17 November,2009 10:16 AM IST | | Special Features
US President Obama might have meant well when he bowed before Japan's Emperor Akihito and his wife in the customary Japanese fashion, but Americans certainly haven't been impressed by the gesture. There are irreverent blogs doing the rounds that are slamming him for stooping so low.
The leader has now been christened as o-bow-ma and is said to have triggered off a bow-row. Here's more dope on the controversies that have surrounded the leader:u00a0
>>u00a0On October 9, 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." The move wasn't received well by the Americans.
>>u00a0Recently pictures of Obama walking out of a gym with an energy drink looking skinny raised a few eyebrows. Some sources said that he was a chain smoker and had hence lost killos. Obama came out saying that he was a health conscious American and fit enough to carry the weight of the country on his shoulders.
>>u00a0When Obama held an office basketball game and invited only male employees to participate, it sparked anger. Women didn't like the fact that they were left out and thought that it was wrong on a leader's part to show gender inequality.
