The impression that the US President Barack Obama got of the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he first met the latter in London was that he is a “wise” and “wonderful” man. Impressed by Mr. Manmohan Singh, Obama said, “First of all I should say that your prime minister is a wonderful man. He is wise and decent man.”

It was clear that the admiration was mutual with the Indian PM praising Obama for being the icon of the