The world has changed: Mr Modi gave the Chinese president a personal tour of freedom leader Mahatma Gandhi's house in Ahmedabad city. The world is changing - no one gets impressed with you wealth or palaces or pretentiousness, its all about your history, "personal bonding" ability to talk and connect. The two leaders also took a brief walk along the banks of Sabarmati river.
"Mr Xi took a trip down the annals of history with Mr Modi playing guide. Mr Modi stopped frequently and explained to Mr Xi the various facets of Gandhian thought and historical significance. The duo seemed more like friends on a leisurely walk around the campus," says The Times of India.
"The Chinese leader taken around by Mr Modi who played the perfect host, packed a lot - business, history and culture - in his six-hour whistle-stop tour of Gujarat's commercial capital, where giant billboards in Chinese, Gujarati and English greeted him," says the Hindustan Times.
And the papers see this "personal bonding" between the two leaders as a good omen for solving border disputes to improve bilateral ties.
"The ease and bonhomie in interaction between the two leaders are expected to help the two grapple with the more serious issues bedevilling relations between India and China, during talks in New Delhi on Thursday," says the financial website Mint.
These people in Pakistan got to change, I wish someone can take a class of them and teach them. But who will give a 6 hours lecture on history for example giving him a tour of Harrapa and Taxila? NS - hell no, IK , AZ.. the intellectual bankruptcy is the problem. Look at the rapport Mr. Modi has made, the bridge. Well done. See More
(Written from good friend & once thread poster her on SI, wonderful polymath & owner of the stylish Hotel Rayfayel in London's Left Bank on the Thames , Iqbal Latif as you are to)
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