NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his podcast debut as he appeared on Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath’s YouTube channel. In over two-hour-long podcast, the PM spoke about his childhood, friends, risk-taking ability, vision for youth and more.
Here are the top highlights from PM Modi’s interview:
First call from Xi Jinping
PM Modi recalled the first call he received from China’s Xi Jinping and why he wanted to visit Gujarat.
“Chinese philosopher Xuanzang had lived in my village. At that time when I got to know that there was a movie being made on this, I wrote a letter to the embassy saying they should mention our village in the movie,” he said.
“In 2014, when I became the PM, I got the courtesy calls from all the world leaders to congratulate me. At that time, Chinese premier Xi Jinping called and congratulated me. During the call, he himself said he wanted to visit India, specifically Gujarat, to your village Vadnagar,” PM said.
You and I have a special connection. Chinese philosopher Xuanzang had spent most of his life at your village. But, in the end, when he came back to China, he lived in my village. We both are connected like this,” PM Modi added.
