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Originally Posted by lastcardcharlie
Why? If anything, I would have thought those in the West have more access to the media.
The Queen wasn't Queen until 1952. She's not Head of State of India, unlike other Commonwealth countries like Australia and Canada, so it's not like she's on the banknotes.
The west is much more western centric in their coverage of world leaders for various reasons.
Basically the Chinese and Indian leaders have power in a very small domain, more or less their own backyards, but Obama has power over the entire planet as the only leader of a world superpower. The most powerful man in the world is always more famous than the 25th most powerful man in the world. If I had any polls to hand it would completely crush the point.
As for reigns, ha, cocked that up. But yeah, anyone in India's schools in a history class will be learning about the Queen. The also hear about her fairly often whenever India plays England at Cricket etc. Despite there not being official ties beyond being in the commonwealth of nations India is very close to Britain due to that link (for better or worse).
Last edited by [Phill]; 06-19-2012 at 08:14 PM.
Reason: rephrased a bit