US reaches out to an Indian opposition figure

STRATFOR analysis

The United States has once again found it prudent to engage the world’s largest, albeit complex, democracy: India. The country’s social media networks and news outlets were abuzz with the news Tuesday that U.S. Ambassador to India Nancy Powell has requested a meeting with Narendra Modi, the chief minister for Gujarat state. A simultaneously dynamic and divisive political figure, Modi has been no stranger to controversy since a wave of sectarian violence struck Gujarat in early 2002.