The Obama Foundation said Barack Obama will also address a town hall in the national capital
International News : Former US president Barack Obama, who arrived in India on Thursday, addressed the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2017 in New Delhi on Friday.
Along with Obama, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, among other luminaries, will discuss India’s rise on the global stage today.
Top highlights of Obama’s speech:
→ “America is famous for Donald Trump and Donald Duck. Which one represents the real America? One of the joys and frustrations about America is that it can be contradictory”, says Barack Obama.
→ Think before you speak, think before you tweet: Obama
→ Barack Obama: Tools on social media platforms can be good or bad. One of the challenges is that technology can influence snap judgements about complex decisions. One of the dangers is that instead of deep analysis and evaluation, the new citizen is skimming the surface… the sizzle and not the steak. Those who watch Fox News and those who read the New York Times occupy a difference space. If I read Foxx News, I wouldn’t vote for me.
→ Barack Obama: India’s movement towards a more modern economy that would lift millions of people out of poverty is important. My job was to see whether the general focus was consistent with sound governance.
→ I like him and I think he has a vision for the country. He is implementing and in many ways modernising certain elements of bureaucracy. But, I was also great friends with Dr Manmohan Singh: Barack Obama on what he thinks of Narendra Modi.
