Official relations between the world’s two largest democracies have come a long way since the new Indian prime minister Narendra Modi was once banned from entering the United States because of concerns over his human rights record.
But when Barack Obama touches down in Delhi this weekend to celebrate the two countries’ burgeoning diplomatic love-in with anticipated deals on trade, climate change and defence, he is expected to acknowledge an entirely different factor driving these two giants closer together: the increasingly influential Indian American diaspora.
Though less well-known than older immigrant groups, there are many prominent Indians in American society.