{"id":310033,"date":"2019-03-02T09:10:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T09:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=310033"},"modified":"2019-03-02T09:10:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T09:10:29","slug":"abhinandan-will-acquire-new-meaning-pm-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/abhinandan-will-acquire-new-meaning-pm-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Abhinandan\u2019 will acquire new meaning: PM Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-310037 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/modi-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/modi-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/modi-647x420.jpg 647w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/modi.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In an apparent reference to the Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the word \u2018Abhinanadan\u2019 would now acquire a new meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAbhinandan\u201d used to mean welcome, but its meaning would change now, Modi said at an event in New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe world takes note of what India does&#8230;India has the strength to change the meaning of words in the dictionary,\u201d Modi added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi\u2019s remarks came a day after IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was released by Pakistan after being captive for nearly three days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The IAF pilot was captured on February 27 by Pakistan following an aerial dogfight between the two air forces near the Line of Control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Soon after the pilot was released, Modi tweeted, \u201cWelcome Home Wing Commander Abhinandan! The nation is proud of your exemplary courage. Our armed forces are an inspiration for 130 crore Indians. Vande Mataram!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an apparent reference to the Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the word \u2018Abhinanadan\u2019 would now acquire a new meaning. \u201cAbhinandan\u201d used to mean welcome, but its meaning would change now, Modi said at an event in New Delhi. \u201cThe world takes note of what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":310037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310038,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310033\/revisions\/310038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/310037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}