While many of those questions remained unanswered, Modi highlighted India’s economic prowess and the importance of social media. “We have many things in common”.

Earlier in the day, Modi met with Google CEO Sundar Pichai to announce a deal that Google will install high-speed wi-fi in about 400 of India’s railway stations, including 100 of the busiest stations by the end of the year.

The Internet entrepreneur and computer programmer also chose to include the Indian tricolour in his own Facebook profile picture.

Mostly Sikh protesters calling on Modi to answer for his human rights record temporarily blocked one of Facebook’s entrances.

“When I was young, to raise us she worked in neighbors’ homes cleaning dishes, filling water”, he said. “And it is my belief that if the world’s forces that value humanity unite, if the people who believe in humanitarian values unite, then we can defeat terrorism as well as save the planet from global warming”.

“The aircraft career technology working group had also met and the fact that today four United States satellites were launched by ISRO itself was a very complete proof of the stride that has been made in space cooperation between the two countries“, Swarup said.

“The world now accepts that this century will be India’s”. In April, a group of Indian technology and internet companies pulled out of the project saying it compromised the principle of net neutrality and that websites and apps should be equally accessible. In his remarks, Nadella said Microsoft’s plan is to partner with the Indian Government to bring in low-priced broadband connectivity to 5,00,000 villages in India. My world could revolve around a few words.

“I wasn’t fortunate enough to get a lot of knowledge, but I was able to make up for that through social media”, he said through a translator. “You are associated with the service sector, and I have seen the power of it”, Modi said.

The meeting here came against the backdrop of the rockstar reception Modi received from the diaspora at San Jose reminiscent of the “Madison Square Garden moment” that preceded his first summit with Obama at the White House past year. Patriotic songs like “Des Rangila Rangila” and “Dhoom Machale” from Bollywood films played in the hall.