Idli, dosa will outlast pizza, burgers: Vice President

Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that South Indian dishes like idli, sambar, and dosa will outwear pizza and burger globally, reports said.

His comments came while he was addressing a crowd at the convocation ceremony hosted by the National Institute of Technology, Goa.

He also said that “English mind” is an illness, and not the language, and stated the country should be proud of its rich heritage.

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Naidu’s statement came in the backdrop of certain comments attributed to him. Some section of the media had quoted Naidu as saying “English is an illness left behind by the British” during a Hindi Day event held in New Delhi early this month.

“Somewhere I was speaking about protecting and encouraging the mother tongue and some section of the media wrote that I said English is (an) illness, I did not say English is (an) illness."

“English is not (an) illness, but English mind is (an) illness which we have inherited from the Britishers. Britishers have left but they have created an inferiority complex. They have given the thought that Britishers are great, foreigners are great and we are nothing," he added.

“We must come out of this mentality. We must feel proud of our heritage, our past and our great leaders of this country,” the vice president further said.

Naidu recalled that India never attacked any country, but it was “ruined” by invaders.

(With PTI inputs)