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| A screenshot of Satya Nadella wiping hands after shaking hands with Modi (video below) |
Staff correspondent, September 29, 2015, NewsCrunch
A video of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wiping his hands after a handshake with PM Modi is going viral.
A few random bhakts are interpreting it as a deliberate insult to their icon.
The video, an edited snippet from an NDTV footage, was taken during the last week’s CEOs dinner with Modi when he visited
It shows CEOs waiting for their turn to greet Modi. Satya Nadella shakes hands and moves away wiping his hands.
While some directed their outrage at Satya Nadella, the gesture looks instinctive and harmless. May be it was a bit hot inside or his hands were sweaty and Satya Nadella, perhaps, instinctively rubbed them to dry up.
Satya Nadella has expressed his appreciation of PM Modi and has been in forefront of the effort to welcome him in the
Many also compared the NDTV footage with another video in which George Bush is seen wiping hands on Bill Clinton’s shirt after shaking hands with a Haitian crowd. That video had also gone viral.
But Satya Nadella is no George Bush nor is Modi a poor Haitian.