“Why is the prime minister so popular abroad? For the diaspora, Modi has made it ‘cool’ to be an Indian”, Firstpost, May 25, 2023:

“It was a spectacle few Australians had witnessed before, and most certainly not involving a politician. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered the Qudos Bank Arena, a 20,000-seater stadium in Sydney to address the Bharatiya diaspora, the venue gave him a reception that is reserved for rockstars. If anything, it was even more intense.

At least that is the impression that his host, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese who shared the stage with Modi and introduced him to the crowd, gave.

Albanese, who had taken a lap of honour in a golf cart along with Modi around a boisterous Ahmedabad stadium, the venue for the fourth Bharat-Australia cricket Test match during his Bharat visit in March, said the greeting extended to Modi in Sydney on Tuesday surpassed even a concert by American rock icon Bruce Springsteen…..”

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