Modi heaped with accolades at Indian diaspora event in US, while critics urge caution

WASHINGTON - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not hold a mammoth rally of the kind he had in previous visits to the United States and Australia.

But he still wound up a landmark

state visit to the US

with a campaign-style address on Friday to an audience of the Indian diaspora in a 1,100-seat theatre at the Kennedy Centre, on the banks of the Potomac River.