'Since the general election is only two years away, the BJP will need a surefire plan of action -- and it cannot be either the Ram temple or ultra-nationalism,' says Amulya Ganguli.
The 36th India Day Parade ran through about 13 streets in Madison avenue in Manhattan.
The foundations of the army's own peculiar secularism are potentially being destabilised
Indians in countries like the United States, China, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Egypt, Israel and South Africa celebrated the day with hoisting of the national flag and singing of patriotic songs.