Prime Minister Modi Visits Poll Bound Tamil Nadu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the public during an election meeting at the YMCA Grounds in Chennai on Friday. A supporter of the Prime Minister wears a mask to express his support. Touching upon the Sri Lankan Tamil Issue, Modi pointed out that he was the first Indian PM to visit SL and wipe the tears of Lankan Tamils. In his speech Modi referred to two incidents - returning of five TN fishermen from SL and Father Alexis Prem Kumar from Taliban's custody. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a word with Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with other BJP leaders waves at the public. PM Modi's punch dialogues lost in translation. CHENNAI: Campaigning in Tamil Nadu where fiery, emotive speeches help leaders mobilise people and capture power, the legendary oratory skills of Prime Minister Narendra Modi meant little when his passion, purpose and direction was lost in translation. Other national leaders from northern India, including Sonia Gandhi, too have faced issues, with translators in some cases adding their own two bits, putting words in leaders’ mouths. A few days ago, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati, got a dose of ad-lib translation. A leader known to move masses, she was at sea at a public meeting organised by BSP at Island Grounds, Chennai. The translator managed to drive away much of the crowd, halfway through the speech, with his muddling of the popular Dalit politician’s words. Maya had said her government in UP had cleared the backlog of vacancies in reserved government jobs. But when translated to Tamil, it became: the casteist BJP-led government at the Centre was secretly making plans to dilute reservation, which would affect reservation given to minorities, Scheduled Caste and Tribes. What’s worse, the translator began almost all the sentences with, “the oppressed and neglected sections of the society” and ended them with, “so please vote for Bahujan Samaj Party to end this” though Maya made no such comment. Little surprise then that people began leaving the venue halfway, and even cadre were left listless. In the case of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the erroneous translation even led to the vernacular media carrying a wrong headline and report. During her speech, Sonia charged the Centre with reducing funds allocated for crucial social welfare schemes and rural development programmes aimed at development of SC/ST, women and children. “Yet the AIADMK government doesn’t protest and continues to support the union government in Parliament in Delhi.” However, when Congress leader S Peter Alphonse translated it to Tamil, it became, “It is evident that there is a secret deal between AIADMK and BJP”. That was the headline many Tamil dailies had the next day; the wrong message also reached thousands via TV. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too, was a victim of bad translation. During his first ever meeting in Chennai city a few days ago, Modi said around four lakh separate toilets had been built for girls in schools. But the party’s national secretary H Raja made it into an initiative under which “around 125 lakh crore students benefited.”. Youth want ‘TED Talks’. In an era when profound ideas are presented in less than 140 characters, today’s youth say they are bored by lengthy conventional speeches. According to them, speeches should be more interactive, like the popular TED talks. Many told Express that it would be interesting if leaders could use interactive giant screens on stage to support their speeches, which could be more casual. This Video Covered From Chennai District Reporter (Tamil Nadu) From South Indian Crime Point Weekly. For More Details Pl Visit :.