Dr. Manu Bhagavan spoke with WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal on the Brian Lehrer Show this morning about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S.  Dr. Bhagavan is a Roosevelt House Faculty Associate, Professor of History at Hunter College, and Chair of the Human Rights Faculty Executive Committee. The Indian diaspora has mostly welcomed Narendra Modi with open arms, but on the broadcast, Dr. Bhagavan wonders whether the prime minister’s goals are jingoistic.

On his first visit to the U.S., Narendra Modi, India’s 15th Prime Minister, addressed the UN General Assembly this past week, after meeting with U.S. President Obama at the White House.  In a joint “vision statement” issued after their meeting, Narendra Modi and Obama promised that they would work together “not just for the benefit of both our nations, but for the benefit of the world.”