Satyan Pitroda (Hindi: [sɔt̪jɔnaːraːjɔɳɔ ɡɔŋgaːraːmɔ piʈroɽaː]) popularly known as Sam Pitroda (born 4 May 1942) is a telecom engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He was born in Titilagarh, Odisha, India to a Gujarati family.

• That’s not how you deal with the world. Eight people come and do something and you don’t jump on the entire nation.
  • "Sam Pitroda raises questions on Air Strike, PM Modi hits back"Economic Times (March 23, 2019)
  • Pitroda refers here to theIndian government's response to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

• We have survived 75 years in a very happy environment where people could live together, leaving aside few fights here and there. We could hold a country together as diverse as India, where people on east look like Chinese, people on West look like Arab, people on North look like white and maybe people on South look like Africans.
  • "Interview: Sam Pitroda in conversation with The Statesman"Statesman News Service (May 3, 2024)

• Now what is there to say about 1984? Talk about what you did in the last 5 years. What happened in 1984 happened. But what have you achieved?
  • "Who is Sam Pitroda? Education, profession, Gandhi link and controversies"Economic Times (May 08, 2024)
  • Pitroda refers here to the1984 anti-Sikh riots following the assassination ofIndira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards.

• I don't know what is the threat from China. I think this issue is often blown out of proportion because the US has the habit of defining an enemy.
  • "Most definitely not INC's views: Congress distances itself from Sam Pitroda's China remark"Economic Times (February 17, 2025)

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