Barack Obama recently revealed that he used to watch Bollywood movies in his college days with his friends and why not, we all love old Hindi movies, after all. He reiterates while speaking about his fascination with India in his book ‘A Promised Land’.

He also said that he has a special place for India as most of his childhood years were spent in Indonesia listening to the epic Hindu tales of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

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Obama also revealed that he had never been to India before his Presidential visit in 2010 and he wrote in his book, “India always held a special place in my imagination. Maybe it was because I’d spent a part of my childhood in Indonesia listening to the epic Hindu tales of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, or because of my interest in Eastern religions, or because of a group of Pakistani and Indian college friends who’d taught me to cook dal and keema and turned me on to Bollywood movies.”

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In 2017, when Obama travelled to India in December, he said in an interview in Delhi that he loves dal and keema. He also that he is the first-ever US President o have the recipe for daal. He added that while his keema is excellent, his chicken is okay. Back then, he had also said that he finds it incredibly hard to make Rotis.

Here’s what people on the internet have to say about this-

He's very fortunate. Most Indian kids don't get the chance to do that.

— sonia 🇮🇳🕉 (@sonia_sinha) November 17, 2020

Ab samajh aaya Modi ji "my friend Barack, my friend Barack" kyon bola karte the.

— Sanjeev Kumar (@sanjeevkumar__) November 17, 2020

Khush ho jao Baharatiyo.......

— redblood2714@gmail.com (@redblood2714) November 17, 2020

Without understanding it probably...Just listening doesnt help.. It just becomes one more activity.... https://t.co/srswlqZmxJ

— radha raju (@radharaju18) November 17, 2020

That's why Obama stood out as a cultured man.

— Pradeep (@PPK37523) November 17, 2020

Irony is we depend on others to inspire us to follow & hv faith in our religion.

— ila saxena (@SaxenaIla) November 17, 2020

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