Indian PM Modi rocks Madison Square Garden
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently elected on a pro-capitalism (and btw, pro-Israel) platform, appeared today to a packed Madison Square Garden in New York City.
I watched much of the speech, with English translation, but it was really, really long (full video here), so I only heard parts. The parts I heard were similar to the economic empowerment and pro-growth policies that you likely would hear from a conservative growth candidate here.
Modi also cheered on the crowd of Indian immigrants, thanking them for raising the profile and pride of India.
Here are some highlights gathered by an Indian TV network:
- India used to be known as a country of snakes and snake charmers
- It is only because of you (Indian-American community) that we have made such a huge progress
- If not for you all,there wouldn’t have been an IT revolution
- You (Indian-American community) have earned a lot of respect in USA through skills and values
- America is the oldest democracy in the world. India is the biggest democracy in the world.
- People from around the world have settled in America. People from India have settled across the world.
- It is our endeavour to make development a people’s movement
- If the nation has to progress then good governance is essential
This will warm your hearts:
- The earlier government spoke only of what laws they have made
- I have begun removing obsolete laws
- The more laws we get rid of the better it will be for us
Here are some tweets of the event by the Prime Minister and others:
Update 9-29-2014:
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