India Is Reaching For The Stars Under Modi

WASHINGTON: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to the world stage with a stirring address to the UN General Assembly, an influential US daily noted how Modi once unwelcome in US was getting a "rock star" reception.

A leading financial magazine advised why investors should bet on India under Modi, while a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate advised President Barack Obama to "rise to the occasion and put US-India relations" back on a path of cooperation.

With his UN Speech Modi had inserted India into terrorism fight, said the influential New York Times noting how he "reminded the world on Saturday of his country's abiding battle against extremist groups, and took a swipe at countries that give them shelter."

Modi, it said "signalled his support for the United States' renewed focus on fighting terrorism, and showed that he clearly understands the value of political symbolism."

"Even before he arrived at the United Nations, he paid a visit to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in lower Manhattan," the Times noted.

"In his meetings at the White House scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, security and counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries is certain to be on the agenda," it said.

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