Their Public Displays of Affection may have been a little more than what India was prepared for, but an unabashed French President Nicolas Sarkozy chose to thank his wife for her role in the India trip.
France's First Lady and former supermodel Carla Bruni Sarkozy lost her brother to AIDS in 2006. A visit to the HIV ward of Safdarjung Hospital was a natural stop.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni are charming India on their four-day state visit. The couple advanced their visit to the Taj Mahal, the monument of love, by a day. Sarkozy had last visited the Taj alone in 2008.
They may be the French First Couple, but at the famous Fatehpur Sikri dargah of saint Salim Chisthi, they walked barefoot with their heads covered and prayed for a son just like Mughal Emperor Akbar did centuries ago.