The rise of the Indian American
If Indian Americans had helped transform India-US ties into a "strategic relationship" in the Bush era, 2009 was a year of consolidation as Barack Obama set out to build bridges around the world.
Wary at first about the new president`s perceived leanings towards Pakistan, Indian Americans soon found him warming up to their native country with an invitation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the first state visit of his administration - considered a plum presidential nod of recognition for an "indispensable" India.
Text: IANS
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