Picture perfect: Indian media is more than 'better behaved'

US President had held more than 140 media interactions since he took charge in January. He has held more interactions in eight months than the seven years that Prime Minister Modi has been in office

Hours after being welcomed by troupes of dancers on his return from the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unexpected visit, well-past sundown, to the ongoing Central Vista project. The next day, the media was filled with his pictures in a construction supervisor’s white hard-hat. Published, without comment or criticism, they underline the sad truth of Biden’s observation that the Indian media is “better behaved” than its American counterpart.

The melange of images show a prime minister in command: talking to workers; examining an architectural drawing here and pointing an index finger there; climbing down a scaffolding and peering