India's Modi meets with US tech titans in Silicon Valley

E-Paper | June 13, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a two-day trip to Silicon Valley on Saturday with a visit to "green" car maker Tesla Motors Inc and a meeting with Apple Inc's CEO, Tim Cook.

Modi, 65, is the first Indian leader to visit the United States (US) West Coast in more than 30 years. His trip follows a US visit by China's president, Xi Jinping, who met with several tech leaders in Seattle earlier this week.

Modi hopes to attract funds and skills from US innovators to help India's burgeoning startup scene grow, and he will seek to encourage some Indians who have thrived around San Jose, California, to bring their knowledge back home.

At Tesla, Modi met with Chief Executive Elon Musk and discussed renewable energy, which Modi is eager to bring back to India.

"Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Prime Minister Modi discussed Tesla's developments in battery technology, energy storage, and renewable energy and the positive implications of this innovation for India," Tesla spokesman Ricardo Reyes said.

Much of Modi's agenda will also focus on connecting with Silicon Valley's Indian diaspora.

Shortly after his afternoon arrival, he also met with the Indian community at his hotel and later met with members of the Sikh community.

Modi was also set to meet with Indian-born CEOs Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai of Microsoft Corp and Google Inc, respectively, before a dinner with 350 business leaders on Saturday evening.

Nadella and Pichai are expected to lead a panel at the dinner, along with Adobe Systems Inc CEO Shantanu Narayen, to discuss the economy and Modi's "Digital India" initiative, which aims to connect thousands more Indian villages to the Internet and create more tech jobs. Modi is also scheduled to deliver a speech.

While Modi is likely to be received like a rock star in an area that is home to many of the world's biggest high-tech firms, some groups have protested his arrival and urged tech companies to boycott the visit.

The groups include Sikhs for Justice, which has called on its members to picket Facebook Inc headquarters during a Facebook town hall, and the Alliance for Justice and Accountability.

Modi has been criticized for failing to do enough to stop religious riots that killed about 1,000 people in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2002, when he was chief minister of the state. Most of those killed were Muslims. Modi has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.

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Salim

Sep 27, 2015 08:17am

Right now Im listening his address to silicon valley tech giants at digital India dinner n I'm surprised to see how knowlegegde PM Modi is ! India is indeed lucky to have very active, tech savvy n visionary PM.

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Aakashvaani

Sep 27, 2015 08:21am

Go Mr. Prime minister. Lead us to our destiny. As Indians, ruling the world is not our aim, we strive to lead by example.

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Mohd Abid

Sep 27, 2015 08:25am

Modi, Man on a mission. We need a leader like him.

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sidd

Sep 27, 2015 08:45am

Time has come for India to show it's technology and Innovation power. Who is better than Modi to lead India in that Front. With the help of tech giants in silicon valley and the ability of Indian youth, it can achieve it. All the best to India as well as Modi.

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Punjabi Indian

Sep 27, 2015 08:48am

First ever visit by an Indian leader to the Silcon valley... a push and out reach by the PM to make a pitch for a Digital India. With the sons of India already heading giant companies like Microsoft , Google and many others Modi should be able to deliver his ambition to create jobs by bringing in investment . He has promised them to simply ease of doing businesses in India.

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amit z

Sep 27, 2015 08:52am

Qualcomm investing 10 billion $ in India . Google will power 500 railway stations . Microsoft will start data centers in India. Modi is man who understand how technology is important in developing the Nation.

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veer

Sep 27, 2015 08:56am

We elected him for this...Coz of Guj development...He is the best we have witnessed...Modi uncle my vote didnt go waste... love u Modiji.

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Shaam سے

Sep 27, 2015 08:58am

Modi is a true world leader. He has paved a way for political leaders and heads of states to be responsible for generating investments. This is the way to go; you can’t sit in your office and rule the country. You have to come out to do business. I’m sure; more leaders of World can draw an inspiration from this man on business acumen. Since his coming over FDI in services sector alone is up 46% in 2014-15 and Net FDI inflows touched record high of $40.9 bn in 2014-15. This does not account for billions which are in the pipeline for further accountability as the financial period ends.

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sandeep

Sep 27, 2015 09:01am

Most of the funds for this initiative DIGITAL INDIA is expected to come from the private sector. The total investments promised by big corporates, according to Modi, is Rs 4.5 lakh crore. That is an astonishing number - it is equivalent to a quarter of the country's budget. If true, then the amount spent on this project will be way over the total money spent on all of the government's 66 central sponsored schemes. India has launched earlier big welfare scheme Food Security Act. Digital India is second big welfare scheme

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jamma

Sep 27, 2015 09:01am

USA is like almost India because of a large Indian work force and businesses in Europe and USA. In the next 10 years, India will be better developed than China and poverty, religious differences will be nullified. We live with a great diversity in Hindu's Muslims Christians Jains Buddhists Agnostic atheists modernists etc etc and over 22 main languages and 1500 dialects. A tolerant Islam is certainly not a target in India nor is a tolerant Hindu is a target. Poverty is the target, infrastructure and cleaning up environment is our priority and targets. Pakistan is certainly not our target either and this suit proves that since Mr. Modi never even talked about Pakistan.

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thats right

Sep 27, 2015 09:03am

Indian Born CEO Microsoft-satya nadela Google- sundar pichai Adobe- shantanu narayen Nokia-rajiv suri Pepsico- indira nooyi long list includes mastercard, citi group...

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Ahmed USA

Sep 27, 2015 09:05am

World's biggest corporations do not change their investment strategy on a whim... if Prime minister of any country wants to visit them than they are surely not unwelcomed... Big corporations inherently are like small countries governed by able technocrats rather than incompetent politicians... they listen to the proposals made by foreign dignitaries, evaluate them and to follow-up send their emissary to investigate actual business climate and geopolitical situation in the region... the prerequisite for any investment thus is peace and stability in the region...

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Mayuresh

Sep 27, 2015 09:07am

Tech revolution is one area Modi can really show his impact without getting bogged down in the parliament. If he can deliver on this (in getting the govt out of the way) and spurring significant investments from Tech titans, it will be a game changer in my view as it will start lending him real credibility as a business friendly reformer and give him momentum to build on. Other reforms will depend a lot on state governments so will be slow India's long term security challenge is going to be China and best way to address it is getting global companies including China's in having a business stake in the market. Its not a guarantee (nothing is) but it is the best tool available.

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Imtiaz

Sep 27, 2015 09:10am

Indian IT Industry is at a point of Hockey Stick Growth curve. If Modi delivers what he promises then Indian IT industry which stands at about $100B annually could turn out to be $500-$600B this includes internal consumption and exports. Along with IT several other technology based industries i.e. clean energy, bio tech etc. stand to grow. Most people assume that Silicon Valley is only IT oriented that's wrong, BioTech industry annual revenues are comparable to Hardware and Software revenues.

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Jewel

Sep 27, 2015 09:18am

Modi took care of Gujarat now time to take care of other issues.

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Bala

Sep 27, 2015 09:30am

@Salim I truly pray that Pakistan and its people get a truly dedicated leader soon !!!

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Indian

Sep 27, 2015 09:35am

Modi is doing well as as a PM!! He is trying his best to develop this country. My only worry is that people have a huge expectations from him but I am sure he will be successful.

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SRK

Sep 27, 2015 10:09am

Proud to be an Indian.

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Rajeev Velagapudi

Sep 27, 2015 10:19am

Greatest Leader India has seen since Independence. I am sure 21st century belongs to India

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Zaffar

Sep 27, 2015 10:21am

Modi is trying to make up the lost decade 2004-14. He won't stop until he realizes his dream to make India better. I will vote for BJP this time.

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Vishwas

Sep 27, 2015 10:29am

@Salim that's true salim . Both the countries must focus on development rather than non productive issues

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P Datta

Sep 27, 2015 10:30am

The whole world now stands 'MODIFIED'.

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Trilochan

Sep 27, 2015 10:38am

Standard of Dawn newspaper is very high.

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Cyrus

Sep 27, 2015 10:54am

@Rajeev Velagapudi .... That is quite the stretch of the imagination. India will never have universities like those in the United States.

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pawan

Sep 27, 2015 10:54am

modi is world leader.

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Adivishnu

Sep 27, 2015 10:57am

There is a scope to attract more investments from IT companies if our infrastructure is developed. The traffic is pathetic in Bangalore and virtually it is impossible to add bigger companies in Bangalore. Pune is somewhat better. NCR region is having the support of metro to commute. Though Bangalore is having Metro facility, it should expand the same at a quicker pace to help the commuters. I have seen few clippings in Youtube and found Pakistan is having better road conditions compared to us. Hope the present government considers that it is important to focus on the development of infrastructure to support industry development, either IT/ Engg/ Auto.

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balaji

Sep 27, 2015 10:59am

@Cyrus 30 years ago , somebody like you would have said India can never produce a CEO to head a global companies ......now we have several !!! we will get world class universities in India and more !!! Why in the next 10 years we would even have an Indian as the President of US you can keep ranting .

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Pea Brain

Sep 27, 2015 11:02am

@Cyrus wait n watch in your life time

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Vishwas

Sep 27, 2015 11:05am

@Cyrus I really appreciate your thinking ability... Don't you know that the ceo's of major companies in US are Indian...

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Sri1

Sep 27, 2015 11:05am

@Cyrus " India will never have universities like those in the United States" India is going in the right direction and 20 years earlier it was a dire case. Could anyone in the nineties ever imagine where India was heading? Good universities like the IIT, IIM, CDac, are blooming all over. With heavy government investment in higher science like the US NSF, India will be elsewhere 20 years down the line, maybe even a decade. It is the story of a hare and a neighboring tortoise. Unfortunately only India followed Iqbal's dictum - "Khudi ko kar bulund itna ki....".

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syed wasim haider

Sep 27, 2015 11:06am

@Salim if u keep good people around u then definitely u will be benefited.

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Satt

Sep 27, 2015 11:06am

@Cyrus Satya Nadella and Sunder Pichai are from Indian collages.Collages are for producing best in their field and Satya Nadella and Sunder Pichai are best of the best.

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manoj

Sep 27, 2015 11:07am

@Cyrus CEO of Google , Microsoft , Pepsi , Master card are educated in Indian University , so what best are your expecting ...American has to learn from us the education system which we have cultivated 4000 years before ... know the history of India and its Vedas before commenting ...Education system in Indain are deep rooted 4000 to 5000 years before ...American Education system is just 200 years old ....

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Shashank

Sep 27, 2015 11:17am

@balaji Lol, bhai aram se. Indian doesnt allow dual citizenship while US doesnt allow not-born-in-US citizen to be president. Indian cant be a US president the same way an American cant be Indian PM. :)

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Cyrus

Sep 27, 2015 11:17am

@Cyrus ........... Shantanu Narayen (Cal, Berkley) - Satya Nadella (Univ of Chicago) - Sundar Pichai (Stanford Univ) - Indra Nooyi (Yale University) __ __ Four of America's top universities.

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kkk

Sep 27, 2015 11:18am

@Cyrus top multinational companies from USA are stand in quo to hire Indian from Indian universities like. IIMs and IITs

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Akash

Sep 27, 2015 11:18am

Wow, wow that was great list of tech ceo's. Google and Microsft CeO's are there on the stage. He met Apple CEO already. He is meeting Facebook CEO tomorrow. He is visiting Google and Facebook campus on Monday.did any leader of any country ever get that kind of treatment. This is needed proud moment for any Indian.

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Third Party

Sep 27, 2015 11:19am

Modi met CEOs of Forbes 500 companies whose total market capitalisation is 4.3 trillon $ !! Face book, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Tesla to name a few .

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Aurora

Sep 27, 2015 11:24am

PM Modi's vision for India is clear hence taking the nation in right direction.Minor oppisition is always there when some wants to move fast . Those living in past or finding faults are mostly left behind.

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Abdula Sipai

Sep 27, 2015 11:33am

Modi - Man of Developing India.

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Sarita Talwai

Sep 27, 2015 11:34am

@Cyrus Most of the India bornCEOs of the biggest companies of the Silicon Valley have done their undergrad studies in IITs or other great tech colleges and the sound grounding they got there have catapulted them to greater heights.

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illusionist

Sep 27, 2015 11:37am

@Cyrus bro this are their masters.. they didbachelors feom india...for example sundar pichai did btech from iit- kharagpur.

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SANJEEV KUMAR YADAV

Sep 27, 2015 11:55am

The whole article was spoiled by bringing Gujrat riots.Bring Gujrat every time but not without bring Godhara first.

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Vectra

Sep 27, 2015 12:01pm

One thing is for sure,what PM Modi is doing right now is setting the foundation stone and its results will be visible not overnight but in in 5-10-15 year down the line and some effects will be visible immediately in next few months.

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wiserneighbour

Sep 27, 2015 12:04pm

Modi will take India to new heights.What Indian leaders lacked was vision.Modi is having loads of it.If circumstances and opportunities are created,Indian youth is best in the globe to achieve what they desire.Examples are Indian born Tech CEO's of USA

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raghu

Sep 27, 2015 12:06pm

Pakistan should reopen taxsila university and allow subcontinental converts to study there

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Nav

Sep 27, 2015 12:07pm

What a youth of the country want? They want the best opportunity in their life and do not want to get frustrated with less jobs or opportunities. In the 1980s and early 1990s India was producing educated youth but they were leaving India to build economies of some other country. But, after the liberalisation most of the Brain Drain has been stopped and youth have been getting opportunity to build India's economy. Now youth are getting opportunity in India itself, which they were finding outside India in 1980s or early 1990s. Reverse Brain Drain is helping India too. But Modi, wants to fulfil the high end job needs of the world and plant Indians in the decision making or decision influencing roles in major countries across the world. Modi's Skill India program talks about creating High end skill for youth for using their skill within and outside India.

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Nav

Sep 27, 2015 12:08pm

To add to my previous comment - CEOs of Google, Microsoft, Pepsi, Adobe, SanDisk, Master Card, Soft Bank, Net App, Harman, Cognizant, Reckitt Benckiser, Berkshire Hathaway, Deutsche Bank and most of the top US and European companies are Indian origin and studied in Indian education system. For example, Soft Bank has invested heavily in India and helped to created 10-20 companies and helping to create a Entrepreneur eco-system in India after it had Indian origin CEO.

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Sep 27, 2015 12:10pm

Our Tea boy PM is 100 times better than any other rich leader. Proud on you Sir

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Bikram singh

Sep 27, 2015 12:21pm

@Zaffar you are a true Indian muslim who wants to see India growing

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Lasal

Sep 27, 2015 12:26pm

Modi has energised the physche to Indian youth with pride and confidence. Now every Indian looking forward to make India a developed country and started believing that it's going to happen soon. One modi's enthusiasm has instilled so much power in Indians that within few years I can see that a thousands of Modi will come to politics or administration and make the system clean , long live Modi

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Nav

Sep 27, 2015 12:36pm

What a youth of the country want? They want the best opportunity in their life and do not want to get frustrated with less jobs or opportunities. In the 1980s and early 1990s India was producing educated youth but they were leaving India to build economies of some other country. But, after the liberalisation most of the Brain Drain has been stopped and youth have been getting opportunity to build India's economy. Now youth are getting opportunity in India itself, which they were finding outside India in 1980s or early 1990s. Reverse Brain Drain is helping India too. But Modi, wants to fulfil the high end job needs of the world and plant Indians in the decision making or decision influencing roles in major countries across the world. Skill India program talks about creating High end skill for youth for using their skill within and outside India.

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mimi sur

Sep 27, 2015 12:37pm

A yogi on a mission. If he gets another chance, He will certainly do many positive things for our mother-land. History book will have 2 era, Pre-Modi and Post-Modi . Indian middle class and upper-middle class will drive country by any means, thanks to Indian culture and civilization values which goes back to thousand of years. He needs to take a look at grass root level also. recently 2 big rivers of India, Godavari and Krishna are interconnected. Now 2 rivers in MP Ken and Betwa in UP are being connected. Next we have around 5 rives in Punjab will be connected to Indian river grid. Modi is not alone, a lot of Indian leaders like Andhra CM Naidu are there to take the baton in future. We will prove our civilization is less than others.

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Feroz

Sep 27, 2015 12:37pm

PM Modi can really make a difference to the Indian growth trajectory if Indian voters reelect him, he needs ten years for the task. India is like a Super Tanker or Elephant which cannot change course quickly, other than vision it needs to keep up progress by doing the small incremental things right. We are in an age that values economic power not military power, thereby the importance of human resources or brainpower should not be underestimated.

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Nav

Sep 27, 2015 12:44pm

I was reading news in Internet and here are the some of the Headlines from Foreign Media in today’s internet —— India's Modi continues rock-star U.S. tour with Facebook town hall (Reuters), Narendra Modi arrives for Silicon Valley tour as India's influence grows (Guardian), Indian leader Narendra Modi arrives for whirlwind Silicon Valley visit (San Jose Mercury News), Narendra Modi Meets Silicon Valley Luminaries, Promises to Light Up India With the Internet (The Wall Street Journal), India's Modi set to woo tech companies in Silicon Valley (Fortune)... Looks like Modi will give another Rock star performance in West Coast as he did in the East coast last year...

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TAMIL

Sep 27, 2015 12:45pm

This century belongs to India. Long Live Modi'ji.

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point of view

Sep 27, 2015 12:51pm

@Lasal, Yes, I agree with you. Modi set an example to coming political generations to follow the path of development to be sustained in the Indian politics. The politics of religion and cast will vanish slowly from the Indian democratic setup. The development would bring empowerment in the society which would later definitely bring the social justice and social security as these are currently lacking in India.

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Mahen

Sep 27, 2015 12:54pm

@Cyrus WHY NOT? For a country that has reached Mars, whats stopping them?

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Sep 27, 2015 01:04pm

@Cyrus Google Vadanta....

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kgsmani

Sep 27, 2015 01:11pm

why nawaz sherif is not doing like this

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ThinkLogically

Sep 27, 2015 01:17pm

@Cyrus FYI Indira Nooyi was IIM Calcutta Alumi and post that went to Yale.. its like saying your parents have no contribution to your success but your newly wedded wife is.. learn to celebrate other's success and they will celebrate yours in return.. thats nature's law.

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Timeto stopthis

Sep 27, 2015 01:20pm

@Bikram singh Lets stop focusing on Hindu, Muslim, Christians and just be true Indians. If India progresses everyone benefits, if not, everyone looses. Lets keep this in mind, work together and stay positive and peaceful.

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veer

Sep 27, 2015 01:38pm

Sundar Picchai is my alma matter...proud moment for us..

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murali

Sep 27, 2015 01:39pm

Hard to find a media house in southasia with such magnanimous standards of journalism. Thank you DAWN. Yes, unlike previous governments, each step, each visit, each campaign Modi carries out have a single point agenda.. a developed India. We are in safe hands.

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suman

Sep 27, 2015 01:48pm

What a visionary pm .. He has set a goal of make in india and working hard to bring fdi for it . He has changed many things in just 1 year , and still doing his work day and night continuously for bringing foreign investment to India.. Now I can say satisfactorily my vote was for a right person and next time it is fixed to non other than modi..

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Arjun

Sep 27, 2015 01:55pm

what a speech given by Indian PM among Techi's ...He has great sense of humour......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7HreonY3Oc

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achal

Sep 27, 2015 01:58pm

Guys, Euphoria is good and one section of society really benefits, but we also need to peer out of our computers screens and look into the problems of malnutrition, female foeticide , poor infrastructure and sanitation, religious bigotry and many other things which plague the nation ....on some parameters we are hardly progressing

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Harmony-1

Sep 27, 2015 02:00pm

Good initiative but its only a start. Reading comments, most people are getting too big for their heads. Read 'Digital India' lags behind in world internet race. Sespite haughty claims, India's ranking on broadband penetration dropped to 131 in 2014 - lower by six places since the last year. We both nations have a lot to catch up!!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34356300

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Harmony-1

Sep 27, 2015 02:07pm

@Achal - Very true...well said!

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Humza, USA

Sep 27, 2015 02:08pm

@Harmony-1 thank u so much...have an advice for people who always critises ...that you would find one day standing in the same place whereas the world has moved far ahead

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Abhishek

Sep 27, 2015 02:13pm

@Harmony-1 thats why Modi want to increase internet users all over India with help of this companies as it will be win win situation from both sides.

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Abhishek

Sep 27, 2015 02:19pm

@achal Well you people think change can be brought in a single day. Well then where the world have been now. People are speaking, debating and protesting, more open up on social media and forcing the potilicans to act on social issues i see that the change. Economic and social development should be go hand in hand

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Avisen

Sep 27, 2015 02:23pm

From India I am praying that Pakistan may also get a visionary leader like Modi very soon and try to boost the economy, create jobs for the youth of the country. I belief that peoples are the same in different countries but what matters is a knowledgable leader who can show the ray of hope to the countrymen and transform the country by using the workforce to build the nation to a different level.

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Anil Kumar

Sep 27, 2015 02:56pm

What the Indian PM has set out, is an agenda for development and only development which is the only solution for progress of the citizens and we should support him leaving aside minor irritants of religious misgivings. It's nice to see unbaised articles and comments from our Pakistani friends. This shows we all yarn for betterment of our lives, like good education, good infrastructure, enabling business & creative environment & career opportunites. Wish we as friendly neighbors work for each others growth rather than get stuck in the time wrap of history. Leaders from both sides should set aside contentious issues & move forward on common goals.

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N.Sid

Sep 27, 2015 02:56pm

Modi the techie, the tech lover to the Modi the Hindu nationalist or the Hindutva...

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Harmony-1

Sep 27, 2015 03:01pm

@Humza, USA - Looking at reality of where we are and how much catching up to do is to not a "criticism". It's getting touchy for no reason!!!

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tellmore

Sep 27, 2015 03:07pm

There is nothing great in this visit. Only a few days back all these people met the chinese president. These things will keep happening. Even if Nawaz Sheriff wants to visit also, the same reception will be given to him. The investment these companies have done in China are a huge when compared to the promises they are making to India now. India is no where comparable to China in attracting investments from these companies. Even Pakistan is planning such visits and presentations to attract FDI and already results are visible in the numbers in Pakistan. Just a focussed attempt is required.

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Harmony-1

Sep 27, 2015 03:17pm

@Abhishek - Yes, true! Rome wasn't built in a day but it's good to be real and acknowledge serious issues that Achal mentions. No good shying away from them as we all know what they are!!!

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Bhagat Pandey

Sep 27, 2015 03:32pm

@Bala Mr Sharif is good and efficient leader but others in their country's politicians are living with ISIS mindsets that's the problem of this country. If you closely look on his election campaign he clearly stated that develop good relation with India but then he has to change his stance to Indian Kashmir because of radical elements forced him.

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Anand

Sep 27, 2015 03:48pm

@Cyrus You please check the background...almost all techies who educate in India attempt to acquire masters in US. However all these have done most of their studies in India in premier institutes before migrating to USA.

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Tintin

Sep 27, 2015 03:49pm

@Aakashvaani - Where did you learn this? Indians donot want to rule the world. Indian history is the proof. Donot go on foreign platforms and misrepresent India.

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Amit

Sep 27, 2015 03:52pm

@achal Your comment would have been pertinent had this article focused on India's internal problems. It's like undermining US's wealth and power by bringing discrimination, hypocrisy and interference (into matters of others) into the debate. This article focuses on his hard work bringing investment into the country unlike his PK counterpart who's just obsessed with Kashmir and nothing else.

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Dhaval

Sep 27, 2015 04:02pm

Start up sectors are doing really well already in india with companies like zomato, housing. Com, oyo rooms, carwale, flipkart, snapdeal, swiggy and many more having valuation on milions & billions, so any activity on these fronts would further enhance the sector making many young entrepreneurs millionaires... I appreciate mr modis focus on innovation and digital india

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Amir Indian

Sep 27, 2015 04:18pm

PM Modi now meeting Mark Zukerberg at Facebook H.Q. in Silicon Valley

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Harmony-1

Sep 27, 2015 04:25pm

@Amir Indian - What will be his next step? Keep us posted.

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R.Kannan

Sep 27, 2015 04:37pm

What is the relevance of the last two paras to the rest of the article ?

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Sense

Sep 27, 2015 04:45pm

@Bikram singh do Muslims need a certificate from you to be true Indians

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AAP

Sep 27, 2015 05:03pm

@Harmony-1 well u always get the wrong signal...we are not touchy but realistic and we know how much we need to catch up. Hopefully we will catch up

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7TH SENSE

Sep 27, 2015 05:13pm

Many Indian born CEO's acknowledged that their family brought up were equally responsible for their success. OK buy.. already late.. I have to watch Modi with Facebook CEO meeting at town hall.

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Ashok

Sep 27, 2015 05:26pm

@Cyrus Proud to be from Hyderabad in India went to the same University ie Osmania University like Santanu Narayen CEO of Adobes and few miles lived from where Satya Nadella went to school now Microsoft CEO, to my understanding there are many examples ( around one hundred in U.S who went to University in India ) education comes with parentage and society as a package , I hope Pakistan has a potential to produce the same in future

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Raj Patel

Sep 27, 2015 05:26pm

He always says that he dreams not to become something but he dreams to do something for India. And he is doing his level best to attract FDI in India to eradicate poverty. His silence revolution is much deeper rooted to change in Indian mindset.

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Martin

Sep 27, 2015 05:31pm

Its clear that Modi wants to create millions of jobs by encouraging young Indians to start their own companies and create jobs. New banks in India are open to finance loans to startups. In fact government reserved 1000 crores for viable startups. More emphasis is given on producing clean energy which is essential to support business. He has set a right tone and moving in right direction. I am proud I voted for him.

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Martin

Sep 27, 2015 05:36pm

The mission of Digital India is to provide internet connection to 2,50,000 villages which will pave way for M-governance. http://www.digitalindia.gov.in/ Do you believe now we Indians can give ideas to government thru website and also raise issues/problems which are tracked and resolved.

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Mahendra Singh

Sep 27, 2015 05:51pm

@Cyrus Please check records, Indian IITs are considered best in the world. Call any techie in the world and confirm!

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harish goswami

Sep 27, 2015 05:53pm

Zaffar Can any body imagine that a pakistan prime minister invite foreign investor like this in pakistan..and convenience them and assure them .

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suman

Sep 27, 2015 05:56pm

Pm modi' s visit not ended yet and qualcomm has announced 150 million USD investment in Indian startup. What a quick positive results have started coming out of this visit... Go Mr pm go.. You are a true leader.

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Amit

Sep 27, 2015 06:16pm

@R.Kannan To let you know its a Pakistani newspaper.

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Harmony-1

Sep 27, 2015 06:27pm

@harish goswami - No we can't imagine...only you can!!!

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Harmony-1

Sep 27, 2015 06:33pm

@Amit - Yes, its a "its a Pakistani newspaper" and you like what it says only when it suits you?

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manav

Sep 27, 2015 07:10pm

@Abdula Sipai great bro

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Onion

Sep 27, 2015 07:19pm

Very proactive ....

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Indian Guru

Sep 27, 2015 07:24pm

India is a clear example of what can be achieved if the focus is put on people development rather than fighting on Kashmir issue

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Sudhir Neyalasinger

Sep 27, 2015 07:39pm

@Zaffar You are bang on. Modi stands for development for all and Indian muslims are taking note of that. Many had already done that before last elections. Without Muslim votes he wouldn't have won the way he did in places like UP.

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Tamza

Sep 27, 2015 07:41pm

@Mahendra Singh "@Cyrus Please check records, Indian IITs are considered best in the world. Call any techie in the world and confirm!" They are considered the cheapest 'slaves' in the world. Would be the first ones to be thrown out when the demand drops. Have very poor record at communication and problem solving, but good at following direction.

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Sudhir Neyalasinger

Sep 27, 2015 07:42pm

@Feroz Very well said. If Modi gets another two terms we can see an India we want to.

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ratan mia

Sep 27, 2015 07:43pm

@Anand -So you call them Indian brains or US brains. Our PM Nawaz Sharif also has a Law Degree from Punjab Univ.

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Sudhir Neyalasinger

Sep 27, 2015 07:45pm

@ThinkLogically The same goes for Sunder Pichai who studied in Chennai and Satya nadella who did his engineering from manipal.

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Naseer

Sep 27, 2015 07:45pm

Pyare Pakistan ko bhi ek aisa leader mile

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ratan mia

Sep 27, 2015 07:45pm

@ThinkLogically -Mostly Married people have great success, others are in small #, what does it say,

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Sudhir Neyalasinger

Sep 27, 2015 07:47pm

@Harmony-1 Please remember you are talking of a nation that needs to cover 1.25 billion people. Modi has been around as a PM just for a year and a half. Most of the people talking here are people who have voted for Modi and who are following his acts closely. I guess if the electorate in India is happy why should anybody else complain?

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Ahmer

Sep 27, 2015 07:48pm

Modi is certainly a leader of vision and dynamism. Why does he not lead the whole of South Asia wti sincerity instad of trying to isolate and harm some of us?

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ratan mia

Sep 27, 2015 07:48pm

@harish goswami -Yes Chineese, Kazak, Turkey etc. already come

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harish goswami

Sep 27, 2015 07:48pm

@Harmony-1 The question was that of leadership and statesmanship.Peace is at most requirement in pakistan before we talk of development.terrorism and development can not go side by side.Nawaz saheb must show his authority as democratically elected leader.our good wishes for him.

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Sep 27, 2015 07:48pm

@Harmony-1 I enjoy all your comments with one feeling for you . I think you can guess it :)

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Sudhir Neyalasinger

Sep 27, 2015 07:51pm

@Harmony-1 BTW, this is a Reuters report available to all subscribing newspapers.

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Dr K

Sep 27, 2015 07:56pm

Best PM India ever had...simple!

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achal

Sep 27, 2015 07:56pm

@Amit I do understand that development is the need of the hour, but if one steps into the Indian landscape for doing business, we find there is no reduction in corruption, people are still dying of hunger and malnutrition, there are no teachers in rural schools healthcare is negligible and the urban healthcare system is corrupted. There are scams and when no one takes action in cases such a vyapam, people begin to feel and question whether this leadership is thinking of any change..at the fundamental level, even in Modi's constituency of Varanasi, there is hardly any change..although I keep my fingers crossed that Modi succeeds in changing the country fundamentally ...but I am beginning to wonder

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Ajay vikram Singh

Sep 27, 2015 08:05pm

Both Indian and Chinese leaders are in the US, selling their respective Brands. As per International media, India is making much more waves than China. With India they are talking about major, gigantic scale projects and complete transformation of a huge nation, which will have global impact. 20 more years, and we will leave China way behind. Jai Hind.

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Sep 27, 2015 08:09pm

@Harmony-1 If you say lie or not in my national interest, why I should like??

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Iftikhar Bhutta

Sep 27, 2015 08:22pm

India does not leave any corner to get help for developing its trade,foreign investments and assistance in research for modern technology to manufacture super designed equipments to come in competition with developed nations . Most of leaders of world visit for American capital hub for financial assistance and aids but India has always availed both the chances at same time from USA and USSR in the past . The meeting of Indian PM with US tech titans in Silicon Valley is obtain modern technical advanced skills for prepration of value added products and investments . But unluckily our leadership has not thought on this line ,Resultantly we are loser in trade and business .

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Tambi Dude

Sep 27, 2015 08:22pm

@Cyrus They did their schooling and graduation in India. You mean that whatever they learnt until the age of 22 does not matter.

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Arun

Sep 27, 2015 08:25pm

@Achal, @Harmony-1 .... you guys are right. Euphoria is good. There r definite benefits for one section of society, but bigger challenges await. From my window at 12th floor I see the city progressing but I also see the same age old problem... the intersection below is like a heart of the city....One agency repairs road, then another digs it up for wiring, then another digs the pavement, then somebody erects poles and later somebody pulls them down. Govt maintained Infrastructure sucks. Sarkari babus ruling the roost. We create new townships named Malibu, GoldCoast city or Nakheel town but forget to create an efficient sewerage and drainage system first. India looks even better than west when we are inside private buidings/MNC offices, Malls & IT parks. At some station cum Malls Delhi metro appears better than NYC subway or London tube but it should be same at govt maintained infrastructure. And Corruption must be eradicated at all levels.

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balaji

Sep 27, 2015 08:29pm

@Shashank dude .. its fairly obvious that I was referring to Indian American . . a la Sundar Pichai ( though some reports say that he hasnt given up his Indian citizenship ) , Satya Nadella etc

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Neutral

Sep 27, 2015 08:32pm

Truly dedicated leader..... Working 24*7 for the nations development.

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Deepak

Sep 27, 2015 08:33pm

@Harmony-1 - Lets not fight on India Pakistan... Think How Asia can grow. Europe and America was dead places after world war 2. they made it superpower because of their work and harmony. we need the same.

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Revenge

Sep 27, 2015 08:42pm

@Cyrus Comparing our universities to the ones in US? Why not compare with yours? I think you know the answer to that.

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Nav

Sep 27, 2015 08:43pm

@suman - Adding to your comment, I just read in internet during Modi's visit to Google Campus, Google is expected to announce free WiFi project in 500 top Railway stations of India. You can expect more announcements from Tesla, Apple, Qualcomm, Cisco, Microsoft, Google, Adobe, Facebook - after modi met the CEOs personally and offered full support to their job creation activities in India. He also met Fortune 500 CEOs the other day, so you can expect more investments and job generation from them.

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Satindar

Sep 27, 2015 08:49pm

@Rajeev Velagapudi Wait for some time to give such verdict. He has inherited much better India than other leaders.

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7TH SENSE

Sep 27, 2015 08:56pm

@Cyrus .Arthasasthra,almost a 'constitution for governance' by chanakya in the Maurya kingdom was written almost 2300 years back in India. Nalanda university was world famous in those days destroyed by Moguls. Please read history before commenting

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A. Ali

Sep 27, 2015 09:14pm

like raskhi sawant got silicone in her body I believe Modi want to repeat to have silicon in his body as well.....

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Parivel

Sep 27, 2015 09:18pm

@Harmony-1 true. At least we have started now. I am really happy to see no hate comments by both India and Pakistan guys.. Sure people like us can make difference....

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VRM

Sep 27, 2015 09:21pm

@ Shaam سے Thank you for your positive comment. I hope the leadership within the Congress party reads what you have written. The corrupt Congress keeps harping on the fact that PM Modi spends too much time outside the country, forgetting the fact as you have rightly put it; " You cannot run the country sitting in your office"

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pigeon of peace

Sep 27, 2015 09:39pm

@Salim, He is tech savvy because Mr. Modi has been using internet services for almost 2 decades. You can easily find his 1998 interview where he is talking about internet and future of it.

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Sep 27, 2015 09:41pm

@Harmony-1 yes congress has spoiled lot of things, but dont worry we have a yogi on a misson to develop India... we will surely thrive in all the things...

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Sep 27, 2015 09:42pm

@Cyrus : there is no word like "Never". its matter of time. American universities were not better than British universities long ago. It takes time and focus. Hope this clarifies.

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Joe King

Sep 27, 2015 09:46pm

@Zaffar good to see such comments,otherwise i was of the views that some people would never vote for BJP even if BJP provide a corruption free and development for all environment. We need more people like you.

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vinie

Sep 27, 2015 10:00pm

Hello before comment i want to clarify that m not a big fan of modi..actually I hate his agenda and thoughts. I want to ask u that y in every article there is one sentence reserve about gujarat riots?.. Nice to c indian born people work as CEO in best companies of world

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Atul

Sep 27, 2015 10:23pm

What a wisdom Mr. Modi is demonstrating at FB conference. Impressive!

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pavel

Sep 27, 2015 10:31pm

@Cyrus look at their initial colleges not the later.

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Lafanga

Sep 27, 2015 10:34pm

Reading all the Indian comments here one would not be blamed for thinking India has suddenly reached the pinnacle no country has ever before or will ever in future just because of Modi's 2 day trip to Silicon valley. One cannot blame Modi for trying but the development of a country starts from ground up not top down. This is the mistake made by populist leaders of 3rd world poor countries. Lets bring internet to people who have nothing to eat and India has 600 million of them languishing at the bottom of the food chain.

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CALCUTTA MAN

Sep 27, 2015 10:48pm

@Amit It's called "balanced reporting". Do note that this is a Reuters copy, and it has nothing to do with a Pakistani newspaper. In fact, I am surprised Reuters did not mention the anti-Modi posters that the Patel community in the US has put up in Silicon Valley. So let's not lose balance. While Modi is a wizard at diplomacy, and he has more weight than Nawaz Sharif with foreign governments, his track record at home has disappointed many, including the US-based Patels. Let's accept that.

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Shastri

Sep 27, 2015 10:56pm

This shows that biggest threat to democracy, secularism, human rights, tolerance and freedom were, are and will remain, the capitalists.

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Chandra Shekar

Sep 27, 2015 11:09pm

Dawn has really a high standard in journalism! Very well written columns, balanced views, and high standard of English language. How I wish all young, bright, smart (handsome, and beautiful!!), brothers and sisters from Pakistan join hands together with the tech firms in India, Pakistan, make the sub-continent a great power house of technology, progress, and help alleviate poverty in our countries!

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PShailendra

Sep 27, 2015 11:10pm

@Cyrus : When there is a will there is a way..

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satya

Sep 27, 2015 11:14pm

@Cyrus check those ceo's school education and other degree..the one's u mention was there mainly for post graduation degrees

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Suj

Sep 27, 2015 11:15pm

@Cyr Taxila the world's first university was in undivided India my friend

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R S Chakravarti

Sep 27, 2015 11:26pm

@Cyrus You seem to be right. If we compare our major universities with some American ones, it looks like it might take centuries to catch up. But some places in India have improved a lot in the last few decades. If we get serious about improving, there is a good chance of it happening. I believe it will happen. And friendly neighbouring countries can also be carried along by the wave, when it comes.

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Harish Dunakhe

Sep 27, 2015 11:42pm

@Aakashvaani - you said it... deserving is more important than just having desire.

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casd

Sep 28, 2015 12:10am

Nawaz sharif should also meet CEO's to attract investment in pakistan

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mraduhas

Sep 28, 2015 12:16am

@Zaffar India need muslims like you, vande mataram!

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anonymous

Sep 28, 2015 01:14am

@Salim : The problem is that people in India, let aside Pakistan, are not aware of how lucky India is in having such a great PM. It will become increasingly evident as time goes on.

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mrinmoy prasad

Sep 28, 2015 02:40am

@SANJEEV KUMAR YADAV exactly you have penned down our reaction after reading this article.

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ROHIT PANDEY

Sep 28, 2015 03:05am

@Cyrus One day,India will have BETTER universities than the USA!!:):):)

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Dr. ramesh Sharma

Sep 28, 2015 03:32am

@Cyrus The goal of India is not to compete or dominate any country in the world but to improve the masses of our country. We may not have USA comparable universities but what we are doing to improve whatever we have and that should be always appreciated no matter whatever are nationalities. Being a professional at American university I can say that there is room for improvement even for the USA.

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B. Sridhar

Sep 28, 2015 03:44am

@Sri1 Probably an opportune moment to acknowledge the person who vision enabled laying the foundation for the IITs and the IIMs? Doe the name Nehru ring a bell? While his economic policy of that time may be less relevant today, his vision for an India, strong in sciences, technology and management is indisputably the foundation on which today and tomorrow has become possible. look around the best IVY league business schools and Big Ten, you will sea Deans educated in the IIMs. Of course, we know who leads Pepsi, Google, Microsoft, Adobe.....

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Dr. ramesh Sharma

Sep 28, 2015 03:47am

@Cyrus To get these universities where they had their under-graduations, B.tech. or M.tech or any other degree. The universities you mentioned above majority of their batch-mates were from America.

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ROHIT PANDEY

Sep 28, 2015 03:55am

Narendra Modi reportedly broke down when he was recounting his childhood experiences,when hard-pressed by poverty,his mother had to do menial chores,to make ends meet. Mark Zuckerberg,confided that on advice of Steve Jobs of Apple ( he spent a stint in India before starting Apple!) went to India to a particular temple to find spiritual strength when Facebook was in trouble. Interesting human interest stories!!!:):):)

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Imran

Sep 28, 2015 06:40am

Mr Modi , you won my vote.

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Asif Raja

Sep 28, 2015 06:49am

@manoj education systrm 4000 years ago has nothing to do with indias growth , its the population that has opened up world markets , where was the 4000 year education when the British ruled India

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dude

Sep 28, 2015 07:04am

I don't see any reason why India and Pakistan can't work together. Like India, Pakistan too is talented country. So many issues in today's world, India and Pakistan should work together and leverage on each other's strength rather than confrontation which was tactics created by west.

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Hummm

Sep 28, 2015 07:55am

There was no single riot after Gujarat episode. During prior govt, Gujarat had witnessed many riots and many more deaths than 2002. Any riot is bad for the community, but looking to present and future situation, Gujarat is in best position to progress.

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Indian Guru

Sep 28, 2015 08:14am

@casd yes it would be great. But how do you get to meet those ceo? Maybe they don't want to meet Nawaz.

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Darayus

Sep 28, 2015 08:26am

@Cyrus What about IITs. Are you forgetting or you do not want to aknowledge.

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Iftikhar Bhutta

Sep 28, 2015 08:37am

Indian leadership has always effectively played role for obtaining modern high technics for promotion of their industries and make their products quality was competitive. The meeting of Indian PM Modi with US tech titans in Silicon Valley is part of this policy and also to get investments in their country .

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apakmuslim

Sep 28, 2015 08:40am

Thank you Dawn, for posting a genuine article. The last para is unwanted in this context. Yet it is Dawn .. Dawn.. can't complain. Mr Modi is a technical champion in politics.

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Shehzad

Sep 28, 2015 08:47am

Isn't there any technical person in Indian Cabinet who can do such meeting/talks. Why is a prime minister involved in such petty issues? Seems like he does not have any other thing to do.

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Omesh

Sep 28, 2015 09:05am

@Feroz totally agree with you, very well perceived..

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Indian-1st

Sep 28, 2015 09:11am

@Asif Raja its still there, its beyond your level of understanding.

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ramesh pusham

Sep 28, 2015 09:27am

he proud india and provide india special place on world map. great modi great PM

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Kuldeep

Sep 28, 2015 10:09am

@Asif Raja, You missed the whole point. By Educations he means not just the accumulated knowledge (which is anyway great in the form of Ayurveda, Vedic maths, Arthashastra, Vedas, Astronomy, etc), but also the culture of Education. Indian families put a high importance on Education. Although I agree that 4000 years old education may not be directly related to signing of multi-billion $ contracts, but yes - it does count for sure.

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citizen

Sep 28, 2015 10:41am

@Cyrus : Many top US universities are headed by Indians. For example Harvard Business School and MIT have Indian deans...If you check the faculty of Harvard Business School, Indians represent 25 to 30% ( including american indians). It is true that their IIT's and IIM's are internationally reputed educational institutions..

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citizen

Sep 28, 2015 10:52am

@Lafanga : Atleast Indian prime minister put a step forward..What about our PM? He was also at US, but what he did? May be he is expecting all top CEO of US has to come to him for an audience?

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Nav

Sep 28, 2015 10:55am

Few of the announcements from Top companies after PM Modi visited Silicon Valley - Google is going to setup free WiFi in 500 top Railway station with high speed which is capable to download high definition video, Microsoft will help India to take low cost broadband to five lakh villages, Microsoft will also announce next week the availability of its cloud services operating out of Indian data centers, Qualcomm has promised a 10 billion rupee fund for startups in India, Qualcomm also announced that it will set up a number of 'design houses' for product innovation in India and many more companies have announced their investments in India. India has the world's 2nd biggest technology cluster in Bangalore only behind Silicon valley of US, where all these above companies have big presence. IBM and many other companies have their biggest workforce in India.

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ROHIT PANDEY

Sep 28, 2015 11:32am

@Kuldeep That is one great post there? Yes, there might not be a direct correlation to the India's rich tradition of reverence for learning, but,yes,that is the bedrock of India's current success with higher education.

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Sudhir Neyalasinger

Sep 28, 2015 11:34am

@jamma Exactly what Modi said in the run up to the elections.`I don't want Hindus fighting Muslims. I want them to fight poverty together'

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Sudhir Neyalasinger

Sep 28, 2015 11:36am

@Cyrus IITs are still some of the best institutions that are out there. The americans helped us build them. Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) are some of the best management institutes in the world.

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Vikas

Sep 28, 2015 12:36pm

@Shehzad bhaijaan to understand this, kindly watch Modi's youtube video on "Ajj Kee Adalat". He explains what is the role of leader and how should a government function. It is a lesson in management and political science.

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Kamal

Sep 28, 2015 01:17pm

@Shehzad Have you ever heard lead-by-example

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Sultan

Sep 28, 2015 01:39pm

@Cyrus Even than most of the CEO's of world technological giants are India born or India Educated people.

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Sep 28, 2015 02:00pm

@Cyrus Have you ever heard about the "Nalanda" university of India ? if not then check this out 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalanda'. It was built in 5th century and known as first university in world. But it was destroyed in 1200 ce by Mugals after intruding in India, because they couldn't see others growing & leading the world; everybody can observe their same nature at present too... You can Imagine what Nalanda would have become now by 21st century !! forget the past.. you are comparing India by US universities? do u even know that many of the lecturer & professors in US / UK universities are from India !! At present India is only lacking in infrastructure compared to US/UK universities, and we are focusing on development of same.. we already have great minds & talent, we've reached to Mars & helping other countries to explore universe. while on other side our neighbors are just dreaming to seize piece of land in India and concerned over construction of a wall.. I feel pity..

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Khalid

Sep 28, 2015 02:09pm

@Salim We need more Pakistanis like you Salim.

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Mallik

Sep 28, 2015 03:41pm

@Ahmer Dear Ahmer, first of all all like minded citizens should force their govt to be reasonable and talk peace with all countries who are around. don't interfere and don't do harm. Modi has an agenda, not only for India, but whole SAARC countries, as soon as he become PM, he told all resources be techonology, natural and other resources should be shared by all countries and let people improve their life. I know like India, Pakistan also a lot of poor & un-educated people, we need to bring them up each year. people like you need to spread the word and let everybody join and build a good society.

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American

Sep 28, 2015 03:55pm

PM Modi is a Good example for what developing countries heads must do to attract investment to yheir countries as economy of china falling and english speaking workforce is an attraction.Jobs,invetments and development must be priority not empty words for young population

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sbk

Sep 28, 2015 04:06pm

Modi is not only strong, he is sincere as well. He is a visionary, who is destined to lead to development and prosperity. If only Pakistan join hand with him, all can develop.

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Raj

Sep 28, 2015 04:07pm

Guys Indian education system has a lot of scope for improvement. Though we have some shooting stars who are decorating the country in the International stage, but out of 120 crore Indians, success of a select few cannot be a reflection of India's education system. Hope we see higher budgetary allocation for education & health sector in the times to come. One surrogate to measure the quality of education is the number of research papers from India that have found pride of place in International journals. I dont think there are many. Directionally we seem to be on the right path.

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Amir Khan

Sep 28, 2015 04:14pm

The PM of India gets a rock star reception because the people of India have established themselves at the very top of global corporations like Google and Microsoft. Indian techies power the US corporations. What have Pakistanis achieved?

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Harisingh

Sep 28, 2015 05:27pm

@Amir Khan, Within the US private sector there are plenty of Pakistanis in software sector. They do a job as good as any Indian or Chinese. The problem is NEVER the people. It is the leaders who have taken over the nation. Even though I despise Nehru and his family but I have to give them credit for establishing science and math over religion and customs. India just lucked in that way.

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Prem

Sep 28, 2015 07:53pm

@Salim nice to hear good words of our PM from Pakistan. We need to let go of our differences and work towards the betterment of the people of both the countries. Nobody would be able to stop the region then. With love from India Premkumar

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chacha

Sep 28, 2015 08:14pm

Modi has been criticized for failing to do enough to stop religious riots that killed about 1,000 people in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2002 Did he not incited that violence?

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Ramanan

Sep 28, 2015 10:27pm

@chacha He did not incite the violence. Communal violence has happened before Gujrat riots and will happen in futuree as well. I am not a Modi bakt. However, integration of muslims has not progressed, unlike other minorities in India. Islam's past and its presence , as seen in conflicts all over the world is also not helping. That is a fact. Not much can be blamed on Modi alone. All of us are responsible. We need to solve it.

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Dave

Sep 28, 2015 11:06pm

@chacha can you suggest the source of this information? from what I have read, especially the report produced by the Special Investigation Team, he did everything that he could. He asked all 3 neighboring states, which were under Congress rule to supply police forces but they refused. This put Modi completely in isolation and limited resources. He did whatever he could, including asking Central Government for Army to immediately help with the situation.

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Dipak

Sep 29, 2015 05:26am

Modi is the greatest PM India ever has. I hope Pak gets a PM like Modi and take Pak to next level.

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Ajay

Sep 29, 2015 05:53am

India's rise does not mean it is bad for Pakistan. Let India succeed, and let Pakistan succeed. May all the nations and peoples of the world prosper

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Manoj

Sep 29, 2015 07:09am

@Salim thanks. Indeed we r lucky. Modiji is visionary and techno savvy

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Ramesh Nakhwa

Sep 29, 2015 10:09am

@achal Agreed and its good of you to remind us of the poverty lack of education and health in India. But the fastest way of resolving this is for the rich and middle class to grow richer. The poor will be boot strapped along with these people. This is not my analysis this is good economics. We work in IT industry and make good money. Our house maid makes 20,000 Rs. a month. Her kids go to a good english scholl and have all the opprotunities to make a good life. so you know what happens when industry grows at a blsietring pace.

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aamir

Sep 29, 2015 10:16am

India is claimed to be secular state and on this eid ul azha i have seen so many photoes where muslims were enjoying eid by mobs of hindu extermists. The hindus made special arrangements to make eid full of joy by tourtouring abusing the muslims. Hindus of india are so intelligent people that they love and reapect animals more than humans so what a wise nation in the end i want a serious note for ectremist hindues of indua. No nation can prosper wihout equality respect for othets belives and social justice

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gary

Sep 29, 2015 01:30pm

@Cyrus there is nothing wrong in trying to get better. In the early seventies, Indian qualification was considered one step below than the UK qualifications. Not any more.

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Rasputin

Sep 29, 2015 03:16pm

@Arun What you say is true. If you remember the first address by Modi on independence day after his ascension to PM, he said that he wants all of us to proactively strive towards that goal, that dream of his. If the political leadership is good, but considerable portion of the public are incompetent and corrupt, then it cannot work out very well. The difference between developed and developing economies are due to the difference in the attitudes of its populations.

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True Blue Indian

Sep 29, 2015 04:50pm

Its really Great to have Modi leading our country Very proud moment I wish him to have a successful & long tenure and a long healthy life :)

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Sonny

Sep 29, 2015 05:46pm

@Ahmed USA my friend 4 of the CEOS are Indians trust me things will change fast . India is on the move buddy wake up and smell the coffee !!!!

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Nabarun Dey

Sep 29, 2015 07:49pm

Yes it is an unique opportunity for an Indian premier while the US silicon valley felt more like an Indian extension with Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella and Shantanu Narayan around. Mr Modi is indeed very lucky.

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Ramesh

Sep 29, 2015 07:56pm

@Cyrus The high achievers among India's tech students who apply to various IITs list MIT Yale and other top US Universities as their 2nd choice since an IIT degree is rated much higher around the world. Pl ask around before spewing colonial era inferiority. Many of our Universities need to achieve a lot before getting the recognition prestigious American institutions enjoy, but the IITs are definitely not among them.

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amd

Sep 29, 2015 10:32pm

Modi should concentrate only on two things in his 5 year term.1)Develop huge amount of sources of renewable energy(solar ,wind etc) with maximum encouragement for research in energy storage 2)Make compulsory rain water harvesting on all buildings new or old ,& constructing micro and mini dams all over India .Nothing else needs to be done,and he will get elected again after 5 years

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