American Jewish community meets Modi
NEW YORK- India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met an influential Jewish group in New York and conveyed his country’s strong and deep linkages the Jewish community for over 2,000 years. …
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India’s top sleuth in Saudi Arabia to nip IS luring young Indians
Stepping up India’s fight against militant outfits such as the Islamic State (IS) and Al Qaeda, Syed Asif Ibrahim, Director of India’s Intelligence Bureau, is on a week-long trip to …
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Modi’s US visit and Indian nuclear conundrum
The eagerly awaited Modi-Obama summit, scheduled for September 29-30, is expected to “set an ambitious new agenda to chart a new course in the relationship” between the two countries. Considering …
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Modi, the rock star, casts spell in America with Great India Dream
Magic, mania and mystique. The Modi madness swamped New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on a bright Sunday afternoon when the leader of the world’s largest democracy unveiled his dream of remaking India and was lavished adulation that only rock stars can dream of.
Hundreds of Indian-Americans waving tricolours and sporting Modi t-shirts and tattoos thronged the Penn Plaza entrance to the iconic Madison Square Garden which is better known for hosting baseball legends, rock stars and singing sensations. Chants of MODI and WE LOVE MODI reverberated in the air.
Remaking India – this was the master theme of Modi who wove a melange of interlinked themes in his speech, which included national renewal, the role of the Indian-American community in enhancing the global profile of India, his pet projects like clean India mission, cleansing of Ganga and a compelling re-articulation of the ‘Make in India’ campaign he launched just a day before he started his American journey.
Modi invokes youth power: May the Force be With You
The famed Central Park in New York resonated with rock stars and Sanskrit when India’s Prime Minister greeted a gathering of over 60,000 people with ‘Namaste’ and praised the prime …
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Neighbours first: India’s South Asia diplomacy in New York
NEW YORK –Neighbourhood first has been a key tenet of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy initiative as evident from the invites he extended to the heads of neighbouring …
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Modi meets Ban, reiterates call for UN reforms
In his first interaction with United Nation’s Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a pitch for reforms in the world body, its Security Council in particular, …
Read MoreXi Jinping visit – a wasted opportunity to break new ground
The recently concluded visit by Chinese President Cturned out to be a disappointment, particularly because of the great expectations that were generated. A golden opportunity for taking the relations to …
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A turbulent beginning to a new phase in Afghanistan
The early euphoria, which had come to mark the first phase of the Afghan presidential elections, had long since evaporated by the time the final results were announced on September …
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Unleashing yoga power at UN, the Modi way
After launching the ‘Make in India’ mantra back home, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unleashed the country’s soft power at the UN as he exhorted the world community to observe an International Yoga Day, which he eloquently described as “India’s gift to the world.”
In his maiden speech at the UN General Assembly, which marked the 61-year-old leader’s metamorphosis into a world statesman, Mr Modi interspersed his robust pitch for reforms of the UN Security Council with a philosophical spin on organic connections between climate change and yoga, which he grounded in the spiritual concepts of harmony between man and nature. “By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us deal with climate change. Let us work towards adopting an International Yoga Day,” he said.