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00:00The 18th Prabhashi Bhartiya Diwasre, Ujjwapani Diwasre,
00:58So I want to ask you, especially in the last three days, there has been a lot of discussion,
01:06a lot of discussion, a lot of discussion with the external affairs minister Jai Sankar,
01:12with the central minister Dharmendra Pradhan, there has been a lot of discussion.
01:17Who will get the output of Odisha?
01:19Odisha is a country with a lot of possibilities, a lot of soil with a lot of possibilities.
01:24So who will get it?
01:27I welcome all of you to ETV.
01:29I will introduce you to Mr. Agubuji.
01:32My name is Pratap Das.
01:35My home is in Baleshore.
01:37I grew up in Khattak.
01:40I passed Revenchir College in Bani Bihar.
01:44I went to America in 1973.
01:48It's been nearly 20 years since I came to India.
01:54I work for the American government.
01:58I retired in 2023.
02:01But I have an opinion.
02:05I am an artist.
02:07I have an opinion that I will promote a lot of artists in America.
02:12I have a tradition.
02:14Every year, I give about 20 to 25 artists to America.
02:18I give them tours and promote them.
02:21This is how I came to India.
02:25It's a very special day for me.
02:29It's been a long time.
02:32It's my first opportunity.
02:35It's a very special day for me.
02:39I want to say something.
02:42If it wasn't for the BJP government
02:47and the Modi government,
02:50this day wouldn't have happened.
02:57I thank all the people who work here.
03:02It's a very good organization.
03:05I had a doubt at first.
03:09Would it be possible to have such a big event in Bhubaneswar?
03:12Would we be able to take care of everyone with such a delegation?
03:16Would we be able to eat, register, sit in the hall?
03:21Would we be able to do this as volunteers?
03:24I have seen in the media that people come to cricket to support me.
03:29But I don't get the opportunity to do that.
03:34I don't get the opportunity to do that.
03:37Our foreign minister, Jai Shankar,
03:42our education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan,
03:46our minister of education, Jawaharlal Nehru,
03:49they didn't get the opportunity to fly in the air.
03:55But they came here.
03:59I haven't seen Modi in person.
04:05I am very happy that I am sitting here under the umbrella of the Prime Minister.
04:11President Ashutosh Gandhi,
04:15I am also sitting here.
04:18I will see him.
04:20The umbrella will be even bigger.
04:22Madam, how are you?
04:24How happy are you?
04:25Very happy.
04:27This is my first time.
04:30I have been doing this for 18 years.
04:33I am from Odisha.
04:35I came here.
04:37My family came here.
04:40I got this opportunity.
04:42When did you fly to America?
04:44I went to America in 1972-1978.
04:47I completed 46 years.
04:50I have been in Odisha for a long time.
04:54I have a small association called Odisha Society of America.