PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN

K@R@N (CPT STUDENT) (113 Points)

11 August 2010  
Mukesh is now building his new home, R esidence Antillia (after a mythical, phantom island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean). At a cost of $1 billion this would be the most expensive home on the face of the planet. At 173 meters tall Mukesh's new family residence, for a family of six, will be the equivalent of a 60-storeyed building.
 
The first six floors are reserved for parking. The seventh floor is for car servicing and maintenance. The eighth floor houses a mini-theatre. Then there's a health club, a gym and a swimming pool. Two floors are reserved for Ambani family's guests. Four floors above the guest floors are family floors all with a superb view of the Arabian Sea.
 
On top of everything are three helipads. A staff of 600 is expected to care for the family and their family home.
The other amazing aspect is the rapid pace at which India is creating wealth.
 
In 2002, Dhirubhai Ambani, Mukesh and Anil Ambani's father, left his two sons a fortune worth $2.8 billion.
 
In 2007, their combined wealth stood at $94 billion.
 
On 29 October 2007, as a result of the stock market rally and the appreciation of the Indian rupee, Mukesh became the richest person in the world, with net worth climbing to US$63.2 billion (Bill Gates, the richest American, stands at around $56 billion).
Indians and Pakistanis have the same Y-chromosome haplogroup.
 
We have the same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely: M124).
 
We have the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence.
 
Our culture, our traditions and our cuisine are all the same.
 
We watch the same movies and sing the same songs.
 
What is it that Indians have and we don't?