WHO WAS BEHIND MODI

US President Donald Trump had expected 10 million people to welcome him in India on his first state visit. It didn't happen, but everything else seems to have gone according to the script.
The optics of the trip were crucial both for him and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Mr Trump wanted to show people in the US that he was hugely popular abroad and that he was capable of negotiating good deals out of a country he once described as the "king of tariffs".
On the other hand, the Indian PM desperately needed some good headlines after being under the spotlight due to his controversial decision to revoke Kashmir's autonomy and the ongoing protests against his new citizenship law.
In the end, both leaders had their wishes fulfilled despite not agreeing on a much talked-about trade agreement.
Through his wildly successful promotion of Hindutva ideology, Modi is poised to remake India into a Russian-style “managed democracy”—one retaining all the trappings of democracy while operating as a de facto autocracy.