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SOCIAL MEDIA BUZZ >From loving his German shepherd to 2ab: Did Prime Minister Modi really say >that? '2ab or not 2ab, that is the question.' Sahil Bhalla Today · 08:40 am Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to India as his three-nation tour to France, Germany and Canada that began on April 9 comes to an end. In France, he signed a deal to buy fighter planes. In Germany, he urged business people to Make in India. In Canada, he secured an agreement to buy uranium fuel for India's nuclear plants. As is now the standard practice, several controversies were stirred up – not all of them real or of his making. The squalls began even as Modi set out for France, when the leading French newspaper Le Monde said that they had refused to run an interview with him. The paper explained that they were told that they would not be able to interact with Modi but would have to publish written answers. More questionable moments followed. Indian architects and fetus According to ANI, Modi made this statement in Germany. ANI ✔ @ANI_news 800 years back Indian architects knew what a fetus looked like inside the womb, imagine that: PM Modi #ModiInGermany 11:44 PM - 13 Apr 2015 173 RETWEETS 68 FAVORITES This started a debate among social media users. One Twitter user took a screenshot of a book showing that ancient Indian texts from the sixth century BC had details of human embryology. Ketan C Bhate @BhateKetan Follow @iMac_too https://books.google.co.in/books?id=H--7BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=ancient+Indian+science+fetus&source=bl&ots=Sg9zN6f_lf&sig=VHNdwtLrIM5n9KVpkCFCDNRRaWw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HCEsVaOpBovluQSFnoHIBA&ved=0CBoQ6AEwADgU … Ancient Indian texts (6th century BC) show detailed knowledge of human embryology. 1:56 AM - 14 Apr 2015 18 RETWEETS 9 FAVORITES Twitter uses kept coming up with suggestions for more texts to support this contention: Life in the Womb: Conception and Gestation in Buddhist Scripture and Classical Indian Medical Literature, Lord Kapila’s Instructions on the Movements of the Living Entities and Vedic Hindu Science on Development of Embryo to Fetus to Baby. Then someone tweeted a picture. Del Alpha @Del_Alpha Follow Seeing Is Believing Sundara Kamakshi Temple Sirukarumbur 12:01 AM - 14 Apr 2015 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India 433 RETWEETS 184 FAVORITES Despite all the evidence on display on Twitter, no one was able to firmly establish the source of Modi's assertion. Modi's awkward non-handshake At the Hannover Fair, Modi, after finishing a speech, walked up to German Chancellor Angela Merkel to shake her hand. Astonishingly, according to this video, she ignored his gesture. [Video] As so often, the video did not tell the whole story. Merkel wanted to shake Modi's hand in the middle of the stage, which is what they proceed to do. Barking up the wrong tree On April 14, ANI News tweeted a picture of another tweet claiming it was a photoshopped picture ANI ✔ @ANI_news My love for Germany goes decades back. When I was a small boy in Guj my only friend was a German Shephard: PM #ModiinGermany RETWEETS FAVORITES 227 96 ANI ✔ @ANI_news Follow This is a photoshopped tweet. ANI has got nothing to do with it. Legal action will be taken against those responsible 3:27 PM - 14 Apr 2015 2,033 RETWEETS 706 FAVORITES The dubious post came to light when Aam Aadmi Party social media head Ankit Lal tweeted it. ANI News promptly replied saying it wasn't true and that Modi hadn't said any such thing. They claimed that Lal himself had created it. He denied it but attacks by Bhartiya Janta Party supporters on him are still continuing. Ankit Lal @ankitlal Follow .@smitaprakash @ashu3page Plz chk timings of Tweet! 5:43 PM - 14 Apr 2015 88 RETWEETS 32 FAVORITES ANI News, on their part, have filed a First Information Report with the Economic Offences Wing and Cyber Cell of Delhi Police on April 14. Counting colours ANI ✔ @ANI_news 16 April India's flag has four colors. I want to bring 4 colored revolutions: PM #ModiinCanada pic.twitter.com/LiFlN0xOtb ANI ✔ @ANI_news Follow Saffron for energy revolution, white for milk revolution, green for earth revolution, and blue water & sky: PM #ModiinCanada 6:50 AM - 16 Apr 2015 62 RETWEETS 29 FAVORITES Modi stirred up a controversy in Canada when he claimed that the Indian flag has four colours and not three. Saffron, white, green and blue. Pallavi Jha @pallavijha Follow Seriously I can't tell the difference between fake tweets and real tweets on Modi's quotes anymore. https://twitter.com/economictimes/status/588566832967131137 … 10:29 AM - 16 Apr 2015 142 RETWEETS 39 FAVORITES Technically, Modi was right. Though the Indian flag is referred to as the tri-colour, it has a blue chakra in the middle, First PM to visit Canada "It is a historic milestone in our bilateral ties as in 42 years, this is the first standalone bilateral visit by an Indian prime minister,"said External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin shortly after Modi arrived in Canada. Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor, refuted this statement. Shashi Tharoor ✔ @ShashiTharoor Follow Bizarrely @PMOIndia claims 1st visit by Indian PM to Canada in 42years! When will @narendramodi learn2respect facts?: http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2010/06/27/joint-statement-canada-and-india-occasion-visit-canada-dr-manmohan-singh-prime … 11:14 AM - 16 Apr 2015 Joint Statement by Canada and India on the occasion of the visit to... The Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, visited Canada from June 26 to June 28 at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Stephen Harper. During his visit, Prime Minister Singh... 588 RETWEETS 261 FAVORITES As it turns out, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had visited Canada in 2010 for the G20 Summit. Tharoor backed up his claims by including a link to a joint statement by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. While Manmohan Singh visited Canada before Modi, the difference is that Modi's was a bilateral, while Singh was there primarily for the Summit. 2ab ANI ✔ @ANI_news Follow India and Canada are like that "2ab" that comes from the formula of (a+b)square: PM #ModiinCanada pic.twitter.com/1IpCJ0aQK8 7:33 AM - 16 Apr 2015 267 RETWEETS 100 FAVORITES Rituparna Chatterjee ✔ @MasalaBai Follow Like a Bapi Lahiri song: 'You and me, a + b square, 2ab, baby baby' Modi: India and Canada are like that "2ab" that comes from (a+b)square 7:39 AM - 16 Apr 2015 16 RETWEETS 14 FAVORITES It's a simple math problem which Modi has gotten wrong. (a + b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab + b^2 [Proof] (Picture credit: FreshSite.com) Truth Of Gujarat @TruthOfGujarat Follow Mathematicians around the world after Modiji's (a + b) squared, 2ab statement. 4:19 PM - 16 Apr 2015 25 RETWEETS 17 FAVORITES Nistula Hebbar @nistula Follow 2ab or not 2ab, that is the question. 12:25 PM - 16 Apr 2015 5 RETWEETS 4 FAVORITES Gul Panag ✔ @GulPanag Follow (a+b)^2=a^2+2ab+b^2 10:14 AM - 16 Apr 2015 66 RETWEETS 83 FAVORITES We welcome your comments at [email protected]. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
