The new prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, is on his first visit to United States since winning the election last spring.Tonight he is dining with President Obama at the White House.It's a small, private dinner ―a stark contrast to last night when Modi headlined at Madison Square Garden.Modi, Modi, Modi.Modi entered the arena to a rock star's welcome.Those are the cheers of thousands of Indians and Indian Americanswho packed into the Garden to see the new leader of the world's largest democracyand a man whose promise to realize India's potential as an economic powerhouse.For more on how Narendra Modi plans to recast his own political party and reframe U.S.-Indian relations, we're joined by Mitra Kalita.She's a journalist with the online magazine Quartz and Quartz India.Thanks so much for being with us.Thank you for having me.Mitra, I understand you were at the Garden last night.You were there taking in that scene.Indian Americans seem to be uncharacteristically enthusiastic about this new Prime Minister - why?So Narendra Modi came to office at a really interesting time in India's economy.For the last 15 years or so the story very much has been one of rapid growth,but over the last few years a lot of that growth slowed.And so Modi comes in under this era of great promise ― of returning India to the growth of that was,and that was very much the chords that he struck yesterday at Madison Square Garden.
