India, July 8 -- The success of PM Modi's Indonesia visit will ultimately be measured by how effectively the agreements are translated into tangible outcomes

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed at Jakarta's Halim air base on July 6, 2026, escorted in by Indonesian fighter jets and received personally by President Prabowo Subianto, it launched the first leg of a six-day, three-nation Indo-Pacific tour - Jakarta, then Melbourne, then Auckland. It is Modi's fourth trip to Indonesia. The trip is loaded with an unusually concrete agenda: missiles, minerals, and a port.

The friendship long predates the deal-making. Indian traders carried Hinduism and Buddhism across the archipelago some two millennia ago - a debt Modi repays in person at...