The forthcoming memoirs of former US President Barack Obama have generated a stir on social media, in which he has compared the leader of Congress Rahul Gandhi to a “student eager to impress the teacher.” According to the editors, the book, titled “A Promised Land,” provides insight into the dynamics of US partisan politics and international diplomacy.
The New York Times has reviewed Obama’s memoirs, highlighting political leaders from around the world he has spoken of. Obama says that Gandhi has “a nervous and reportable quality about him, as if he were a student who had done the course work and was eager to impress the teacher, but who deep down lacked the aptitude or passion to master the subject. “according to the New York Times Review.
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However, the Wayanad Member of Parliament is not just the Indian leader that Obama has mentioned in his long-awaited book. The former president of the United States has also mentioned the president of Congress Sonia Gandhi, apparently speaking of the “beauty” of female leaders. The NYT review noted that “we are told about the beauty of men like Charlie Crist and Rahm Emanuel, but not about the beauty of women, except in one or two cases, as in the case of Sonia Gandhi.”
Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also reportedly finds mention in Obama’s memoirs as he recalls that Singh “has a kind of impassive integrity.” “Former US Defense Secretary Bob Gates and former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seem to have a kind of impassive integrity,” NYT magazine quoted Obama from the memoirs. The 768-page memoir, the first of a two-part memoir, is likely to hit the stands on November 17, after which more details about his views on Indian leaders are expected to emerge.
“Obama takes readers on an exciting journey from his earliest political aspirations to the crucial Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the decisive night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th President of the United States. United, “The Crown Publishing Group wrote on its website, describing the book.
(With PTI inputs)
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