Dehradun, May 21 -- In actuality, it was a storm in a tea-cup. However, it now streams across social media for all and sundry to comment upon. A not so well known journalist, Helle Lyng, asked PM Modi a question at a 'press briefing' (held along with Norwegian PM Store) while he was leaving and did not receive an answer. The media had been invited to be present, but no question and answer interaction was scheduled. She wanted to know why 'we should trust India', and 'whether he would take critical questions from the Indian press in the near future'.
She was later invited to a press interaction by the Indian Embassy and her question about trust was addressed by a Foreign Ministry official, Sibi George. The long and rambling explanation that...