Shush, Africa! N means Narendra

October 30, 2015 11:58

Studious silence on Jawaharlal Nehru from Narendra Modi contrasted with repeated praise from multiple African leaders for India's first Prime Minister today, exposing a gulf in their understanding of the legacy of a relationship New Delhi's biggest diplomatic summit in decades is meant to elevate.

Prime Minister Modi, in two speeches that sandwiched addresses by 26 Presidents, two kings, six Prime Ministers, six Vice-Presidents and the African Union commission chair, referred to Mahatma Gandhi and five African Nobel laureates to point to traditional ties.

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