Bangalore: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday termed Bangalore as a global brand and said that people across the world knew more about the city than they did about India.
Speaking after laying the foundation stone of a ten-lane mixed corridor to Electronics City, he said, "You (Bangaloreans) have become the symbol of a new India, an India on the move, rising to fulfill its destiny on the world map."
The success of Information Technology (IT) revolution in Karnataka had placed the city on the world map, he added.
"This is not an isolated success of a few people who work behind walls and inside air-conditioned rooms. This success has been made possible by the toil and commitment of millions of people. Above all, it has been made possible by your warm hospitality," Singh said.
He explained that investors came from across the world to Bangalore, because Kannadigas were "gracious, gentle, talented and forward-looking."
"My sincere advice to you would be that you must zealously preserve this great asset—your hospitality. This is what makes Karnataka one of our most modern states," the Prime Minister said.
He hoped that what Bangalore had done over the past decade, the rest of Karnataka would do over the next decade, urging the state to become home to enterprise, talent, creativity and the spirit of adventure.
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