Kanti Bajpai writes: What Modi-Trump meeting augurs

The meeting between Narendra Modi and Donald Trump went about as well as it could. While the shadow of friction points was evident, it did not mar the visit. This is not terribly surprising because high-level meetings are carefully choreographed in terms of final outcomes, and discordant notes are suppressed or finessed. With Trump, there is, of course, always the risk of the unexpected, but the Indian side can come away with a sense that it was largely mission accomplished. What are the key takeaways for India? Joint statements are indicative of the priorities and the biggest takeaways (unless there…