Ashneer Grover On Sridhar Vembu Urging Indians In The US To Return: 'Be Scientific In Your Approach... $1 ₹94'

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Entrepreneur Ashneer Grove responded bluntly after Sridhar Vembu urged Indians living in the United States to consider moving back to India and helping strengthen the country's technology ecosystem. In a post on X, Vembu shared what he described as an“open letter” to Indians settled in America. He said many had gone to the US with little money but carried strong educational foundations and cultural values from India.

“Open letter to Indians in America. Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat: Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful, gratitude is our Bharatiya way,” Vembu wrote.

Warning over changing attitudes in America

Vembu added that despite the success of Indians abroad, a growing section of Americans now believed Indians were taking away jobs and that their achievements were“unfairly earned”.

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He further wrote,“You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the 'hard right' vs 'woke left' battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict.”

'Bharat Mata needs your talent'

According to Vembu, the global standing of Indians depends heavily on India's own progress. He said respect, prosperity and security in the modern world come from technological strength.

He also said India had created enough skilled talent but much of it had moved overseas, especially to America.

“As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal. Respectfully, Sridhar Vembu,” he concluded.

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Vembu's comments soon drew a reaction from Grover, who rejected the appeal in blunt terms.

“What delulu! Record breaking heat in India is clearly making people dizzy. Just DON'T - be scientific in your approach. Look at numbers - $1 = ₹94. Temperature = 50C,” Grover wrote.

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The exchange sparked mixed reactions online.

One user said,“Patriotism is important, but asking people to return without addressing basic issues is not practical.”

Another wrote,“India needs talent, but talent also needs infrastructure, clean cities and better work culture.”

A third user commented,“Sridhar Vembu has a point. Nation building cannot happen if everyone leaves.”

Another added,“Ashneer said what many people are thinking but are afraid to say.”

Vembu's post has crossed seven lakh views and generated wide discussion across social media.

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