BEGUSARAI: Bihar's famous snack litti-chokha will soon find place on the plate of US President Barack Obama. A day after his meeting in Patna with the US ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer, bihar's own Irfan Alam who has been invited to the Entrepreneurship Summit called by Obama told TOI on phone that he would carry a tin of freshly baked litti with dry chokha besides a model of his rickshaw to hand over to President Obama at the White House in April this year.
Irfan, who hails from Begusarai and even graduated from the local G D College, said: "I have already conveyed my decision in this regard to the US envoy when he asked me what I would like to present the US President when I meet him during my US visit," Irfan said.
Irfan said the dry littis will have the provision to be soaked in the ghee.
"In fact, I'll like to carry a large tin of littis so that others may also get the taste of this famed Bihari delicacy," he added.
Irfan said he has gifted a model of his rickshaw to the US envoy which the latter assured would be put on display at the US Embassy in New Delhi. Irfan termed his propsed meeting with the US President as "unique" as he will represent of one of the most socially and economically backward sections of the world, while Obama is the President of the world's most powerful nation.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
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