A perky "Jai Hind" a speech sans applause
New Delhi: Most people have got used to the rather dour manner in which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh delivers his speeches, except when he consciously chooses to be combative. Combative he certainly was not while addressing the nation from the Red Fort on Independence Day Monday, but the moment certainly seems to have got to him as he concluded the speech with three extremely perky "Jai Hinds" that caught many by surprise.
Usually, he would raise his right first in the air and urge the audience in a tone no different from the speech to say "Jai Hind' thrice after him. This time around, he punched his fist forward and raised his voice by more than a notch as he went through the exercise.
Not surprisingly, the schoolchildren seated below the ramparts of the Red Fort and to whom the appeal was addressed, responded enthusiastically.
Image: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inspects an honor guard before addressing the nation from the Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi, on Monday, August 15, 2011.
Text: IANS
Images: PTI/AP/AFP
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