India’s two longest-serving prime ministers — Jawaharlal Nehru and Narendra Modi — had totally different approaches towards the role of the state. Thus freed, the Indian economy moved forward at a pace it had not known since the country became independent. Nehru used the state to modernise the country. Was the Biden administration aware of the direction in which Modi was taking his country? The Biden team honoured the Indian prime minister by inviting him on a state visit.
