Fun Video on Obama trip |
A video that has popular Indian American actor Kal Penn riding an auto rickshaw incognito on Delhi streets while sharing his impressions of President Barack Obama`s India visit has been posted on the White House website. Kalpen Suresh Modi, or Kal Penn as he is popularly known as, was part of the U.S. delegation to India led by Obama, but took time off from official engagements to drive down to some parts of New Delhi in an auto rickshaw. Kal Penn is on the President`s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. The video has been posted on the White House website. It also narrates his impression about Obama`s historic visit. In the videoPenn, whose parents are from Gujarat, explains why the U.S. president was in India to attend the Republic Day Parade as its chief guest at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Penn explains that Obama accepted the invitation as this was a unique opportunity and that the president and Modi have developed a very close relationship after the September 2014 meeting between the two at the White House. Along with the video, the White House has also posted key highlights of the trip on its blog which is titled `Chalein saath saath` (let`s go forward together). “America and India are true global partners in the work of strengthening economies and strong democracies. That is why the president is the first to have visited India twice while in office,” said the blog written by Tanya Somander, Deputy Director of Digital Content for the Office of Digital Strategy, White House. Somander earlier served as the new media director for House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, a digital writer for Obama for the `America 2012` campaign and a reporter for `ThinkProgress`. Somander also gives a colorful glimpse of the Republic Day Parade.
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