"Centuries old traditional wisdom and ritual of 1.3 billion Indians ie being acknowledged by the world today. After the success of Namaste Trump, it’s time for Namaste Benjamin Netanyahu and Namaste Angela Merkel for equally recommending the gesture, followed by Anupam Kher and Salam Namaste by Salman Khan. In the tough Corona times, non-contact greeting Namaste is-in, hugs, kisses, high-fives are totally-out. Namaste is respectful, its safe distance, hygienic, friendly and simple to practice and followed by everyone. Namaste is a connecting thread, it’s a bond and feeling of oneness across nooks and corners of India.... Flavours of Namaste vary with in the diversity of India from Namaskar in Hindi speaking North India to Namaskaramulu in Telegu, while Namaskara or Namaskaragalu in Kannada. Tamilians prefer Vanakkam and Malayali’s say Namaskaram. In East Indian states it is called Nomoshkar in Bengali and Nomoskar in Assamese. Not just Hindus, but Sikhs also greet everyone by folding their hands, however, their greeting is called ‘Sat Sri Akal’. Alternatively, people also use other similar forms called – Pranam, Ram-Ram, Sita-Ram, Radhey-Radhey, Satshriakal, Jai Jinedra and Assalam Walekum and many more. They all mean the same as Namaste – acknowledging the person before any conversation or transaction beings... Like the Yoga, Namaste can surely be next Indian cultural diplomacy and soft-power gift ready to be exported to the world."
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Sudhanshu Sinha, in Soft-Power Must Go Global, The Times of India (20 March 2020)
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