Obama Gets a Warm Welcome, but Indians Pine for Bush
Support for a civilian nuclear deal and a push for more trade kept Bush's image buffed in New Delhi.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) talks with US President Barack Obama (R) while watching the fly-past during India's Republic Day parade on Rajpath in New Delhi on January 26, 2015.
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Arriving Monday at the site of India's Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, President Barack Obama was greeted by loud and enthusiastic cheers. Spectators enduring a cool drizzle pointed and waved. Parents held children aloft to see the American president.
It's been this way since Obama set foot on Indian soil. Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaims him a friend while an Indian television channel marries the president's name and the traditional Hindi greeting in the logo, "Namaste Obama."