The gifts that Modi and Biden exchanged serve as a testament to the mutual admiration between India and US. They also show the ability of poets to connect people through their words.
While prominent dailies like NYT, WSJ noted the rise of 'autocratic' tendencies, they also acknowledged India’s 'geopolitical significance’ as ‘Washington courts New Delhi'.
In his address to US Congress, Modi — the only Indian PM to do so twice — called US one of most important defence partners and highlighted how Ukraine war affected developing countries.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
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