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Did Modi manhandle Mark Zuckerberg to get a better picture?

One simply does not mess with Modi when it comes to his pictures

Entertainment Desk September 29, 2015

One simply does not intrude into Modi-camera relationship. PHOTO: NDTV

If we needed any more proof of Narendra Modi's love for himself, the Indian PM has just handed it to us with his latest show of camera-awareness.

And what better place to do it than Facebook headquarters in the United States. And while Modi received a warm welcome at a town hall meeting hosted by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, he couldn't take it or fake it when the tech giant accidentally came between him and the camera as Modi posed with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.

What followed was Modi holding Zuckerberg's arm in a clear bid to position him to the side. The Facebook CEO looks clearly disturbed for a second after the incident before getting back into the PR activity. Since its release, the video has gone viral on social media. Don't believe us, see it for yourself below:

PHOTO: NDTV

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In which other country will you see controversy on this https://t.co/IWmaY5WUhu PM is helping Mark so that his back doesnt face the camera
— Alok Bhatt (@alok_bhatt) September 29, 2015

When Modi Ji made Shutterberg put aside Zuckerberg; Lights, Camera,.....FOTO!!!! https://t.co/hj4ieH9u9y
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) September 29, 2015

Dear Mark Zuckerberg, never ever come between @narendramodi and his first love, the camerahttp://t.co/16jONvTieD pic.twitter.com/JCDShAXLn1
— News18 Buzz (@News18Buzz) September 29, 2015

COMMENTS (20)

Marvin | 8 years ago | Reply The Indians are just doing normal things about their native country. The sound of the photographer should be heard by public of their conversations with Mark! https://www.amolink.com/blog/mark-zuckerberg-love-story.html

khurram shahzad | 9 years ago | Reply the Modi is behaving around the world reminds of Stephen King's horror TV series "IT" in which a Monster takes a shape of a Joker and kills people.

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Nav | 9 years ago | Reply Did you hear the background voice, where Camera man is requesting.. Sir, this side.. Even if I am there and Camera man asks I will help that poor chap..

Malik | 9 years ago | Reply Modi haters are not able to find any corruption charges or lack of performance. So they dig deep to find any silly reasons like this. I feel pity. Really pathetic.

Danyaal | 9 years ago | Reply This person who is tweeting PM is helping mark so that his back does not face the camera, cant he see there are other camera men too who are taking picture of all three together from different angle.. so he clearly man handled mark for a frontal shot..

PiS | 9 years ago | Reply This is hilarious. 'Modi ji' obviously doesn't know that it is considered "extremely rude" to man handle anyone in the west (invasion of personal space) -- let alone on such a high profile occasion and in front of the cameras. He probably learned this haggling to survive as a chai wala in India. That's definitely a tougher job than being a PM.

Sanyukta | 9 years ago | Reply Shameful!

BruteForce | 9 years ago | Reply I see such behavior with a lot of Indians. They don't mean harm, but they just do not understand the culture of the host country. In this case, the concept of physical and personal space varies for Indians and Americans. For example, I see people burp all the time in my office, most of them by people from Indian subcontinent. Its a natural phenomena, no harm done to anyone and quite literally everyone does it and shouldn't be a big deal, right? WRONG! Westerners are aghast! Not a moment did Zuckerberg lose his balance or was hurt. "Manhandling" is a cruel and unfair word to use here. This news-piece is designed to create controversy.

sonu | 9 years ago | Reply http://satyavijayi.com/lie-exposed-mark-modi-side-please/ Please don't spread lies about any head of state without going into the details and cross verifying it!!!As you all know that it had always been the strategy of the opposition parties in the indian subcontinent to malign other parties by running negative propaganda against the ruling party because they don't have other policy issues to talk about and they are being supported by the media taking advantage of the fact that the significant chunk of the population is illiterate or either they would never be interested to go into the details of what actually have happened.Same is the case here as Mr Modi was trying to bring try face of Mark infront of the camera as he was showing him the gift .Also sound of the photographers can be heard in d background where they are telling Mark to face the camera.

Tilt | 9 years ago | Reply Pakistanis are so obsessed with Modi that now I am concerned about their mental well being!

Rochesterian | 9 years ago | Reply What's up with this man (Modi) going around hugging all Americans? He hugs everyone, just when they are not expecting it, and puts them in an embarrassing position. Stop it already!

Me | 9 years ago | Reply A Super Joker!!!

Pranav | 9 years ago | Reply It was the Only Missing Item which has been reported by Pakistan Media :D

Ali Haider | 9 years ago | Reply Modi has learned his lessons well from the Angela Merkel incident.

me | 9 years ago | Reply What an Idiot......!!!!

dude | 9 years ago | Reply didn't anybody hear mediapersons were asking Zuckerberg to move a little side??. just use one earphone then see this video before posting it as big news, fools

lol | 9 years ago | Reply Haha, you people are just sad. Can't say anything against Modi's work so "herp derp, did he pose for camera with FORCE?". Also, good job quoting a Congress lacky, Sanjay Jha, who is relevant only to pakistanis, apparently..

Karachite | 9 years ago | Reply ...where are Modi Bhakhts. This is very uncivilized and unbecoming.

Human | 9 years ago | Reply Am I the only one who finds the photo awkward?

Adnan Siddiqi | 9 years ago | Reply Thank god there are no youth (ias) in India otherwise they would have trolled Modi for this :D

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