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India-US Relations: Rahul and Modi Seek Meaning as US Elections Loom

India-US Relations: With the US elections approaching, both Rahul and Modi seek to redefine their influence within American politics and the Indian diaspora.

By Sanjay Kapoor
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India-US Relations: The Battle for Influence Between Rahul and Modi

In 1874, King David Kalakaua of Hawaii, then called the Sandwich Islands, came on a 91-day state visit to the United States looking at reciprocity in policies towards each other. Those were early days for a new nation when the US may have been perceived as a large island, but its influence was confined to its sprawling landmass, as traveling from one end to another took a long time. Now state guests do not come to the US for so long. They come and they go. Some may leave a mark, and some may not, but a state visit to the US was actively sought.

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In the past, when communication was limited, heads of state from India and elsewhere traveled to the US on a state visit once or never. The US was considered so powerful that, in diplomatic circles, there was a belief that those who can’t go to the US do not last long as heads of state.

Narendra Modi surely subscribes to this point of view, and he, therefore, wants to visit the US again and again. Unfazed by the fact that he was barred from entering the US after the Gujarat riots, he managed to surmount the challenge by becoming a PM.

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