US election 2016: Indians’ verdict on Donald Trump’s Hindi

The reaction of Aparimita, a student, after watching the video was that Mr Trump “has already lost the election and no video is going to save him”.

“He can’t win in a million years. If he thinks that just speaking a few words in Hindi will get him the votes of Indian-Americans or win him fans here [in India], he is so horribly wrong,” she said.

“He just has the support of some Indian-American business families and he thinks whole of India loves him. But then I can’t blame him: he is the living embodiment of ignorance.”

Her friend Raymon Singh agrees and just laughs after I show her the video.

“This is so funny. He seems to have rehearsed the slogan many times, but he still didn’t sound convincing,” she said.

“Are you sure this is not some spoof video?” she asked.