By pulling Zuckerberg aside, Modi demonstrated that he always knows where the camera is
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From his social media feed and his website, it's clear that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi loves facing the camera and posing for pictures. His talent for ensuring that the lens is constantly trained on him was highlighted yet again during his recently concluded visit to the United States (US) when he visited the Facebook headquarters.
A video that emerged from his meeting with the company's founder Mark Zuckerberg has left the internet in splits.
As they're having a conversation, Modi firmly grabs Zuckerberg's arm and drags him aside so that the cameras have a clear view of the Indian prime minister.
His penchant for knowing exactly where the camera was on abundant display last year, when he was in Australia. In every picture, he was seemed to be looking directly at the photographer.
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Sep 29, 2015 04:52pm
Good on him, love the man!
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Sep 29, 2015 04:52pm
that's cuz he is a self obsessed chai wala!
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Sep 29, 2015 04:53pm
Ha ha..... He knows lot of other things as well which world will keep finding as time goes on.
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Sep 29, 2015 04:54pm
Thanks - this is hilarious
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Sep 29, 2015 04:55pm
The selfie boy knows the right poses and positions!
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Sep 29, 2015 04:56pm
Good , Camera is the window to the world.
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Sep 29, 2015 04:56pm
He is making a place for himself..no problem in that
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Sep 29, 2015 04:58pm
Funny cannot stop laughlin , i.e. where i stay in US, come meet me sometime.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:00pm
no one can match modiji. we love you sir. long live india
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Sep 29, 2015 05:00pm
One wonders when he will act like a PM of a country.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:01pm
Poor Zuckerberg was embarrassed , Modi being PM should know how to deal with people ,sadly he doesn't .
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Sep 29, 2015 05:01pm
That is the psyche of politicians in the sub continent, they have an ego the size of the emperor.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:02pm
@A true Fact surely its the business mentality of this chai wala thats cracking deals for us. We prefer a humble chai wala to lead us, rather than a so called foreign educated corrupt representative who goes absconding due to pending cases!!!
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Sep 29, 2015 05:03pm
This is embarrassing to me as an Indian, Modi should have behaved better ,should have asked politely to come aside so that people could take snaps , not pull him like that.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:04pm
So does he know the priorities of India. Let's call him smart to know where to look if someone is clicking.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:04pm
he is a Gujju and they know all about marketing
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Sep 29, 2015 05:05pm
Manmohan singh would never do such a thing , most civilized man.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:08pm
Guys, i honestly felt it was a little rude. But at the same time, i just did a Provident Fund (PF) transfer today. People in India really know what a pain it used to be. Today, I do a transfer, i get a message on my mobile. I forgot to give a printout to my past company, i got a reminder message. I gave the form to the old company, i got a transfer message. i login online, i see the balance....imagine what it was a year back. i know so many people who lost money in the process of transfer.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:08pm
Should see the embarrassment on Zuckerberg's face , I would like to say sorry on behalf of Indians.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:08pm
As an Indian, I feel proud of the fact that he loves to be in limelight. What's wrong in that?? We don't need a shy reclusive silent PM.... He is the world's most confident politician and why not?? He is a self made Emperor...
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Sep 29, 2015 05:12pm
hungry for media
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Sep 29, 2015 05:12pm
Would like to apologize to Zuck on behalf of Indians, Modi should do too , if not done already , Zuck may be young and Modi Older ,but that does not mean he can pull him like that.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:15pm
This shows Modi cares more about publicity than doing real work , hence instead of staying in India and working for farmers and common people he is always on tours, Indians will regret one day for choosing him as PM, our Nawaz is lot better and he does real work and does not care about photo ops.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:16pm
Should focus more towards people rather than camera ... Pathetic observation
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Sep 29, 2015 05:17pm
Modi may not be the brightest of the Indians, he surely represents a very stable democracy and has a bright and experienced team behind him. Their foriegn policy seems to be a well thought out process and not the whim of one or two guys. Can we say the same about our Prime minister?
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Sep 29, 2015 05:20pm
What is wrong?........he has to win hearts........
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Sep 29, 2015 05:21pm
I personally believe Modi should stay in India and work towards solving real issues than going to facebook, how can a common Indian benefit from facebook ? Indians are watching and he will definitely loose next election , wait and watch, seeing the antics of Modi, i consider our Dr Nawaz Sharief is million times better than him.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:22pm
Its pretty rude how he pulled Mark aside
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Sep 29, 2015 05:22pm
What did Modi learn from Gandhi ,Sardar Vallabai Patel and Vivekananda , nothing .
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Sep 29, 2015 05:23pm
@A true Fact ...Chai wala or Sona wala...Modi is Hero of India !
At least he is not robbing our country like most politicians the world over do when they are at the top.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:28pm
Modi should learn something from our PM , he knows how to behave and move with people and in front of the media, today I am feeling proud of our PM.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:28pm
Arwind Kejriwal yells at him rightly then.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:29pm
@A true Fact >>> That chai wala is doing very well for his country then our steel wala, cement wala, poultry wala, doodh wala.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:34pm
This was very rude. Modi should have manner how to behave with other world leaders. In America it is considered to be the worst rudeness
Also, to give a big hug to Obama every time he meets him. If you see pictures and Obama's body language - he clearly seems to be uncomfortable at such gesture. Modi's advisers must teach him western manners. These things are routine in our countries but not
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Sep 29, 2015 05:34pm
People apart from the PF which i commented check this out. This gives a live dashboard of the central government employees who are in office and working. This came in after modi came to office.
http://central.attendance.gov.in/
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Sep 29, 2015 05:34pm
Coincidentally camera man spotted Narendra moodi while he was watching camera man
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Sep 29, 2015 05:35pm
Hahaha, you mady my day.. thanks for sharing
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Sep 29, 2015 05:36pm
We all know how self praising, self obsessed, attention grabbing person Modi is...but this is very rude and unbecoming of a PM...very uncivilized and ill-mannered.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:43pm
@sonny afridi
It's the way you take it Glass is half or its half empty.
It's the duty & work of camera man that who is is Importent.
Hate bad things not the Persnality. Be clear & be blessed.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:46pm
@sudheer Really nice, but that does not nullify or justify his behavior.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:50pm
It was love & respect for each other.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:51pm
Yes ofcouse, you should be good in marketing skills also... he is mix of everything love you modi
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Sep 29, 2015 05:53pm
He need some personal grooming and diplomatic decorum and etiquette. Seems like in his 31 year stunt in RSS, he learned how to grab the attention, use emotions, has got the gift-of-gab.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:55pm
@sudheer : wow.that is great.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:58pm
At last India has a PM who knows where to look. He has to watch those who are going to play mischief on him.
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Sep 29, 2015 06:02pm
Good. This kind of sense is not everyone's cup of tea.
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Sep 29, 2015 06:05pm
He knows how to create a brand and sell
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Sep 29, 2015 06:06pm
So, even if true, is it a crime!!!
He was inspecting the thing and wanted media to have a look too...
Do you really think, he needs to find camera...
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Maybe you don't know, till now, camera, media / reporters are looking for him... asking for an interview or 1-2 exclusive questions, but its a rarity... leave speeches or seminars alone... or bilateral visits...
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Sep 29, 2015 06:07pm
Modi is an uneducated person. He doesn't know about the etiquette.
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Sep 29, 2015 06:09pm
Whats wring with that?
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Sep 29, 2015 06:10pm
Complete poser. Not a serious Prime Minister. Disappointed with India's choice. He is leading to huge communal disharmony in India. Pakistan doesn't have to do anything.
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Sep 29, 2015 06:11pm
@A true Fact yea and he is proud of his background... Respect for this great leader
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Sep 29, 2015 06:12pm
@raja farhat abbas I have just one question here. Since when Nawaz sharif became Dr. Nawaz sharif?
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Sep 29, 2015 06:15pm
I saw the sceen on TV. I didn't liked it.
But from the camera angle that I saw on TV, Mark was NOT blocking Camera view for Modi. Mark was blocking the girl. To clear the camera view for the girl Modi did that. But still I didn't like the way he did this.
Modi also a human and humen do mistakes.
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Sep 29, 2015 06:15pm
I can see sense a lot of wishful thinking. Anyway he is bringing a lots of FDI rather than harping on a specific issue such as Kashmir etc
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Sep 29, 2015 06:21pm
@Aamir Read this , Our PM is now a doctorate degree holder unlike your Chai wala PM, our PM is learned man.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1199826
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Sep 29, 2015 06:22pm
that is our pm...!!!
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Sep 29, 2015 06:25pm
In such type of meetings there are many many cameras, out of many many seconds these photographs are snaps of a particular second by particular camera. Thats it.
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Sep 29, 2015 06:25pm
Its great to see that people watch and analyze each and every step of Modi.
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Sep 29, 2015 06:28pm
This is more like PM = PoliceMan, Not Prime Minister.
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Sep 29, 2015 06:33pm
its shows, he is active.
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Sep 29, 2015 06:35pm
@pj josh
one can say what pleases him or her but for a leader he or she must be above herself and himself. I will not defend even my father if he wrong when it comes to public office and leadership position.
This world is full of self obsessed heroes specially in the subcontinent.
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Sep 29, 2015 06:38pm
He is not only a person he represents aspirations of 1.25 billion people. By being before camera he brings these people in limelight. Think from this perspective rather than his perspective. He is try his best to recover lost ground of past 10 years.
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Sep 29, 2015 06:41pm
He is definitely not camera shy then and loves posing! Not only that as far as his penchant for selfies are concerned, there have been a number of selfie-related injuries and deaths. In a nation where a billion eulogise Modi, he needs to curb selfie culture for the sake of his people!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/selfie-deaths-shark-attacks_5602c0c5e4b0fde8b0d09cbe
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Sep 29, 2015 06:41pm
This was not fair on part of PM Modi.
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Sep 29, 2015 06:49pm
Love Modi or Hate Modi....But can't ignore Modi...
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Sep 29, 2015 06:51pm
Arvind Kejriwal has the right qualification to the PM of India. He is an inexperienced politician but his honesty and truthfulness will be one day a great boon for India. Modi is not bad but he is weak in certain departments such as education and the learning curve is too high for his type of mindset to circumvent. India churns out hundreds of thousands of educated young men every year and their aspirations cannot be met by ordinarily educated politicians.
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Sep 29, 2015 07:05pm
That's Indian Touch by our PM....bringing in much needed personal contact...
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Sep 29, 2015 07:07pm
And the camera man always alert when modi looks at him.
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Sep 29, 2015 07:09pm
Our PM may or may not know where the camera is. But he definitely knows how to make deals for India and its progress. The results are there for everyone to see
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Sep 29, 2015 07:13pm
@Zak
Our Chair walla pm rocking in silicon valley to tap billion dollars investment
What's your Well learned man Pm doing ?
Same old same old speeches at UN about Kashmir valley ?
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Sep 29, 2015 07:14pm
Or its opposite ? Camera know where is Modi
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Sep 29, 2015 07:14pm
@raja farhat abbas no man... Modi I'd man with lot of forward vision. He knows that only method to uplift India within a short span of time is foreign investments. Thus a lot a Indians techies will get jobs. Otherwise, if he does things like previous pms, what is the difference and what going to change after 5 yrs. So majority of educated people of India supports his vision.
We never forget that China did the same done 20yrs back and that's why China became a major hub of production and a major economics. For understanding modis vision we all need to first learn economics....
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Sep 29, 2015 07:20pm
Don't ever trust a politician who is camera conscious to this extent. Indians will know it in good time and it will be too late by then.
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Sep 29, 2015 07:30pm
Zuckerberg clearly looks shocked and taken aback by this manhandling. He is probably thinking ..... and this tea vendor wants me to invest in India LOL
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Sep 29, 2015 07:32pm
It explains again that basic education is much more important than internet, wifi etc.
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Sep 29, 2015 07:43pm
The lowest level attitude kind of PM in the World, he was a Tea boy and has never changed his habits.
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Sep 29, 2015 07:43pm
or it may be all the camera want to capture him
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Sep 29, 2015 07:46pm
@Usman - Apparently, he has masters degree. I hope it is in Communal Harmony...he is good at that :)
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Sep 29, 2015 07:46pm
@raja farhat abbas If you could understood what facebook could be beneficial to the common people, then you might be the prime minister of pakistan
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Sep 29, 2015 07:46pm
Rude on Moddi's part !
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Sep 29, 2015 07:48pm
He loves publicity and good clothes. Nothing wrong with that. He's bringing billions investments into India with his appeal. Praise the man for that! At least he's not filling his own coffers like other politicians we have faced in the past.
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Sep 29, 2015 07:50pm
modi is a great friend of mark, so he is just caring to camera men to capture them that's great gesture by modi to honer a ordinary cmen
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Sep 29, 2015 07:55pm
He was Chief Minister for more than a decade. He is Prime Minister for more than 1 1/2 years. Nobody has pointed a finger accusing him of corruption. Is there any Pakistani Leader who can match him?
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Sep 29, 2015 07:57pm
While our PM is discussing Polio with Bill Gates, PM Modi is discussing economy and growth with world business leaders. Nawaz is going to return to his Raiwind palace to take stock of his business while modi will return to lead his nation.
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Sep 29, 2015 08:05pm
@rs None of our politicians were involved in mass killing of minorities. Thus, you're right; no one from Pakistan can match him
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Sep 29, 2015 08:10pm
@rs none of our politicians were mass murderers. lets not forget your modiji has allegations of instigating pogroms against muslims. not to mention he belongs to a hardline hindu fundamentalistt organization that believes in the subjugation of muslims and christians. keep hyping him up. his end will serve his deeds appropriately God willing.
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Sep 29, 2015 08:10pm
he knows where the action is where the camera is and goes for the action. HE is the da man ---instead of the lame duck we have who going to party today after everybody has left. a day late and a dollar short.
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Sep 29, 2015 08:15pm
it proves, modi ji dont lyk some one come across his way. so be aware...
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Sep 29, 2015 08:16pm
@S.R. Please can you provide one ACTUAL example of multi billion $ FDI that Modi is solely responsible for? This does not count PROMISE to invest billions in India.
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Sep 29, 2015 08:19pm
He is a real SUPER HERO and I'm proud to have a PM like him.
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Sep 29, 2015 08:19pm
Real truth is here
http://satyavijayi.com/lie-exposed-mark-modi-side-please/
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Sep 29, 2015 08:20pm
No other Prime minister of of India,post independence,was put under this kind of a scanner on his each and every move,and his each and every word....I think the press is genuinely unfair and biased.
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Sep 29, 2015 08:30pm
Watching the video gives me the cringe feeling... so embarrassing.
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Sep 29, 2015 08:32pm
It’s not Modi, but the cameras that are in awe of Modi, Just like the rest of the World.
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Sep 29, 2015 08:33pm
@tamil Thanks, At least you could understand. Do not follow blindly either it Nawaz Sharif or Modi
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Sep 29, 2015 08:37pm
Just look at the expression of Zucker when he was pushed to a side...Modi is funny!
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Sep 29, 2015 08:39pm
Modi is a true patriot, capable leader and also a smart politician with a sense of showmanship. Only with a combination of all these qualities can you get things done in India
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Sep 29, 2015 08:40pm
http://Satyavijayi.com/lie-exposed-mark-modi-side-please
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Sep 29, 2015 08:42pm
no matter what my country media say against india but this is the fact that india has taken a quantum leap in education and human resource development today Indian professionals are in high demand the world over .
Pakistan has no plans in this regard .
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Sep 29, 2015 08:46pm
The man has confidence,he knows what he wants and how to get it.Actually he was teaching Mark z some manners as not to get in the way of elders.
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Sep 29, 2015 08:47pm
Well the camera wouldn't be there if it wasn't for him. The town hall was set up for him this time. As for the other pics, they are nothing but stills from various videos. They are not pictures. In a video at any given point anyone could be looking in any direction. thx
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Sep 29, 2015 08:55pm
Mr Modi, it is about time learn some manners now. At the level where God has brought you, you don't do gestures like this to only be in the frame.
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Sep 29, 2015 09:03pm
@Kashif Syed we know vry well how people r jealous on modi's success
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Sep 29, 2015 09:08pm
Modi is always camera concious , so he knows where is camera.
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Sep 29, 2015 09:15pm
hahahahah :) hilarious..and embarrassing for Zuckerberg :)
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Sep 29, 2015 09:20pm
@lafanga Mark Zuckerberg knows about India, he doesn't have to learn about India ftom PM Modiji. One of his mentors, late Steve Jobs had advised him to visit a particular temple to get inspiration. So don't worry.
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Sep 29, 2015 09:37pm
not a big issue.....forget and forgive....make the world a better place to live in.
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Sep 29, 2015 09:40pm
Haha very true
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Sep 29, 2015 09:45pm
@Zak ...Mr Modi is a graduate from Gujrat university. He worked and studied at the same time. And now you can expect all the top universities of the world to bestow honrary Doctorates on him and soon he too will be called Dr Narender Modi !
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Sep 29, 2015 10:03pm
That is what he does the best.
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Sep 29, 2015 10:09pm
Embarrassing moments for Zuckerberg. No need to drag him on side. Modi could request him to move on side. A typical sub-continent politician.
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Sep 29, 2015 10:15pm
I'm really impressed with the civility of the commenters for this article and doubly impressed that so many Indian friends from across the border so avidly read and follow Dawn.com
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Sep 29, 2015 10:18pm
@A true Fact Come on. I am Paksitani but one thing I truly admire about hime is progressing from chai walaa to be PM. It needs a lot of talent and guts. Lokk around you, a lot of highly educated people from good background, just progress to become team lead or mid-level manager in their whole career.
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Sep 29, 2015 10:42pm
The video was indeed funny- the way he pulled aside a younger Zuckerberg was very Indian :) However, regarding Modi always facing the camera in the pictures- only the pictures where he is facing the cameras get printed! Is this a surprise? If you go to cover a celebrity event, you take multiple pictures and only the best ones get published.
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Sep 29, 2015 11:09pm
Tomorrow, you will be the same guys, who will comment that some secret gift was given to Modi by Zuck and go crazy on what the gift was, then blame Modi ji for not revealing.
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Sep 29, 2015 11:11pm
Modi should apologize to Mark for his desi behaviour. What he was thinking? We do that in Pak/India like "hutna beta"
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Sep 29, 2015 11:36pm
Although I agree that he loves cameras, in this instance, I saw the original video with sound and it turns out that the cameramen were requesting Mark to turn and face the cameras.
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Sep 29, 2015 11:41pm
one madam who was probably shooting the video said loudly, "Sir this side", when Zuckerberg was coming in the way of the video. Modi just helped the woman shooting the video, by helping Zuckerberg to his side. Otherwise imagine how it would have been if only the back of Zuckerberg was on the video for 10 15 mins.
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Sep 29, 2015 11:44pm
Hahaha no offense. But the reality was, the camera guys asked them to be in a line so that they can cover all. Modi, rather than trying his luck in communicating in English, pulled Zuck aside.No wonder, Zuck is a sport. All the time, he was seen running around Modi.
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Sep 29, 2015 11:44pm
Modi is a very smart guy! Chaiwala or not, but that itself a big honor the way he has risen. A country like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Srilanka runs on the old mantra - a father's profession is pushed to the next generation - a painful cycle of endless slavery. Looking at Modi one has to feel proud that it is possible to break that cycle.
Being a politician he has to be cunning, push / pull, slap / kiss, and get the work done. But if he fails to achieve the targets then the same people who elevated him will bring him down to ensure the Government of the people, by the people and for the people.
Let him ride the wave. It is his time and he enjoys the selfies and the pictures.
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Sep 29, 2015 11:57pm
Sorry guys, he has no etiquettes for sure.
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Sep 30, 2015 12:00am
Absolutely an unacceptable behavior by Modi. Mr.Prime Minister, you should know better.
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Sep 30, 2015 12:02am
@True Blue Indian I am more proud Indian than yourself but I don't think he has done any good so far to India which foreign investments are you talking about.
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Sep 30, 2015 12:02am
A clear conflict between his inner and outside personality. He may try to cover or attain what he wanted in his past
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Sep 30, 2015 12:08am
@lafanga Before jumping to comment wish you did an internet search like I did. This is in response to your comment that Modi's FDI is just a promise and what is Actual.
Here's direct quote from Economic Times of India - India received $19.78 billion (Rs 1.3 lakh crore) in FDI in 2014-15 from a dozen major FDI source countries that Modi has visited since taking over in May last year. This accounts for nearly two-thirds of the $30.93 billion FDI the country received in the fiscal year, which was 27 per cent more than the year before.
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Sep 30, 2015 12:28am
We don't want a Camera shy politician, do we?
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Sep 30, 2015 12:33am
It more looks like, the camera always looking for, where Modi is and it seem to pay-off well.
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Sep 30, 2015 12:36am
Apperantely, apart from taking selfies Modi loves hugging too! The mother of all hugs came in January with a humongous embrace of President Obama. Delirious Indian news channels ran tickers screaming 'Modi/Obama hug' because, as The New York Times reported, "this was not expected". The newspaper dubbed the development as a "quadrilateral security hug".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34389044
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Sep 30, 2015 12:45am
He has an excellent presence of mind. Action of context depends partly on culture you came from.
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Sep 30, 2015 01:23am
@Vik1 - I never knew keeping one eye where the camera is for a photo-op is deemed to be "an excellent presence of mind"!!!
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Sep 30, 2015 01:34am
What is wrong in it?He knows how to present himself well and how to put India in limelight.He has aesthetics.Proud of you Modiji!!!
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Sep 30, 2015 02:02am
As long as he's bringing tangible progress & development to India, eradicating corruption & making the country secure, I don't care if he takes a million pictures a day.
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Sep 30, 2015 02:25am
That was pretty rude!
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Sep 30, 2015 03:12am
If he is Zuckerberg, Modi is the Iceberg. Nothing blocks in his way.
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Sep 30, 2015 04:12am
@Raj This is misleading news. Modi wanted Zukerberg also to face the camera as he was facing other side. It is quite normal in our culture to hold someone's hand whom you consider friend and bringing towards you.
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Sep 30, 2015 04:22am
He is a showman rather than a visionary...
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Sep 30, 2015 04:30am
Disgusting behaviour from our prime minister. Grow up dude!
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Sep 30, 2015 05:08am
Modiji indeed a very media savvy man ! He knows how to hog limelight and remain in the focus of people. Plus he has remarkable sense of timing , which is why he is at this stage!
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Sep 30, 2015 05:27am
@Akhtar Ali
May be that is the reason that he is able to lead a nation that's higher education and educational products are brand in world .
You do have an educated PM but..........
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Sep 30, 2015 05:50am
@Rohhajh wanting to be in the limelight is fine, but shoving someone aside to do so - very rude!
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Sep 30, 2015 05:56am
@lafanga can''t blame Zuckerberg, who wouldn't be shocked at such manhandling? However, Mark also has an eye on the dollars it means for his company's bottom line as well as his vision for connecting billion+ people, so he'll probably brush off...
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Sep 30, 2015 06:01am
Imagine the stories Zuckerberg kids and grandkids will pass on when they describe how the India prime minister pushed aside their grampa!
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Sep 30, 2015 06:19am
so embarrassing .
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Sep 30, 2015 06:26am
to cheap. A dignified leader won't do this. But I think he will learn with time.
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Sep 30, 2015 06:40am
Anytime people try to pull down Modi, Modi prevails. Thank god for giving Modi for India. Watch the full video. If you can
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Sep 30, 2015 07:01am
i like this man
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Sep 30, 2015 07:11am
@Adeel: You,too, can enjoy those positions!
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Sep 30, 2015 07:34am
@A true Fact You should not be ridiculing his background. He is smart to be elected as PM of India. Give credit where it is due. I live in Sydney and have seen university students from affluent families doing so called menial job of cleaners. Here they do respect all jobs. Subcontinent mindset cannot digest it.
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Sep 30, 2015 08:26am
Whatever we can say and these morphed picture are reflecting but that man is doing great service for this country. Making fun of other is old habits of Pakistanis. Instead of looking positive character, pakistanis are satisfying themselves seeing these pictures. Good food for modi criticizers. Unfortunately PM of pakistanis is still trying for backdoor entries for camera in world forum.
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Sep 30, 2015 08:40am
@Zak ,
No need to derogate someone , specially a PM of one country, who has earned to reach this level with sheer hard work . It will be in your own interest to stay away from this type of attitude in your circle.
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Sep 30, 2015 09:32am
Modi is both tech savvy and a marketing genius. He's the guy who used 3D hologram technology to the hilt in the run up to elections. Even when people throw negative jibes at him he knows how to convert that into an opportunity where he comes out better. When Mani Shankar Aiyar ridiculed him for being a chaiwallah he started a program called `Chai pe charcha' and NaMO tea stalls sprang up all over the country. When media and the opposition criticized him for wearing suit which had his name monogrammed in gold, the PM put it up on auction and the Rs.5 crore he got for it went into the Beti Bachao,Beti Padhao programme.
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Sep 30, 2015 09:34am
@Ali He is doing better than that. He's probably the only PM in the world who gets a rock star kind of reception from his people wherever he goes.
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Sep 30, 2015 09:35am
@tamil Zuckerberg didn't mind it. Why are you embarrassed?
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Sep 30, 2015 09:38am
@el cid Don't see that happening. Read Financial Times today. India has overtaken China and US as an FDI destination.
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Sep 30, 2015 09:40am
@UD Why ape westerners when we Indians have our own ways of greeting people. They need India now as much as we need them. Let them learn.
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Sep 30, 2015 09:42am
@Zak you will loose your credentials if your views are always biased.
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Sep 30, 2015 09:42am
@Kashif Syed Rofl
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Sep 30, 2015 09:44am
@Zak What use is a doctorate if the person can't provide you good governance? Manmohan Singh also had a doctorate and see what we got.
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Sep 30, 2015 09:44am
@Harmony-1 It's in political science.
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Sep 30, 2015 09:47am
@Xpakistani You are probably not following Delhi politics. Kejriwal's truthfulness is suspect. He allotted Rs.500 crore towards publicizing himself from public money. Instead of solving issues in Delhi he is mostly cribbing about the central government.
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Sep 30, 2015 10:39am
It's a fact ,its all about MPs. Majority on floor is required to rule the nation firmly. And for that you need MP's - not only Mega Pixels but also like minded members of Parliament . That's for you the photogenic Modi..!!
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Sep 30, 2015 10:59am
this luks disgraceful.
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Sep 30, 2015 12:34pm
Hahahaha......nice analyses by Dawn ....hate him or love him...but you surely cant ignore him...
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Sep 30, 2015 01:45pm
Honestly speaking, it shows true aim of our Honorable PM in visiting foreign countries at the cost of taxes paid by the poor people of his country.
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Sep 30, 2015 04:04pm
Modi is not only power hungry but equally publicity hungry too. Sad to see a 64+ year old "supposed to be a statesman" behaving very unlike one. Is it worthy of a statesman representing billion over people to be so discourteous. I thought it should hv been done either by the cameramen himself or his assistant or if I may, perhaps Modi took that upon himself. His diplomatic teams should take note for future and teach him some ...... To avoid future embarrassment however to be fair, if they think it was normal behaviour, than let's look forward to the next such event
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Oct 01, 2015 10:22am
Being smart is not a crime. He deserves our appreciation.
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Oct 01, 2015 12:28pm
One should NEVER stand onstage with their back to audience - as Mark was. Modi just corrected Mark's mistake.
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Oct 01, 2015 02:51pm
The way Modi pulled Zuckerberg was absurd. Any sane person can feel how bad this kind of act is.
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Oct 01, 2015 04:38pm
Loved the video. Camradery between two great men separated by several decades and thousands of kilometres is heart warming. Not sure what's the big deal even if they had pushed each other a little. They are also people just like us. I wouldn't mind pulling or getting pulled a little and so I don't know why people find it so offensive. These are kind of people who are chased by cameras 24x7 so assuming that any of them looking for cameras is silliness of the highest order.
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Oct 01, 2015 11:36pm
It's for Indian Camera man for Indian people if you cant digest it sorry for you people
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Oct 02, 2015 02:10am
He also wanted to show who is the boss.
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Oct 02, 2015 02:11am
@Imran Soomro Modi did not pull Nawaz Sharif. What is your problem? Mark Zucherberg was happy in the company of a man who has the support of one billin people.
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Oct 02, 2015 03:18am
Such a paindoo ! In love with himself , must feel thrilled each time he has his foto taken
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Oct 02, 2015 09:25am
The cameraman clarified later on that it was him who asked mark to make space, but he didn't hear it seems, that's why modi pulled him back.
Please report complete stories, this is not expected from such reputed journels.
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