# Sam Pitroda

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Satyan Pitroda (Hindi: [sɔt̪jɔnaːraːjɔɳɔ ɡɔŋgaːraːmɔ piʈroɽaː]) popularly known as Sam Pitroda (born 4 May 1942) is a telecom engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He was born in Titilagarh, Odisha, India to a Gujarati family.

## Quotes

* We have survived 75 years in a very happy environment where people could live together, leaving aside few fights here and there. We could hold a country together as diverse as India, where people on east look like Chinese, people on West look like Arab, people on North look like white and maybe people on South look like Africans.
** Sam Pitroda stokes new controversy, says 'people in east look like Chinese, south look like Africans' 08 May 2024
** "People in East look like Chinese, in South look like Africans". Web site. ANI. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
** Prabhu, Sunil (8 May 2024). "Sam Pitroda Quits After Landing Congress In New Mess Over Racist Comments". Web site. NDTV. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
** 'People in East look Chinese, South like Africans': Sam Pitroda after inheritance tax row
** Sam Pitroda triggers fresh row with ‘East Indians look like Chinese’ remark; BJP slams comment
* I don't know what is the threat from China. I think this issue is often blown out of proportion because the US has the habit of defining an enemy.
** "Stop Assuming China Is Enemy, Threat Blown Out Of Proportion": Congress' Sam Pitroda, in Feb 2025
* [India cannot] jump on an entire nation [Pakistan] just because some people from there came and did something.
** About the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Quoted from Indian Express, Rahul Gandhi’s negative campaign didn’t work: Senior Congress leaders on eve of CWC
** Attack happened in Mumbai also. We could have then reacted and just sent our planes. But that is not the correct approach. Eight people (26/11 terrorists) come and do something, you don’t jump on the entire nation (Pakistan). Naive to assume that just because some people came here and attacked, every citizen of that nation is to be blamed.
* Now what is there to say about 1984? Talk about what you did in the last 5 years. What happened in 1984 happened. But what have you achieved?
** About the 1985 Anti Sikh riots. How do you solve a problem like Sam Pitroda? Gandhi’s aide lands Congress in another spot May 2024
** Variant: OK 1984 happened, so what?
** Sam Pitroda, Quoted from Tavleen Singh, May 12, 2019, If Modi becomes PM again, it will have a lot to do with Congress misjudging the national mood Tavleen Singh : "(Rahul Gandhi's) current Guru Number 1, Sam Pitroda, added to Congress problems by making one of the most thoughtless, offensive remarks I have ever heard. Accosted by TV reporters last week and asked about the 1984 pogrom against the Sikhs, he said..."

## Quotes about Sam Pitroda

* Everyone knows that this person (Pitroda) is very close to the shahi (royal); first family of the Congress. Hence, if the Congress reaches close to power, then the approach of looking at inheritance tax or appearance of Indians using a divisive and racist lens will be dangerous for the country. Hence, these issues have to be brought to the public and discussed.
** Narendra Modi Interview in 2024, see also