New York, Feb. 12 -- Although I live far from India both in terms of geographical distance as well as knowledge about political events, I applaud Prime Minister Narendra Modi's achievements during his tenure so far. He has brought India to the brink of being a developed nation with tremendous economic prosperity.

I never imagined that India would become the fifth largest (and possibly third largest) economy in the world and land a spacecraft on the moon during my lifetime. I also agree with many of his policies; most recently, his stand in both Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts and intention to change the name of the country from "India" to "Bharat".

However, I must confess that I have mixed reactions to his decision to build a ...