Why Is President Biden Hosting Narendra Modi? | The New Yorker

The journalist Fareed Zakaria credits India’s Prime Minister with a strong national economy—and the decay of Indian democracy.

Save this story Save this story On Thursday, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi , will address a joint session of Congress and then join President Biden for a state dinner at the White House. India is now the world’s most populous country, and Modi’s trip to Washington comes amid increasing American efforts to isolate China economically and diplomatically. Modi became Prime Minister in 2014, addressed Congress for the first time in 2016, and was reëlected in 2019; polls identify him as the most popular leader on earth. But his government has cracked down on opposition leaders, stifled

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