Slogans and speeches Jitendra K Tuli moved to the USA in 1966 and is currently a resident of the USA. Jitendra has engineering degrees from India, France and the University of California, Berkeley. He is the President of Economic & Technical Consultants, Inc and has been involved with the Indian Politics since childhood and then got involved with the politics of the USA, Pakistan and Bangladesh. LESS... MORE Before the newest Indian slogan Atma Nirbhar or Self Sufficiency is discussed, it would be interesting to review the history of slogans (Naare Bazi) and speeches (Bhashan Bazi) by Indian leaders. No other nations can beat Indians in coining slogans and delivering speeches. When Pandit Nehru visited the United States for the first time, he was delivering long speeches everywhere. There was a cartoon in a newspaper which depicted Niagara Falls on one side and Nehru on the other side. In the first set, water was coming down the Niagara Falls and words were coming down from Nehru’s mouth. In the second set, water stopped coming down from Niagara Falls and words were continuing to come down from Nehru’s mouth and the cartoon title was “Niagara became aghast in front of Nehru”. When he visited during the presidency of John F. Kennedy, his frequent advice to the USA and Kennedy compelled Mr. Kennedy to state, “Please, let us come to the issues of mutual interests.”