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President Barack Obama is on his maiden trip to India, where his first stop was Mumbai. So far the president stayed at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel and signed its guest book, addressed a U.S.-India business summit where he announced the easing of restrictions on exports to India and confirmed billions of dollars in deals. He also met with hundreds of students at St. Xavier’s College to answer wide-ranging questions, including one about Pakistan. India Real Time presents a round-up of commentary and analysis in the Indian press on the visit.

US President Barack Obama andFirst Lady Michelle Obama arrived in New DelhiSunday afternoon on the second leg of the four-day India visit. They were received by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur.

headed to the U.S. Embassy, later he will leave for the world heritage site Humayun Tomb on Mathura Road.The tomb was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, and since then has undergone extensive restoration work.n the evening, President Obama and the First Lady will attend a private dinner being hosted by Prime Minister Dr. Singh at his residence.

“The irony is unmistakable. America was once the New World, having been ‘discovered’ in the 15th century when Pietro Martire d’Anghiera, an Italian at the Spanish court, first referred to the novi orbis that Columbus found on his voyage,” she wrote on Friday. “Six centuries on, Barack Obama represents the old New World. Or the new Old World. The future seems to be here in India.”