Modi mentions Taiwan visit in speech

印度總理莫迪演講時提到台灣

He was addressing a function on the centenary celebrations of the Patna University in Bihar

NEW DELHI (Taiwan News) -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday mentioned about his visit to Taiwan long ago, in a speech at Patna, the capital of Bihar state, while addressing a function on the centenary celebrations of the Patna University.?

Hailing the role of young Indian Information Technology professionals in changing the global outlook towards India, Modi quipped “earlier we were seen as a land of snake charmers, exorcism and superstitions. “Long back, while on a visit to Taiwan, I told a friend that we, as a nation, have moved from snakes to the mouse,” he said.

Modi said, “We are a nation of 800 million young people, 65 per cent of our population is below the age of 35 years. There is nothing that we cannot achieve with such a huge demographic advantage.”

It may be mentioned here that Bodh Gaya, the site where Gautama Buddha obtained Enlightenment, is located in this state.?One of the main four pilgrimage sites for Buddhists, related to the life of Buddha, this place?is a?UNESCO?World Heritage Site.