Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first podcast hosted by Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, has revealed how he learnt Hindi. Within the over two-hour-long podcast, which was launched on Friday on Youtube, the prime minister additionally spoke about his childhood, life in politics, the significance of ideology and idealism, policymaking and governance, world conflicts, and youth participation in politics, amongst different issues.
On a query about studying Hindi, Modi stated he learnt the language whereas promoting tea at a railway station in Gujarat’s Mehsana.
Modi instructed Nikhil Kamath that a number of dairy farmers from Uttar Pradesh often visited the world for commerce.
“Round 30-40 of them have been all the time current on the railway platform the place I used to promote tea,” Modi stated, including, “Speaking to them, I progressively discovered Hindi.”
PM Modi on life as CM
Within the podcast, Modi additionally recalled a speech he had delivered as chief minister of Gujarat through which he had stated that he would by no means do something improper with unhealthy intentions.
“Once I turned the chief minister, I gave a speech through which I stated, ‘I cannot draw back from exhausting work’ and ‘I cannot do something for myself’ and ‘I’m human who could make errors, however I’ll by no means do something improper with unhealthy intentions.’ That is my life’s Mantra. Everybody makes errors, together with me. In any case, I’m a human being, not some God,” Modi stated within the podcast.
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He additionally recalled that his want when he turned the chief minister of Gujarat was to ask all his faculty mates to his official residence.
“Once I turned the CM, I wished to ask my previous mates to the CM home… I invited all of them, however I didn’t get pleasure from it as a result of I used to be looking for my mates in them, whereas they have been seeing me because the chief minister,” he stated.
The prime minister additionally advocated for good folks to enter politics, stressing that they need to include a mission, not ambition.
Earlier within the day, when sharing the trailer of his podcast on X, Modi stated: “I hope you all get pleasure from this as a lot as we loved creating it for you!”
