The Obama Diary

Anandabazar Patrika, published in Calcutta, India

Aajkaal, published in Kolkata, India

CBS: Media coverage of President Obama’s visit to India is beyond intense.

More than 200 news channels in 26 languages are providing wall-to-wall coverage of the president’s three days here. The news operations have a huge audience. Nearly 1.2 billion people live in a country that is about one-third the geographic size of the U.S.

Indian TV news takes note of every word Mr. Obama utters. No syllable goes uncovered. Virtually every Indian channel carried live coverage of the president’s town hall meeting with students at St. Xavier College in Mumbai.

…Channel surfing becomes an exercise in “all Obama all the time.” The coverage can is ubiquitous, with TVs mounted over urinals in a hotel men’s room providing live pictures of the President of the United States.

….There is also a special fascination in India with the First Lady. The Indian media were enthralled by scenes of Michelle Obama dancing with school children and delivering an impassioned speech about her childhood.

Prahaar - Mumbai, published in Mumbai, India

Patrika, published in Bhopal, India

Naidunia - Raipur, published in Raipur, India

(Feel free to translate for me…. I can only figure out the pictures!)