Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
February 09, 2021
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Summary: Indian Americans are now the second-largest immigrant group in the United States. Their growing political influence and the role the diaspora plays in Indian foreign policy therefore raises important questionsâabout how Indian Americans view India, the political changes underway there, and the course of U.S.-India relations.
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Since coming to power in 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made outreach to the far-flung Indian diaspora a signature element of his government’s foreign policy. Modi’s courtship of the diaspora has been especially notable in the United States, where the Indian American population has swelled to more than 4 million and has become the second-largest immigrant group in the United States.
Indian Americans divided on India’s trajectory, says survey
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They oppose crackdowns on media and police force on peaceful protesters
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They oppose crackdowns on media and police force on peaceful protesters
Indian Americans are divided on their views about India’s trajectory, while the most popular political party in the country is the BJP with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being supported by almost half of Indian Americans, a new survey report has found. It also found that most Indian Americans oppose government crackdowns on the media and the use of police force on peaceful protesters.
Respondents are also more liberal on U.S. issues while holding more conservative positions on Indian matters.
Indian American seen with Indian Flag among violent mob that stormed Capitol
Many people who commented on the post criticised him for associating India and Indians with a protest that turned violent
Friday January 8, 2021 9:28 AM, Arul Louis, IANS
[Image tweeted by @BefittingFacts.]
New York: An Indian flag was seen amid a sea of American and Trump flags in a footage, as well as images, of the violent protests at the US Capitol in Washington DC that went viral on social media.
Vincent Xavier, an Indian-American who claimed to be Republican political activist, tweeted on Thursday pictures of the flags India, South Korea and Iran at the protest.
New York, January 8
An Indian flag was seen amid a sea of American and Trump flags in a footage, as well as images, of the violent protests at the US Capitol that went viral on social media.
An Indian-American Republican political activist, Vincent Xavier, tweeted on Thursday pictures of the flags India, South Korea and Iran at the protest.
The Iranian flag was from the pre-Islamic revolution era.
His tweet said: American patriots - Vietnamese, Indian, Korean & Iranian origins, & from so many other nations & races, who believe massive voter fraud has happened joined rally yesterday in solidarity with Trump. Peaceful protestors who were exercising our rights. On his Facebook page, Xavier posted a video of a person at the protest with an Indian flag.