, Columnist
Why Are Indian Americans So Silent on US Visa Curbs?
A diaspora holding its tongue.
Photographer: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images
Over the past year, relations between India and the US have reached their lowest point in decades, perhaps since the South Asian nation tested nuclear weapons in 1998. Here in New Delhi, the assumption — correct or not — is that this collapse is a product of Washington’s choices, and that President Donald Trump has chosen to single India out for harsh treatment.
What’s surprising is that he hasn’t received any pushback. Many officials in Washington have taken rhetoric about trade, tariffs and work visas even further than Trump has, without being contradicted by those more sympathetic to India, such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio.