This week, Modi returns to the U.S. -- almost exactly a year since his nearly 20,000-strong crowd at Madison Square Garden generated media madness in India and abroad. Modi's diaspora audiences have continued to throng to hear him: 16,000 in Australia and some 50,000 in Dubai. So, is this "Madison Square Garden Part 2?" Not really. The prime minister's two-day segment in San Jose following a speech at the United Nations in New York reflects Modi's definitive push of his "Digital India" and "Startup India" initiatives, messaging that appeals to multiple constituencies beyond just the players in the digital economy to include young educated Indian diaspora folks for whom many of Modi's...
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