16 April,2015 06:49 PM IST | | PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked Barack Obama for writing a profile on him in Time magazine, terming the US President's words as 'touching and inspiring'
Toronto: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked Barack Obama for writing a profile on him in Time magazine, terming the US President's words as 'touching and inspiring'.
"Dear Barack Obama your words are touching and inspiring. Thanks TIME," Modi tweeted and provided a link to the article in the magazine which named the Prime Minister among the 100 most influential people in the world.
In the article titled 'India's reformer-in-chief', Obama has described Modi's life story 'from poverty to Prime Minister' as one that reflects the dynamism and potential of India's rise.
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"Today, he's the leader of the world's largest democracy, and his life story - from poverty to Prime Minister reflects the dynamism and potential of India's rise," Obama said.