U.S. Second Lady Usha Vance shared heartfelt memories of visiting India and meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it a “trip of a lifetime.” Speaking at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum in Washington D.C., she said her children were enchanted by PM Modi, mistaking him for a grandfather figure due to his white beard and hair. She recalled how he won over her 5-year-old by giving him a birthday gift and described Modi as “kind and generous.” The meeting was also marked by warm, productive talks with VP JD Vance.
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00:00I think I told an Indian publication this, it really was the trip of a lifetime for us.
00:04I had the opportunity to see some of the greatest sights in North India.
00:08We're looking forward to our next trip and trying to get to the parts of the country where my family is from as well.
00:13My kids saw him, they were sort of sleep deprived in Paris,
00:17and they saw an Indian man with a white beard and white hair,
00:21and they just put him in the grandfather category immediately.
00:24So they are very into him, they just love him.
00:27And he really cemented his status by giving our five-year-old a birthday present.
00:32Well, I mean, it was, I think I told an Indian publication this, it really was the trip of a lifetime for us.
00:38My children had never been to India, what with the pandemic and, you know, J.D.'s entry into politics and all that.
00:45And so they'd grown up just knowing so much about this country, the stories, the food,
00:53the relationships with grandparents and friends, but they had never actually seen it.
00:57So it was just sort of mind-blowing from their perspective.
01:00And then for me and J.D., I think it just could not have been any more special.
01:04We had the opportunity to see some of the greatest sights in North India.
01:08We're looking forward to our next trip and trying to get to the parts of the country where my family is from as well.
01:13And it just was sort of one hit after another, right?
01:17The most incredible food, the peacocks that we got to see everywhere we went, getting to see the Taj Mahal in the morning and appreciate it as the sun was just sort of coming up and the cool skies and blue skies over in the background.
01:33And, of course, as you mentioned, meeting the prime minister, that was really very special.
01:38We'd actually had a chance to meet him before.
01:41And it's funny, my kids saw him.
01:44They were sort of sleep-deprived in Paris.
01:46And they saw an Indian man with a white beard and white hair, and they just put him in the grandfather category immediately.
01:52So they are very into him.
01:55They just love him.
01:56And he really cemented his status by giving our five-year-old a birthday present that day.
02:02So when we were able to visit his home, they just sort of ran up.
02:06They were hugging him.
02:07He was just incredibly kind and generous to them.
02:11And I think it was a very productive conversation for J.D. and the prime minister, of course.
02:16But also, I think it was a real opportunity for us to kind of cement that personal relationship that they have, which I think is only to the good.
02:25And as you mentioned, there was a puppet show.
02:27That was a particular highlight with sort of puppeteering from all over the country, including from Andhra Pradesh, where my family is from.
02:36There were bits from the Ramayana.
02:38There were sort of comedic bits with animals.
02:41And it was a huge hit.
02:42My kids have been trying to recreate a home with construction paper, which is going about as well as you can imagine.
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