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Throw a stone in the east African country of Tanzania and chances are you will hit someone who has either studied in India or has close connections with the country.
Our co-traveller in the VVIP lounge at the airport was the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water, Mr Mbogo Futakamba, who had studied for five years in Kerala in the early 1980s.
Next it was the turn of our driver, Mr Lucas, who said he preferred to deal with Indians rather than Chinese. “Indians nicer people, easy to work with,” he explained.
And later the Sudanese Ambassador to Tanzania pointed out that Indian film actors Rajendra (Kumar) and Raj (Kapoor) were very popular in his country.
This, when Indians are a minority in this country, having a presence of under 50,000 in a population of over 42.6 million.
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