Dé·jà Chew - Recurring Classlessness: Obama Knocked for Chewing Gum in India: 'Ungainly Sight'

Obama Knocked for Chewing Gum in India: 'Ungainly Sight' | The Weekly Standard

JAN 26, 2015 • BY DANIEL HALPER

President Obama is being knocked by local press for chewing gum today at the Republic Day parade in India.

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"In an ungainly sight, cameras caught US President Brack Obama chewing gum during the Republic Day parade on Monday. In the picture captured by cameras and posted on Twitter by some users, Obama was spotted removing his chewing gum while PM Modi was seen trying to explain something to the US president," reports the Times of India. …

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However, this is not the first time that Obama has been spotted chewing gum during an important function. Though there was a lot of commentary on social media on his chewing gum at a formal ceremony.

Comments on Twitter included remarks by author Shobhaa De, who said, "Barack bhai working his jaws overtime and chewing gum! At least it isn't gutka. But seriously - gum during a formal parade?". 

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