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Opinion: A Gentle Slap To Modi!

Opinion: A Gentle Slap To Modi!

Despite all the bonhomie between Obama and Modi, the latter must have definitely felt a bit let down after Obama choose to give a piece of unwarranted advice to India.

“Your Article 25 says that all people are `equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice and propagate religion',” said Obama in his address to a largely young audience, hours ahead of his departure. This is undoubtedly a veiled reference to the raging conversions dispute in the country.

“In both our countries, in all countries, upholding this fundamental freedom is the responsibility of government, but it's also the responsibility of every person,'' he added.

Obama went on to say that India was going to succeed as long as it was not splintered along sectarian lines.

Obama obviously is unaware of the history of India, how the gentle attitude of the Hindu and his liberal bent of mind has resulted in his subjugation first by the Muslim and then the British.

But the more important point is this: when you visit somebody at their house as a guest, do you actually speak about the internal issues of your guest and violate the principles of decorum?

Lakhs of Hindus have been forcibly converted over the decades and no one gives a damn, but a few below-the-poverty line Muslims or Christians embrace Hinduism willingly and even the US President speaks about it!

Obama should have remembered that he was in the country as its guest for the Republic Day and not as an opposition Party Member! He could have voiced his concerns if any in private to Modi! With a single act of thoughtlessness, he has given fresh ammunition to a desperate opposition.

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