New Delhi, Dec 6 (Inditop.com) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is one proud father. The latest to take note, that too at the White House state dinner thrown by the Obamas, was US envoy Timothy J. Roemer.
Having shared the table with Manmohan Singh and two of his daughters, Roemer told scribes after returning to India: “As the father of two daughters and two sons, I could see the joy and pride your prime minister takes in the accomplishments of his children. It was evident.”
This ‘pride’ became evident again a few days later when the usually private and reticent prime minister mentioned his daughter Upinder Singh, a Delhi University professor of history, at a public function.
The prime minister, who also holds the culture ministry, was attending the meeting of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) when he said: “I was in Washington recently. I didn’t have time, but my daughter went around and visited the Library of Congress. Coming back, she told me, ‘Daddy, I have some ideas’.
“She said Americans do not have so many historical sites like we do, but the way they have preserved them is very good”.
