True democracy

An African -American of Kenyan origin becomes a senator of a US state,fails to make it to the House of Representatives and yet is elected to the highest office of the land in the first attempt. Now an Indian American, already a state governor ,has announced his plans to run for the President of the US .More than the individuals, it reflects on the basic strengths of a nation that not only believes in equality of opportunity for all but practices it with equal verve .We who lay no less claim to being a bigger democracy in size ,found it anathema to see an Indian citizen of foreign origin ,duly elected as an MP,as a prospective PM. We might even exult in owning an expatriate Jindal should he be anointed to high office next year , but are we not as ready to disown the resident ones ,just because he or she holds a different view point.