L K Sharma writes in the Deccan Herald about the recent conference of IIT alumni in the US. He notes that IITs are a "great source of human resources for American companies". Then he recounts a joke told at the conference:
The engineers are not oblivious of the weaknesses of the system. One of the IIT directors referred to Nehru’s vision about the IITs contributing to technological self-reliance and to nation-building. “Nehru forgot to say which nation,” he said amid a roar of laughter.Hmmm. If they thought the statement was true shouldn't they have mixed in some embarassed silence too? Just for propriety's sake?
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