This is kind of pathetic and scary at the same time. A narcissist and megalomaniac with a deep inferiority complex and a nuclear button is not good news..
http://kafila.org/2015/02/01/modi-barack-and-a-once-sovereign-nation/ ------------------------snip The sheer misery, the excruciating embarrassment, of watching the Prime Minister of a sovereign (but not secular or socialist) nation desperately, inappropriately, capering about to show off his imagined intimacy with an American President who steadfastly kept his distance and his dignity, is now passing. Time does heal all wounds. (And hopefully, as Groucho Marx put it, Time will also wound all heels) [1] [...] Modi started his radio address “Mann Ki Baat” by explaining the meaning of US President Barack Obama’s first name Some people wonder what is the meaning of Barack… in Swahili, which is prevalent in African nations, Barack means he who is blessed…African countries follow Ubuntu philosophy, which is about unification of humanity. There is a gap of centuries, and of boundaries, but the sentiment that prevails in India – Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (world is a family) - the same sentiment grows from the forests of Africa. <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Barack-means-blessed-one-explains-Modi/articleshow/46033193.cms> Ohhh. Where to start. “The forests of Africa?” A white imperialist couldn’t have done better in putting down an entire continent. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam from ancient Indian civilization, Ubuntu from the forests of Africa. Remember, Modi’s goal is the elimination of forests as remnants of a primitive culture, to be replaced by “smart cities”. Remember also that he is the favoured representative of the “large number of readers” who complained to the *New York Times* about a cartoon on India’s Mars Mission, which showed a farmer with a cow knocking at the door of a room marked Elite Space Club where two men sit reading a newspaper on India’s feat.
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