275: Hit or Miss – How Did PM Modi Do in Houston? - a podcast by The Quint

Remember 2002 right after the Godhra riots? Modi didn't even get a US visa. Then in 2014, Modi visited the US after becoming the Prime Minister for the first time. It was at Madison Square and around 19,000 people attended the event. Now cut to 2019 — the ‘Howdy Modi’ rally was one of the biggest event ever for any foreign leader with a 50,000 strong audience.

While in India the employment rate has gone down, the GDP has gone down, there has also been a fair bit of controversy about the BJP's minority politics — none of that had any affect on Modi's Houston rally on the first day of his seven-day long visit.

Now Modi may not have left any page unturned to make the most of this event but what kind of an impact did it generally have? What message did he send? Tune in to The Big Story podcast!