Marc Andreessen apologises for controversial tweet
"I apologize for any offense caused by my earlier tweet about Indian history and politics. I admire India and the Indian people enormously," Marc Andreessen tweeted.
"India is an amazing country with amazing people. Indian companies and people have had profoundly positive effect on the Internet and world!," he said.
"I now withdraw from all future discussions of Indian economics and politics, and leave them to people with more knowledge and experience!" Andreessen tweeted.
Triggering a controversy, Andreessen had earlier posted a tweet which appeared to mean that Indians should have embraced colonialism.
He later deleted the tweet.
"Anti-colonialism has been economically catastrophic for the Indian people for decades. Why stop now?" read the controversial tweet.
Andreessen made the remarks at a time when the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday issued the 'Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations, 2016', which disallows service providers to offer or charge discriminatory tariffs for data services on the basis of content being accessed by a consumer.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckeberg on Tuesday expressed disappointment over Indian government's decision on the issue of Net Neutrality.
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