Facebook, of course, pushed through its rough patch, and Zuckerberg rejected acquisition offers, growing the site from a dorm-room experiment into one of the largest tech companies in the world. I hope the vision you got will help you become the voice of millions of people and a voice of their aspirations.

Indian ambassador to the USA, Arun Singh, told reporters that during the Modi-Cook meeting “there was a sense that a lot of design innovation is happening in India“.

“When we were small, what my mother did for a living and for our family to survive was to go to our neighbour’s house and clean utensils”. Zuckerberg’s parents were also present at the event.

“I changed my DP in support of the efforts towards a Digital India“, the Prime Minister said in a Facebook post.

Modi boasts an average 87 percent approval rating in India and he has more than 30 million “likes” on Facebook and 15 million Twitter followers, making him the second-most followed world leader after U.S. President Barack Obama. You can imagine what a mother had to do and what she must have gone thorough to raise her kids.

“This shouldn’t happened to anyone”, he said, to applause from the crowd. There were also banners saying “USA loves India”.

Modi said, “We must ensure that technology is accessible, affordable, and adds value”.

“Digital India is an enterprise for India’s transformation on a scale that is, perhaps, unmatched in human history”, Modi said while speaking about his ambitious Digital India initiative before a gathering of Silicon Valley CEOs. “I bow to the 1.25 crore Indians who did that”.

With social media becoming a part of today’s lifestyle, Modi said people spend a significant amount of time on it. “Government can use this real-time information to speed up their work…Social media has played a very big role as far as government is concerned”.

At Tesla, Modi met chief executive Elon Musk and discussed renewable energy, which Modi is eager to bring to India.

PM Narendra Modi arrived at the Facebook townhall and was welcomed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Earlier on arrival at the Norman Y. Minte San Jose global Airport, he was given a red carpet welcome with San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo and his wife receiving him. One of the groups claim that’s Modi’s tenure has resulted in deteriorating religious freedom for Indians.

An invitation-only audience jumped to its feet, cheering and snapping photos as Modi strode into a sun-splashed courtyard with Zuckerberg – sporting a jacket and tie for the occasion, in a sartorial about-face for the typically casual campus.

“We do every color under the sun”, said owner Joel Resnick, noting that he also carpeted the wedding of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka.