
Amid prime minister Narendra Modi’s four-day state visit to the US, most of the western media was riveted on his journey from being prohibited from visiting the country for almost 10 years for “severe violations of religious freedom” to US president Joe Biden rolling out the red carpet for him at the White House.
Across the spectrum, media outlets called out Biden’s ‘temporary truce’ with his democracy vs autocracy campaign pitch, as reports asserted that democracy concerns loom large over India under its Hindu nationalist government.