Dutch PM Rutte tweets to Modi in Hindi, takes Internet by storm; gets trolled
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just returned to India on the completion of his three-nation tour. The PM visited Portugal, US and finally Netherlands.
Interestingly, the year also marks 70-years of Indo-Dutch diplomatic ties. While there were quite a few more important discussions during the tour, one thing that stands out seems to have no political connection at all.
PM Modi, during his visit to Netherlands tweeted in Dutch several times, to which his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte replied in Hindi. But, it seems like there might have been a few glitches in the message. A faulty keyboard maybe? The message that was tweeted had not a single space in between. Quite a mouthful to read actually.
Dutch PM Mark Rutte's initial tweet to Modi (Photo: Twitter)
The Dutch PM’s Hindi tweet, when roughly translated read, "Welcome to the Netherlands @narendramodi Our bilateral relations go back 70 years and with that I am extremely excited about our meeting."
With over five hundred retweets and over eight hundred comments the tweet quickly went viral with many pointing out the obvious flaws in it.
Super Commando Dhruv tweeted,
YouForgotToAddSpace
— Super Commando Dhruv (@Eaglesiar) June 27, 2017
While others like one Lazy Cat 'न' joked,
Soo overwhelmed Minister President, nice initiative to remove all space between the two countries. 😳â¤
— Lazy Cat 'न' (@uPoliticat) June 27, 2017
But not all were scathing in pointing out the flaws. Naveen Kumar pounted out in his tweet,
Yes, but be sure it's not his language . At least he tried must be appreciated.
— Naveen Kumar (@NaveenYdv8) June 27, 2017
And Annie Singh appreciated the effort,
Woww , Hindi .Appreciate ðŸ‘
— Annie Singh ✠(@o__positive) June 27, 2017
Luckily, the Dutch PM tweeted again after meeting PM Modi, getting it right the second time around.
