TERRORISM

If India is really looking for a reformer like Obama, who remarkably changed the way Americans thought by his unique mix of views on changing U.S., India's business tycoon, Ratan Tata will be the right person, as per a latest report appeared in the Forbes Magazine.

In the report, Forbes Magazine's Senior Editor (Asia) Robyn Meredith writes, "While India has the sympathy of the world after the recent attacks, India could have an Obama moment -one in which a leader, whose personal history epitomizes the country's principles, marches forward to unite the country during its very moment of trauma. India has a chance now to get it right, but it needs a strong, credible leader to step up."

"Ratan is not a politician, but he is the country's most respected business leader. His Tata Group owns the Taj hotel that was just attacked, but his family is just as connected to India's proud history as its shell-shocked present," Meredith wrote in a weekly column published online.

The reporter mentioned that "a fractured India" would immensely benefit from his acumen constructive patriotism and of course outstanding managerial skills.


Specifying that the political leap could be as successful as the country's technology jump, the report said, "In a few short years, technology allowed India to go from a land with a 10-year-wait for a telephone to one where even farmers carry cell phones. India could make a political leap that is as successful as its technology jump."

On Tata-owned Taj Hotel, first Indian-owned luxury hotel, Forbes noted, "It was a symbol of all that post-colonial India could become successful, honorable, dignified, strong and admired the world over."
The report further added, "The nation can turn to past enemies, to yesterday's memories, or it can look to the future and new hopes that could unite the nation's Hindus and Muslims."