External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's suggestion that the Bhagwad Gita should be a declared as the National Book has inspired hilarity all around.
The foreign minister was speaking at an event on the New Delhi's Red Front grounds to mark the 5,151st anniversary of the Gita, organised by organized by an RSS-affiliate. "I am happy to say that the prime minister has already given it the honour of a Rashtriya Granth when he handed over the Shrimad Bhagwad Gita to America's President Barack Obama," Swaraj said. "Only a formal announcement now remains."
She went on to advise psychiatrists to read it to patients who were suffering from depression.
Here are some reactions to her statement.
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— Rohan (@mojorojo) December 8, 2014The foreign minister was speaking at an event on the New Delhi's Red Front grounds to mark the 5,151st anniversary of the Gita, organised by organized by an RSS-affiliate. "I am happy to say that the prime minister has already given it the honour of a Rashtriya Granth when he handed over the Shrimad Bhagwad Gita to America's President Barack Obama," Swaraj said. "Only a formal announcement now remains."
She went on to advise psychiatrists to read it to patients who were suffering from depression.
Here are some reactions to her statement.
India has a national book, it's called the Constitution. Thank you.
— Kabir Taneja (@KabirTaneja) December 8, 2014The Gita as our National book? nooo! I thought it would be one of Chetan Bhagat's since he's you know like "nation's most loved author"
— this is a blah tweet (@blahfamous) December 8, 2014Good to see the BJP clamouring for a national book when most Indians still can't read. #Priorities
— Ashish Shakya (@stupidusmaximus) December 7, 2014Think of what happened to tigers. Think of hockey. Madam Sushma Swaraj, you really want the Gita to become the national book of India?
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) December 8, 2014The Gita has the answer to all my problems? Well, my car won't start & I can't find the specific chapter http://t.co/N5Ta61Uw91
— Ashwin Mushran (@ashwinmushran) December 8, 2014What if Gita wants to become something else? "@firstpostin: Declare Baghwad Gita ‘national book’, says Sushma Swaraj"
— Dorkstar (@Dorkstar) December 8, 2014pills, chocolates & Gita. With the way Sushma Swaraj has strung together that sentence we should just be grateful she's not health minister.
— kanika gahlaut (@kanikagahlaut) December 8, 2014Gita - National Book Astrology - National Profession Cow - National Animal GoMutra - National Drink Sushma Swaraj - National Joke
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