new delhi uncle sam is here again the man who helped rajiv gandhi craft his dream of taking india into the 21st century is back to help beta rahul start his innings in politics and give sonia a helping hand in rejuvenating the party his mission to nail the bjps lie the bjp canard that no development took place in 50 years of congress rule has to be exposed if we hadnt trained it professional in the 80s india wouldnt be ruling the it world today the seeds of telecom revolution were sown in the rajiv era bjp has usurped the fruits of our labour and im here to tell people the truth says the telecom czarpitroda realises the going is tough for the congress but then what are friends for i wouldnt have taken four weeks off to be here if all was hunkydory says the worldtel chairman and ceo who has been addressing students professionals and industry associations in mumbai bangalore hyderabad ahmedabad and vadodarathe tech guru who gave up us citizenship in the 80s to be rajiv gandhis technical advisor left india after his death i had run out of money working on a token salary of re 1 for years i had finished everything on my heart treatment and had to go back to earn for my children but india keeps beckoning he has been coming for highlevel conferences and three years ago he walked off with the job of heading the railway modernisation committee over a cup off tea with then railway minister mamata banerjee last april his confidential report congress party rejuvenation plan caused some disquiet in party circles his verdict deadwood at the top bogus members at the bottom and lethargy down the line and his advice if one walks into a major political party office and sees a state of disrepair it is highly unlikely that he would entrust it with fixing the countrys problems it resulted in sprucing up of party offices and beefing them with computers and websites but little beyond a country cannot be run in the 21st century if you have the mindset of 1940 and are hung up on the freedom struggle the congress has to reinvent itself he saysall this doesnt go down too well with congressmen does he have any idea on how to respond to the forces of hindutva or on alliances with regional parties all this computer business is not going to work out says a senior congressmanbut nobody can deny that hes the guy who ushered in the std revolution in india earlier std stood for sexually transmitted diseases he made subscriber trunk dialling a household word says old friend jairam rameshwhen pitroda tried to sell cdots rural automatic exchange to bureaucrats in 80s people thought he was weird thatalso because i look a little weird says the silverhaired innovator who holds over 50 patents and 20000 visiting cards for pitroda technology is not about computers and call centres its about finding