The United States adds its name to Vibrant Gujarat 2015

Narendra Modi had started his Vibrant Gujarat in 2005 when he was the Chief Minister of the state and now, in 2015, it will see participation of the United States. This year marks the 100th year of Mahatma Gandhi's return from South Africa and will be clubbed with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations.
US will now be the eighth nation to partner the summit along with Japan, Canada, UK, Holland, Australia, Singapore and South Africa. The US participation has been confirmed by the US ambassador to India in the meeting held with the Gujarat CM on August 20 in Gandhinagar.
Obviously, the United States is showing plenty of interest in partnering India in its resurgence, thanks to the visions of Prime Minister.
Incidentally, in 2013, the Vibrant Gujarat had only two countries attending – the situation has, needless to mention, changed dramatically in a very short time and the interest shown by the United States could directly be attributed to the visit of Narendra Modi to that country and his interaction with Americans in Madison Square.
Vibrant Gujarat 2013 was held between 11-13th January 2013 and was an event that was not just transformational but also revolutionary since it provided a platform for various states of India and other countries to cooperate and explore attractive business.
As Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat had indicated – the state of Gujarat has emerged as a meaningful global platform for consensus, harmony and cooperation for all-inclusive growth and that the government is committed to ‘Gujarat’s Growth for the Growth of India.’

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – the Iron Man of India who India forgot

Long before Narendra Modi came to power, he had visions of a statue dedicated to Vallabhbhai Patel, the Iron Man of India on the lines of the Statue of Liberty in the United States and, on coming to power in Delhi, he has set the ball in motion by announcing that 31st October be henceforth be celebrated as National Unity Day dnaindia.com.
Many may not know why he earned the sobriquet of the Iron Man - he was a man of principles as well as a fierce nationalist. His philosophy always was ‘nation first’. His success in integrating around 565 princely states after independence earned for him the sobriquet of ‘Iron Man’. His policy ensured that the princely states had no other option but to merge with India.
This day was, till last year, identified as the day Indira Gandhi was shot dead.
There is no dispute that both the names of Vallabhbhai Patel and Indira Gandhi bring up memories and the Nation owes a lot to them but, dedicating a statue to the Sardar would be a fitting tribute to one of the founding fathers of our country who had direct roles to play in our freedom.
It is strange that no political party has, so far, harbored any idea to honor the Iron Man who had been entrusted by Mahatma Gandhi to organize the historical Dandi march which he successfully did.
Full credit should now go to Narendra Modi to revive our glorious past.
Building such a monument would take decades and would need crores of rupees and, the necessary funds could come from the uncovering of black money stashed away in foreign banks by the rich and famous.