Rahul Gandhi had met Barack Obama during his last visit to India in December 2017.
New Delhi:
Former US President Barack Obama, in his recently published political brief “A Promised Land”, drew sketches of several leaders of the United States and other countries, including Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, according to a New York Times report. The UPA government, led by Mr. Singh, was in power for part of Mr. Obama’s ten-year tenure, from 2009 to 2017.
“And then there are his biographical sketches, masterful in their brevity, their insight and their humor,” reads the New York Times review.
The gallery, according to the American daily, included among others former Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, then Defense Secretary Bob Gates and US President-elect Joe Biden.
Regarding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the New York Times article read: “Defense Secretary Bob Gates and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh both present themselves as having a sort of unemotional integrity.”
“Rahul Gandhi has a nervous and informed quality about him, as if he was a pupil who had taken the lessons and was anxious to impress the teacher but who basically lacked the aptitude or passion for master the subject, ”The New York Times reported, citing the book.
Rahul Gandhi, who during Mr. Obama’s tenure was vice president of Congress, met Mr. Obama during his last visit to India in December 2017. Mr. Gandhi tweeted about the meeting.
“We had a fruitful conversation with President @BarackObama Super to see him again,” Gandhi posted, accompanied by a photo.
I had a fruitful conversation with the president @Barack Obama Nice to see him again. pic.twitter.com/LCJKGBg0Qr
– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 1, 2017
In 2015, Mr. Obama was the main guest at the Republic Day celebrations. During the visit, he even co-hosted “Mann ki Baat” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The New York Times review also cited Mr. Obama’s views on US President-elect Joe Biden.
“Joe Biden is an upstanding, loyal and upstanding man who, according to Obama,” could get thorny if he thought he wasn’t bestowed upon him – a quality that could erupt when dealing with a much younger boss, “” reads -on in the NYT article.
Vladimir Putin reminds him of the tough and smart neighborhood leaders who ran the Chicago machine. Also on Putin: “Physically, he was commonplace,” the NYT article reads.
Regarding Hu Jintao, who was the president of China from 2003 to 2013, the NYT article read: “In a private meeting, Hu Jintao reads piles of prepared papers, so monotonous that Obama considers suggesting ‘ that we could save each other time by just exchanging papers and reading them as we please ”.
“The Promised Land” is the first two-part memoir written by the 59-year-old former US president.
