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Modi has a vision for India, Manmohan laid foundation: Barack Obama

Says he may be the only US president to have the recipe for dal and found making chapatis too hard

Former US president Barack Obama met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday. This was the first meeting between them after Obama left the White House
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Former US president Barack Obama met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday. This was the first meeting between them after Obama left the White House

Agencies New Delhi
Continuing the famous 'bromance', former US president Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on Friday. Obama was in New Delhi to attend a few events that are part of a three-country tour he is undertaking in one of his first global outings as a private citizen. 

At a leadership summit organised by Hindustan Times, on being asked about his friendship with Modi, Obama said: “I like him…I think he has a vision for the country. He is modernising elements of bureaucracy.” 

He, however, praised former prime minister Manmohan Singh in the same breath. “I was also great friends with Dr