A ‘super’ visit?

Despite the general mood of euphoria and cheer that has surrounded the Modi visit to China, how significant a step will it be in bringing India closer to China? One hopes that the Prime Minister is well aware of China’s ‘tricky moves on this issue’. N. Visveswaran, Chennai The Prime Minister’s >jibe at past regimes, in India, in his interactions with audiences overseas is unfortunate and goes against established conventions. The averment by some that the Prime Minister made such observations only to the members of the Indian community will not wash as hawk-eyed media houses will report every move and word. His exhortion to our countrymen in China to play the role of social and cultural ambassadors so that the trust deficit between the two fast developing neighbours is reduced is fine, but the disturbing fact is that, intermittently, he did speak condescendingly about the UPA government besides flaying the rest of the Opposition, forgetting that he was delivering his speech from a foreign platform.