PM Narendra Modi and former US President Barack Obama
Story of PM Narendra Modi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s friendship with world leaders is often discussed. Officials accompanying the PM in meetings say that PM Modi connects with global leaders on a personal level and also shares his life experiences easily. Meanwhile, an interesting conversation between PM Modi and former US President Barack Obama in 2014 is in the headlines. This incident is from the time of PM Modi’s visit to America in 2014.
Vinay Kwatra shared the anecdote
On the occasion of Prime Minister Modi’s three-day visit to the US, India’s current Ambassador to the US and former Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra has shared a memorable incident from 2014. Kwatra told how PM Modi and former US President Barack Obama had an emotional conversation. Kwatra has shared this incident on the ‘Modi Story’ website which works to preserve the experiences and stories of people associated with PM Modi.
PM Modi’s spontaneous gesture
Kwatra said that after the formal talks were over, PM Modi and President Obama were heading towards the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. Both leaders were sitting in Obama’s stretch limousine and during this trip, they started talking about family. Obama asked PM Modi about his mother. Then smiling PM Modi gave a spontaneous and unexpected answer, “President Obama, you may not believe it, but the size of this car of yours is almost as big as my mother’s house.”
Vinay Kwatra
Obama was surprised
Obama was surprised to hear this from PM Modi. This spontaneous conversation gave Obama a glimpse of PM Modi’s simple life and his truth. Vinay Kwatra, who was present in the limousine at that time, said that this conversation led to a deep connection between the two leaders, as both of them rose from simple backgrounds to the highest positions in their respective countries. This was PM Modi’s first US visit after becoming Prime Minister in 2014. During this visit, Obama gifted Modi a rare book on the 1893 ‘Parliament of World Religions’.
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