So remember that viral image of PM Modi awkwardly "hugging" French President Francois Hollande?
The one that became subject to a bazillion memes...
Trying to find the right spot to place your life size François Hollande action figure
And led to deep dives into the entire history of PM Modi's hugs on publications like Quartz and The Washington Post.
Yeaaaah, turns out that Modi wasn't going for a hug at all. The photo was just clicked at an inopportune moment.
If you look at the video footage, it's pretty clear that Modi is just directing Hollande to a different spot.
You can watch the entire clip here and see that there really wasn't anything awkward about the meeting:
View this video on YouTube
(Except maybe the creepy statues behind the two.)
Oops. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
