Former British PM Rishi Sunak on Friday arrived in Jaipur to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival which began on Thursday. The Literature Festival, which is a five-day event, will end on February 3. Sunak attended the event with his father-in-law Narayan Murthy, the Infosys founder. The current event is the 18th edition of the renowned literature festival, and it is being held at Hotel Clarks Amer in Rajasthan's Jaipur.
Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party lost the election last year, ending his term as the prime minister. He is currently a member of Parliament for Richmond and Northallerton in Yorkshire.
Sunak gets new academic roles at the University of Oxford
Notably, Sunak has taken on new academic roles at the University of Oxford in the UK and the University of Stanford in the US – both alma maters of the Conservative Party member of Parliament for Richmond and Northallerton in northern England.
The former British PM joined Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government as a member of the World Leaders Circle and a Distinguished Fellow, the UK’s premier university had said in an announcement.
Additionally, Sunak was named him the William C Edwards Distinguished Visiting Fellow by Stanford. He is expected to work on a wide array of issues, including trans-Atlantic relations, economic policy, technology, and global security challenges.
Rishi Sunak praised by Sudha Murty
Rishi Sunak earlier got praises from his mother-in-law and Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty as she said Sunak has “good Indian cultural values” imbibed from his parents’ upbringing in the UK.
Delivering a key note address at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s annual Diwali gala in London last year, Sudha Murthy, in the presence of Rishi Sunak's parents, Usha and Yashvir Sunak, said, "I always believe when you are abroad, your parents must do two things: one is good education, which gives you wings in return and you can fly anywhere and settle; the second is great culture, your origin which is Indian origin or roots which you can get at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan along with your parents."
She added, "I want to congratulate Ushaji, my sambandhi and a good friend of mine, who gave her son Rishi Sunak, former prime minister, a great route to identify with the culture, making him a proud British citizen as well as [having] good Indian cultural values."
(With inputs from PTI)
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