Am I less Indian

Recently I was invited for a workshop on "Sustainable Production and Consumption" by an NGO; the workshop was supported by MOEF, UNEP, DEFRA and EC. I was reluctant to attend the workshop initially; the NGO was persistent that I should attend and contribute to the debate on Sustainable products. I could manage to squeeze in some time to attend the workshop as I believed that it was my social obligation.

The group debating various issues related to Sustainable products consisted of a few representatives from UNEP, EC, DEFRA, a few NGOs and two from MNCs, one from Unilever and the other me. This guy from the NGO was vocal in his criticism of the Corporate sector in general and MNCs in particular for spoiling India's environment...at every opportunity he was spewing venom on the corporate sector...the intention it appeared was to make us feel small with the guy taking a high moral ground, as a saviour of the environment. I did not know how much he had done to improve India's environment; but I know how much I had done in the last twenty years for environmental improvement. Initially I thought that I would ignore him; but his barbs became too much and needed to be curbed; at that point I asked him point blank if he was "more Indian" than us, who work of MNCs. I asked him this question in the presence of delegates from Europe and others; this guy was taken aback. He did not expect such a question. Luckily he answered "No" and I left the debate there (he did not open his mouth later during the discussion). If he had said "Yes", I had already prepared many questions to show his hollowness. This guy was speaking about plastics and their ban; he was wearing polyester pants and a shoe with PVC sole !!!

Just because one works for an NGO does not give him a right to put other Indians off....does it give him a right for a moral high ground? Am I "less Indian" than him ?