Actor Anupam Kher feels honored to speak at World Hindu Congress

Actor Anupam Kher says it was a big achievement for him -- a lower-middle-class Kashmiri Pandit boy from Shimla -- to speak at the World Hindu Congress here.

He gave a speech here on Friday.

"I am humbled and honored to be part of the World Hindu Congress ceremony. It was a very big achievement for a lower-middle-class Kashmiri Pandit boy from Shimla to speak at the World Hindu Congress, Chicago, America," Anupam said in a statement.

"I take this opportunity to salute my motherland, our wondrous land of over 1.3 billion people, the place that has been a mother to all religions and faith, cultural practices, beliefs, and customs. Hinduism is a way of life. You become a Hindu by living like one," he added.

On the work front, he is part of the American medical drama "New Amsterdam".