What’s Going On Here?

“Yes, We Can Make America Great” is my reminisces and reflections on identity, history, and belonging on the occasion of the two hundred and fifteth year of the United States of America.

This year, I await becoming a naturalized citizen after spending eighteen years living and learning with some of the best minds the world can offer. Today, I lead or advise higher education institutions internationally based on their teachings.

This is also my blog I’m growing with my eleven year old daughter, where I share her our conversations on philosophy of greatness, and leadership drawn from the ancient dharma wisdom of India, particularly the Bhagavad Gita (my favourite sacred poem).

We’re reading together the founding texts of the United States of America - the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America - illuminated by such ancient Dharma wisdom, peppered with some anecdotes of living it in the USA since 2007 till 2025 when I became eligible to apply for my US Citizenship. Someday I wish to revise and rewrite this as my epistolary memoir!

Thanks for sharing your time with me along this journey!

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