A Chemistry Lesson That Indians Cant Hope to Miss: Opening Line

Its the bromance of the year so far.

There was the hug on the tarmac. There was the walk in the garden. There was tea on the lawn.

Then it was on to the banquet, where U.S. President Barack Obama praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a style icon. His host paid tribute to the personal chemistry he enjoys with Barack.

In case you hadnt heard, Obama and Modi are friends.

Modi was once persona non grata in the U.S., denied a visa in 2005 for his alleged failure to control religious violence three years earlier that killed almost 1,000 Muslims in his home state of Gujarat, where he was chief minister.

How times change. No one has been left in any doubt that those rocky days are past and relations between the U.S. and India have entered a New Era of Friendship.

If the saturation live television coverage wasnt enough, Obama fans in India could follow live blogs of the event -- including the evening banquet -- at India Today, NDTV or Zee News, among others.

The Hindustan Times wrote of the crackling chemistry between the two leaders. Chemistry between PM Modi and Obama on display for the world, First Post headlined its live coverage. Chemistry between the two leaders was very much evident, the Economic Times reported.

Did we mention they have chemistry? (A Google search for Obama Modi chemistry turned up more than 860,000 results as of mid-afternoon yesterday.)

We think we got the message. First-name terms were enough of a clue for us. After six years of the so-called special relationship, British Prime Minister Tony Blair never got past Yo Blair with George W. Bush. (We Britons took Yo to be an ancient Native American honorific denoting respect and deference to a trusted ally.)

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A Chemistry Lesson That Indians Cant Hope to Miss: Opening Line