Outgoing US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti posted an emotional message reflecting on his tenure in his farewell message. The submit grew to become all of the extra heartwarming because it captured a particular reference to Shah Rukh Khan’s well-known dialogue from Om Shanti Om.
US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti expressed his deep connection to India, a rustic he first visited as a baby and later as a pupil in an emotional video posted on X. He additional acknowledged the heat and hospitality he skilled from the Indians and wealthy experiences that formed his time within the nation. Eric famous how “dosti” and “zinda dili” of Indians touched his coronary heart day by day.
He remembered being welcomed to the retailers, properties and, colleges. Based on him, assembly inspiring countrymen and festivals, music, delicacies and artwork have left an “indelible place” in his coronary heart. Garcetti gave a particular point out of his expertise of travelling to Varanasi, Meghalaya, Kerala, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai and, Bangalore.
On a concluding be aware, he expressed confidence within the everlasting bond between the US and India, stressing that their ties would solely strengthen sooner or later. He ended his message with Shah Rukh Khan’s well-known dialogue from Om Shanti Om as he mentioned, “Our relationship is actually an everlasting story of affection for the ages. And we’re solely getting began. Image abhi baaki hai mere dost!”
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“As I bid farewell to India after serving because the twenty sixth U.S. Ambassador to this wonderful nation, my coronary heart is full. You’ve given me a second residence, a household of associates, and reminiscences that may final a lifetime. Immediately, I go away as greater than an envoy—I go away as a lifelong pal and supporter of #USIndiaFWDfortheFuture,” Garcetti wrote on X (previously Twitter).
Eric had met Shah Rukh Khan again in 2023 at his bungalow, Mannat. Final yr in 2024, he had talked about his expertise with ANI, recalling they talked about cricket initially as he was concerned as a cricket proprietor. In the meantime, everybody in his workplace went “nuts.”
“They’re like, ‘Oh, my God, do you know who you met?’ I mentioned, yeah, Shah Rukh Khan. However I didn’t realise the extent of affection that there was throughout the nation,” he had mentioned.
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