U.S. Ambassador Verma Asks Students To Listen To Parents

"The prime minister looks at me, and says, 'Oh, your family is Indian,' I tell him 'Yes', the president nodding approvingly. 'Where is your father from?' I tell him northern India, Punjab. He asks where...and I tell him my dad is from Jalandhar. The prime minister then turns to President Obama and says, 'Oh, his father and I, we are from the same place'."

Before his address, Verma mingled freely with students to catch up with their vision of a new world and their hopes and aspirations.

Sixty-four years ago Verma's father K.D. Verma had passed out from this college.

"Just before today's ceremony, I visited one of his (dad's) classrooms in your historic building. I cannot begin to explain what a humbling honour it is to return to a place and an institution that has such a profound impact on my own life story. There is a part of me that just wants to stand up here and tell you family stories for the next hour or so."

"This community is special for me, not only because my dad graduated from here, but also because my grandmother lived here, and my mother went to high school here too. In fact, I lived with my grandmother in the Basti Shekh neighborhood in 1974, of which I still have clear memories," he recalled.

The ambassador said he was very excited about coming here for many reasons.
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Source: IANS