Indian External Affairs MinisterS. Jaishankar was in the US in May scouting vaccines. What is your view on his journey to the US for the vaccine?

Mr Vijay Prabhakar

It is really good that India’s External affairs minister Jaishankar visited the US and met key officials pleading India’s case. However, India must now realize that the Biden-Harris administration is very people-centric, result-oriented, and minority-driven.

India must explore informal channels and give legitimacy to community diplomacy with a formal approach to significantly strengthen Indo- US relations given the geopolitics in this new digital age. The official diplomatic channels are doing an excellent job and working beyond to pursue their agenda, but this is not enough to bridge the gap and combat India’s critics. The need of the hour is to have Indian -American community leaders effectively engage the Biden - Harris administration with a fresh narrative of meaningful purpose driven partnerships with a focus on grass root level -people’s democracy.