Human rights in the air, millet and mushrooms on the plates at the White House dinner for India
Concerns about India's human rights record will be in the air, and millet and mushrooms will be on the plates at Thursday's White House state dinner for Prime Minister Narendra Modi
WASHINGTON (AP) — Concerns about human rights and freedom in India were in the air for Thursday’s White House state dinner for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while a plant-based menu of millet, mushrooms and strawberry shortcake was on the menu for the vegetarian premier and hundreds of guests.
Despite deep differences over human rights and India's stance on Russia's war in Ukraine, President Joe Biden extended to Modi the administration’s third invitation for a state visit. It included the state dinner, a high diplomatic honor that the U.S. reserves for its closest allies.
Rich and famous Indian Americans from the fields of business, entertainment, politics and more were expected among approximately 400 dinner guests riding trolley cars down to a pavilion erected on the White House south grounds decorated in the green and saffron colors of India's flags.
