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March 22, 2000

It was Carterpuri then

It was 22 years ago in January 1978 that an US president last visited India. Along with meeting the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai and other dignitaries, President Jimmy Carter had found time to visit a village in Haryana that was then called Daulatpur Naseerabad. President Carter had special ties to that village - his mother Lillian Carter had served as a nurse there.

It was a warm and affectionate welcome that the Carters had received in that village, so much so that the president had later written that it was "one of the high points" of his overseas travels. This warm sentiment was mutual, as the village folk decided to rename their village to 'Carterpuri' in honour of president Carter.

This time around President Clinton will not be visiting Carterpuri. He will nevertheless visit another village in a different state. This time the privilege goes to Dhoblai village in Rajasthan. Are we going to witness a repeat of that warmth that was evident during the previous American presidential visit to a Indian village? Will we see another village being renamed, this time to Clintonpuri?

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