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High and Powerful: Home in the World

October 22, 2021
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Be it a simple Google search or fighting a pandemic, everything now seems to be an Indian hand. Here are the top global Indians on India Today’s High End Mighty list.

President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris and Lakshmi Mittal, Executive Chairman, ArcelorMittal, India Today’s High and Powerful List of Global Indians in 2021

It was only a matter of time before the ‘Kamala’, ‘Rishi’ and ‘Preeti’ took over the highest political positions in the West. There is something completely thrilling in the familiarity with which these names descend from our tongues, and the intimacy with which we feel is not entirely invented. We share a cultural heritage with today’s US Vice President and UK Chancellor that goes beyond limiting tropes of nationality and lineage. When UK Home Secretary Priti Patel talks to her Conservative Party allies about the value of Service (Service) In Manchester, she is making Indianness a part of her discourse.

It was only a matter of time before the ‘Kamala’, ‘Rishi’ and ‘Preeti’ took over the highest political positions in the West. There is something completely thrilling in the familiarity with which these names descend from our tongues, and the intimacy with which we feel is not entirely invented. We share a cultural heritage with today’s US Vice President and UK Chancellor that goes beyond limiting tropes of nationality and lineage. When UK Home Secretary Priti Patel talks to her Conservative Party allies about the value of Service (Service) In Manchester, she is making Indianness a part of her discourse.

In a year when discussions about race and identity have changed radically, we see immigrants owning their own narratives like never before. But while on the one hand, there is a clear, renewed confidence with which the Indian diaspora is now doing their business, we also see that they are demonstrating a greater responsibility towards the world in which they live. After being made the president of Microsoft this year, Satya Nadella has shown a serious commitment towards reducing his company’s carbon footprint. Despite record profits, Lakshmi Mittal, executive chairman of ArcelorMittal Group, is equally concerned about the environment.

Some NRIs have also proved it true that the Indian proverb – it is always our own people who come to our aid when we are in trouble. As Covid raised concerns about our health and economy, it was Soumya Swaminathan, lead scientist at WHO, who helped us prepare better for adversity, and it was Gita Gopinath of the IMF who helped us prepare for recovery. Gave an economic roadmap. Be it a simple Google search or fighting a pandemic, everything now seems to be an Indian hand. This is our best moment.

  1. Kamala Harris: Healing Touch

  2. Rishi Sunak: Returning to Wealth

  3. Soumya Swaminathan: Down to a Science

  4. Sundar Pichai: Let’s take everyone along

  5. Satya Nadella: Leading Position

  6. Gopichand P. Hinduja: ‘Good’ business sense

  7. Gita Gopinath: A Good Balance

  8. Lakshmi N. Mittal: Strengthening the show

  9. Rajeev Mishra: Comeback King

  10. Priti Patel: Pillar of Strength

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