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India-US Ties Won’t Change If Biden Wins: ‘Reality’ Of Diplomacy
It’s hard to read the tea leaves on US elections, but easier to read the tea leaves on India-US diplomatic ties.
Updated: 23 Sep 2020, 07:12 PM IST
OPINION
A lot can change in a year.
This isn’t just a nebulous aphorism, in fact, quite literally, the difference between 22 September 2019 and 22 September 2020, remains that this time last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressed a 50,000 strong Indian diaspora at the NRG stadium in Houston, Texas.
The event of course, was unprecedented on many levels, least of all, seeing a sitting US President, to use showbiz lexicon, ‘open’ for Prime Minister Modi, by not just gracing the occasion but especially playing second fiddle on home soil to a visiting dignitary.
Why ‘Howdy Modi’ & ‘Namaste Trump’ Events Faced Flak
Sycophants, cynics, geopolitical cognoscenti, critics and the opposition weighed in. One such criticism was that the ‘Howdy Modi’ event was too ingratiating between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump. This argument was further regurgitated when the Indian rendition of ‘Namaste Trump’ took place.
