were the heroes during the Covid
building. Asoka Chakra also known 19 pandemic. Additionally, the hard
as the wheel of time has 24 spokes work of Indian CEOs, Accountants,
which represent 24 hours of the day Programmers, Engineers, Police offi-
and is a symbol of the movement of cers, NYC employees, Hotel Motels
time that every Indian work hard owners, small News stand businesses,
round the clock to fulfill their dreams. and Taxi drivers also have made this
It was a mind-blowing experience possible.
with tears of joy when we saw this in Indians in the US are not just a
New York City. vote bank. It may reflect only 1%
of the American population which
When I was a Boy Scout in In- is just about 3.5 million. That’s not a
determining factor to see the flag on
dia and received a President an iconic building like Freedom Tow-
Scout Award from President Gi- er, but each and every Indian-Amer-
ican’s enormous contribution to this
ani Zail Singh, I never thought I great nation.
With our foreign policy, our
would come across and witness current leaders have connected the
a sight of our Ashoka-Chakra in power of the Indians in America to
the greatest Nation on earth. make this possible. Thanks to our
honorable Prime Minister Naren-
The Freedom Tower building dra Modi for bridging the gap be-
became more iconic when it tween New Delhi and Washington
DC. Thanks to American President
touched the hearts of 1.4 bil- Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala
lion people in India. Harris, NY State Governor Kathy
Hochul, NYC Mayor Eric Adams,
NYS Senator Kevin Thomas, other
Our First IIT (Indian Institute
of Technology) was established un- Indian politicians Nikki Healy, Dil-
ip Chouhan, Dr. Aney Paul, Shibu
der the leadership of Prime Minister Nair, Hon. Judge Biju Koshy, CEO
Nehru in 1954 in Calcutta, where Sundar Pichai, Indira Nooyi, Dir.
there was no computer. Vision is an Manoj Knight Shyamalan, Judge Juli
art of seeing things which does not Mathew, Judge KP George, Mayor
exist. Robin Ellakad, Dan Mathews, Sunil
Later on Prime Ministers Indra
Gandhi, Rajeev Gandhi, Atal Bihari Hali, and all the hardworking Indians
and the Americans who welcomed us
Vajpayee, and many other leaders fo- to this great nation as an extended
cused on education that started more family.
IIT’s and AIIMS’s (All India Insti- Let’s focus further on having
tute Of Medical Science) to build higher dreams and be that driving
the foundation to inspire and taught force to build a stronger relation-
today’s Indian Computer engineers, ship between India and The United
Doctors, Nurses, and all other med- States of America.
ical professionals.
That vision has finally paid off.
The author is an Entrepreneur
Indian doctors and nurses have be- and CEO Keltron Tax & Wealth
come an integral part of the Amer- Management Corp.
ican health system and Worldwide,
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