Narendra Modi’s grand reception in NY reflects deep cultural ties: White House

"I think that just highlights one other way in which the relationship between our two countries is so important," said White House.

By: Press Trust of India

Washington | September 30, 2014 08:58 AM IST

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This sense of disbelief, hope and a wondrous new idea of being Indian is what has defined the prime minister’s first visit to a country that, till just the other day, treated him like a pariah.

The “rock-star” treatment given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the prestigious Madison Square Garden by some 20,000 Indian-American people is the reflective of the “deep cultural ties” between the two countries, the White House has said.

“I think the strong turnout at that event and the enthusiastic reaction highlights the deep cultural ties that exist between the United States and India; that there are so many immigrants from India to the United States that are now interwoven into communities all across the countries,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said on Monday.

He was responding to questions about the historic turnout of some 20,000 Indian diaspora who had turned up from various parts of the country to attend the reception for Modi at the prestigious MSG in New York City on Sunday. “I think that just highlights one other way in which the relationship between our two countries is so important,” Earnest said.

On Sunday, Modi joined a long, but exclusive list of international singers and film stars among others who have spoken at the iconic Madison Square Garden. Modi was perhaps the first international delegate from a country to speak at this venue, which opened on February 11, 1968.

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