With French president's visit coming to close I just couldn't help compare the visit by President Obama with that of President Sarkozy.
President Obama's visit was so hyped with plane load of security and other concerned staff descending and sanitizing the place. People were inconvenienced everywhere. Some were barred from bursting crackers even though it was Diwali the biggest festival for Indians. Some were barred from keeping their house windows open and the building terraces taken over by the security staff. Ferry guys were deprived of their livelihood as President Obama was put up at Taj. The ferry services were closed down during his stay. The regular commercial flights were suspended during Presidents Obama's takeoff and landing. And finally as expected he refused to denounce people harbouring terrorists and the hotbed of terror, due to which they had to do such a massive sanitizing exercises.
Look at President Sarkozy's visit. It was devoid any hype. The general public was so less inconvenienced that it went unnoticed. He spoke directly against hotbed of terror and their activities. He also strongly supported India's claim to UN permanent seat.
I am not a political analyst to talk about whose visit was more successful. But certainly these are views of an average fellow.
But yeah in the end I am not sore as we Indians welcome guest wholeheartedly and take pride in taking care of them in the best possible manner. But at the same time it saddens us when people like APJ Abdul Kalam our former president and a highly respected individual is made to go through body checks. Praful Patel our civil aviation minister gets taken aside for questioning. And just yesterday itself our ambassador is subjected to pat down checks!!
No double standards please!!
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