{"id":315190,"date":"2019-09-23T06:47:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T06:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=315190"},"modified":"2019-09-23T06:47:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T06:47:33","slug":"your-presence-at-howdy-modi-a-watershed-moment-in-india-usa-ties-pm-modi-tweets-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/your-presence-at-howdy-modi-a-watershed-moment-in-india-usa-ties-pm-modi-tweets-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Your presence at Howdy Modi a watershed moment in India-USA ties\u2019: PM Modi tweets Donald Trump"},"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=\"size-full wp-image-315191 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/modi-trump-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/modi-trump-3.jpg 596w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/modi-trump-3-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/modi-trump-3-515x420.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in a tweet to Donald Trump said that your presence at the &#8220;Howdy Modi!&#8221; event on Sunday was a &#8220;watershed moment&#8221; in the India-US ties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi tweeted hours after the two world leaders share stage at a mega event in Houston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi further said that Trump has been a\u00a0steadfast friend of India and the Indian community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cDear @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, your presence at #HowdyModi in Houston was a watershed moment in India-USA ties. Since assuming office, you have been a steadfast friend of India and the Indian community. Your presence indicates your respect towards India and the Indian diaspora,\u201d Modi said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi also shared pictures from the grand event and thanked all those who came to the Howdy Modi event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMoments from Houston that will always remain a part of my memory. I thank all those who came for the #HowdyModi programme. The event was lively, showcasing the special features of Indian culture and accomplishments of the Indian diaspora,\u201d Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On Sunday PM Modi and President Trump addressed a crowd of over 50,000 Indian Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in a tweet to Donald Trump said that your presence at the &#8220;Howdy Modi!&#8221; event on Sunday was a &#8220;watershed moment&#8221; in the India-US ties. Modi tweeted hours after the two world leaders share stage at a mega event in Houston. PM Modi further said that Trump has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":315191,"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\/315190"}],"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=315190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315192,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315190\/revisions\/315192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/315191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}