{"id":320909,"date":"2020-03-08T06:43:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T06:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=320909"},"modified":"2020-03-08T06:43:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T06:43:15","slug":"signing-off-says-pm-modi-as-he-gives-away-social-media-accounts-to-7-women-achievers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/signing-off-says-pm-modi-as-he-gives-away-social-media-accounts-to-7-women-achievers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Signing off\u2019, says PM Modi as he gives away social media accounts to 7 Women Achievers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"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-310353 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/modi-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/modi-10.jpg 528w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/modi-10-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he is signing off from his social media accounts as he handed it over to seven women achievers who will share their life&#8217;s journeys on International Women\u2019s Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Extending his greeting for the women of India, PM Modi said, \u201cAs I\u2019d said a few days ago, I\u2019m signing off.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cGreetings on International Women\u2019s Day! We salute the spirit and accomplishments of our Nari Shakti. As I\u2019d said a few days ago, I\u2019m signing off. Through the day, seven women achievers will share their life journeys and perhaps interact with you through my social media accounts,\u201d PM Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIndia has outstanding women achievers in all parts of the nation. These women have done great work in a wide range of sectors. Their struggles and aspirations motivate millions. Let us keep celebrating the achievements of such women and learning from them,\u201d PM Modi added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The first woman to take over the PM&#8217;s Twitter handle is Sneha Mohandoss, the founder of Food Bank India. She introduced herself in a short video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cYou heard of food for thought. Now, it is time for action and a better future for our poor. Hello, I am @snehamohandoss. Inspired by my mother, who instilled the habit of feeding the homeless, I started this initiative called Foodbank India,\u201d she tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI work with volunteers, many of whom are outside India, to work towards eradicating hunger. We have over 20 chapters and have impacted several people with our work. We also initiated activities like mass cooking, cooking marathons, breast feeding awareness drives,\u201d Mohandoss added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he is signing off from his social media accounts as he handed it over to seven women achievers who will share their life&#8217;s journeys on International Women\u2019s Day. Extending his greeting for the women of India, PM Modi said, \u201cAs I\u2019d said a few days ago, I\u2019m signing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":310353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[316,737],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320909"}],"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=320909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320910,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320909\/revisions\/320910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/310353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}