India, Oct. 18 -- India is not seeking a rupture in relations, but neither should it be too meek to speak out when it matters most. I believe that this is what India has been doing of late, as reflected in the recent speeches of the PM, FM and EAM.

Notwithstanding the expansion and strengthening of ties across various spheres, some wrinkles began to appear in India-US relations at the very start of President Donald Trump's second term.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the early visitors to the White House in Trump 2.0, visiting on February 12-13, 2025. Despite accusations by the US that India was the "tariff king", a difficult country to do business with, and that it was fleecing the US market, being on the wrong side of history a...