{"id":318800,"date":"2020-01-14T04:26:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T04:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=318800"},"modified":"2020-01-14T04:26:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T04:26:09","slug":"microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-calls-caa-sad-talks-of-bangladeshi-immigrant-creating-unicorn-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-calls-caa-sad-talks-of-bangladeshi-immigrant-creating-unicorn-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls CAA sad, talks of Bangladeshi immigrant creating unicorn in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-318801 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/satya.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/satya.jpg 518w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/satya-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/satya-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/>Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella on Monday expressed his disappointment over India\u2019s Citizenship Amendment Act, terming the emerging situation as &#8220;sad&#8221;. He also expressed his desire of a Bangladeshi immigrant help create the next unicorn in the country or become the CEO of Infosys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;I think what is happening is sad&#8230; It&#8217;s just bad&#8230;. I would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant who comes to India and creates the next unicorn in India or becomes the next CEO of Infosys,\u201d Nadella told BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Nadella\u2019s remarks came amid protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, which have engulfed India since last month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Shortly after Smith shared Nadella\u2019s remarks, Microsoft tweeted a statement from its official handle, Nadella said, \u201cEvery country will and should define its borders, protect national security and set immigration policy accordingly. And in democracies, that is something that the people and their governments will debate and define within those bounds. I&#8217;m shaped by my Indian heritage, growing up in a multicultural India and my immigrant experience in the United States. My hope is for an India where an immigrant can aspire to found a prosperous start-up or lead a multinational corporation benefitting Indian society and the economy at large.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Historian and author Ramachandra Guha, who has opposed the new citizenship law, welcomed Nadella&#8217;s remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI am glad Satya Nadella has said what he has. I wish that one of our own IT czars had the courage and wisdom to say this first. Or to say it even now,\u201d Guha tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella on Monday expressed his disappointment over India\u2019s Citizenship Amendment Act, terming the emerging situation as &#8220;sad&#8221;. He also expressed his desire of a Bangladeshi immigrant help create the next unicorn in the country or become the CEO of Infosys. &#8220;I think what is happening is sad&#8230; It&#8217;s just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":318801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[12262,12354],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318800"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318802,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318800\/revisions\/318802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/318801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}