02-09-2006, 09:41 PM
http://us.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/09guest.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->George W Bush's protocol handlers have notified South Block that the <b>American President's deep belief in his born again faith precludes his visiting Mahatma Gandhi's Samadhi</b> at New Delhi's Raj Ghat -- during his forthcoming visit to India.
When asked -- by reporters on a recent trip aboard Air Force One -- if he will be breaking a decades long tradition of foreign dignitaries visiting India paying respect to the Father of India,<b> Mr Bush, as is his wont, was caught off guard and mumbled something about how the Gospel of Jesus Christ views cremation as a pagan practice.</b>
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->George W Bush's protocol handlers have notified South Block that the <b>American President's deep belief in his born again faith precludes his visiting Mahatma Gandhi's Samadhi</b> at New Delhi's Raj Ghat -- during his forthcoming visit to India.
When asked -- by reporters on a recent trip aboard Air Force One -- if he will be breaking a decades long tradition of foreign dignitaries visiting India paying respect to the Father of India,<b> Mr Bush, as is his wont, was caught off guard and mumbled something about how the Gospel of Jesus Christ views cremation as a pagan practice.</b>
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