Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to address the Indian community at SAP Center, in San Jose, Calif., Sept. 27. (Press Trust of India)<\/p>\n
Britain MP Keith Vaz\u2019s remark, \u201cModi is a rockstar among international politicians,\u201d holds true and on his second visit to the United States, the India\u2019s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, was accorded a perfect rock star welcome as much as he charmed and enchanted the millions who thronged to take a glimpse or listen in to him.<\/p>\n
Despite his visit being timed with China\u2019s Xi Jinping and, a little earlier with that of Pope Francis, Prime Minister Modi clearly stole the show on his six-day visit that ended Sept. 28.<\/p>\n
Marketing his showmanship, tech-savvy, and pro-development image that gelled well with his overt display of India\u2019s hard and soft power he drove the point home that the U.S. is willing to engage with India as a partner and not a rival, writes Priyanka Bhardwaj.<\/b><\/p>\n
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The trip \u201ccreated several outcomes and opportunities\u201d in Modi\u2019s own words and on the first day Modi addressed a UN Sustainable Development Summit when he presented India\u2019s intentions to submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions on Oct. 2, Gandhi Jayanti (Mahatma\u2019s Gandhi\u2019s Birth Anniversary).<\/p>\n
With China having announced its intentions to cap emissions India is under pressure to act accordingly.<\/p>\n
Later he participated in a Summit on peacekeeping hosted by President Barack Obama where they stood on common grounds on interest in peace and prosperity in Asia and India sought U.S. support for its membership of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation.<\/p>\n
What followed was the signing of seven MoUs aimed at boosting start ups and then more high level interactions with leaders of the business, capitalist, political and media world in which discussions flowed along lines of entrepreneurship and innovation for mutual benefit of the top two democracies.<\/p>\n