It would be a little too optimistic to expect Twitter to not make fun of politicians – especially if the personality in question is the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With his burgeoning number of followers, Modi might seem himself as a social media stalwart but that doesn’t stop the Twitterati from poking fun at his ingenious one-liners or picturesque travel albums.
Currently on a five-nation tour in Central Asia, Modi is slated to visit Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan hoping to boost diplomatic ties. In his eight-day long itinerary, he will also be attending the BRICS and China led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summits in the Russian city of Ufa.
On Tuesday, he called for further cooperation with central Asian countries and, in his address at the Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, stressed on the shared heritage as a strong bond that ties the two countries together.
Later, he went on to inaugurate the India-Kazakhstan Centre of Excellence in Information and Computer Technology which houses the supercomputer Param provided by India.
And then arrived the picture that has practically become the talk of the town.
The picture, by itself, may not quite have the potential to match, say, the iconic status of the photographs from the prime minister's visit to a terracotta museum in China, but it did have the benefit of being accompanied by what can only be described as a rather cryptic, if trademark, Modi-ism.
It was just the fodder that Twitter needed.
The expert semioticists at Reddit’s India forum, meanwhile, took the lead in examining the picture from all possible angles and tried to extract the deeper meaning of the accompanying words of wisdom.
Meanwhile, i_don’t_lie_much wondered, “what does that even mean?” to which bindaasguy had an answer, which TheLog0 bettered with a simplerer explanation.
Others also soon joined in with their jibes about the quote that seemed to have left many wondering.
Users, however, didn’t just stop there. TheRealElvisPresley even compared the PM to the former Income Tax Commissioner Vishwa Bandhu Gupta who rose to internet fame with his thoughts on cloud computing, which he had claimed could get affected by rains.
For the uninitiated, here’s the video being referenced:
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Currently on a five-nation tour in Central Asia, Modi is slated to visit Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan hoping to boost diplomatic ties. In his eight-day long itinerary, he will also be attending the BRICS and China led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summits in the Russian city of Ufa.
On Tuesday, he called for further cooperation with central Asian countries and, in his address at the Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, stressed on the shared heritage as a strong bond that ties the two countries together.
Later, he went on to inaugurate the India-Kazakhstan Centre of Excellence in Information and Computer Technology which houses the supercomputer Param provided by India.
And then arrived the picture that has practically become the talk of the town.
Super computer will do super computing and will be the reason for super commitment: PM @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/EZqpLLCAeU
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 7, 2015The picture, by itself, may not quite have the potential to match, say, the iconic status of the photographs from the prime minister's visit to a terracotta museum in China, but it did have the benefit of being accompanied by what can only be described as a rather cryptic, if trademark, Modi-ism.
It was just the fodder that Twitter needed.
When you are trying to justify your progress report to your boss in a review meeting! pic.twitter.com/el13NFSYcg
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) July 7, 2015
PM Modi these days pic.twitter.com/Na7uUklizy
— Being बकचोद (@sbseBda_bakchod) July 8, 2015
When you don't want to buy a product and the salesman keeps on explaining abt the features pic.twitter.com/76GtMGxmyk
— Ingenious (@Bees_Kut) July 7, 2015
When bae returns with popcorn but the national anthem has started playing pic.twitter.com/dEe91pGQxI
— Tanmay Bhat (@thetanmay) July 7, 2015If super computer doesn't do super computing then what will Modi do? Drink tea and talk rubbish?
— ETHICAL STALKER (@PsychographEd) July 7, 2015
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The expert semioticists at Reddit’s India forum, meanwhile, took the lead in examining the picture from all possible angles and tried to extract the deeper meaning of the accompanying words of wisdom.
Meanwhile, i_don’t_lie_much wondered, “what does that even mean?” to which bindaasguy had an answer, which TheLog0 bettered with a simplerer explanation.
Others also soon joined in with their jibes about the quote that seemed to have left many wondering.
Users, however, didn’t just stop there. TheRealElvisPresley even compared the PM to the former Income Tax Commissioner Vishwa Bandhu Gupta who rose to internet fame with his thoughts on cloud computing, which he had claimed could get affected by rains.
For the uninitiated, here’s the video being referenced:
