Thread by @VatsRishap

What to expect in the coming days from PM Modi's state visit to the US. Some predictions through memes: 🧵

Some US legislators and members of the progressive press who have just come across the US-India 'values' debate, after reading one editorial in today's paper:

Biden admin officials coming up with their own unique ways to try and praise PM Modi and India:

Rashida Talib convincing Ilhan Omar, AOC and other members of the progressive Caucus to boycott Modi's address to the joint session of US Congress:

US lawmakers asking their point person on foreign policy whether India will now join the sanctions regime against Russia now that few defense deals have gone through and getting this in response:

Posh Indian progressives, DNC donors, unable to stomach all the negative takes on India:

Western think tankers who had spent the entire year warning India of significant consequences and a potential setback to the ties:

Indians sub-tweeting them for begrudgingly accepting that India got away with it.

Critics and causal observers of Indian foreign policy losing their minds over the diaspora outreach events and the coverage around it:

Angry NRI crowd judging Indian cultural performances during diaspora events:

India's 'cringe' police on Twitter who use the word at least 10 times on average:

Obscure foreign analyst who tried to partake in the discourse with a very mild hot take, only to face the full wrath of Indian Twitter.

BJP IT cell throughout the visit:

Jairam Ramesh reminiscing over old photos of Nehru and Gandhis visiting the US and meeting American presidents:

Indian journalists sharing the most obvious photo of them being in America with a cryptic caption:

Newbies giving gyaan to veterans about how unprecedented this is and how far the ties have come:

Indian semiconductor crowd to the US government and American companies:

US MIC:

Putin fanbois in India:

State Department sceptics to Biden and Blinken:

Indians to Americans who are still complaining about India buying Russian oil:

Indian Twitter if senior officials say anything critical of India publicly:

Indian government officials sending signals to their US counterparts:

Masterstroke maharathis trying to spin everything and anything in case things get out of hand:

Other advocates of the ties in India:

Friends of Pakistan in America looking at all the developments and the expansion of ties between India and US:

Event managers organising all the diaspora outreach events:

The rest of us trying to analyse the details of the GE engine deal:

Jill Biden in case Biden ji fumbles on the stage:

Indians explaining Americans about India's position on joining alliances and why that is unlikely:

India raising the Visa issue with the US:

American officials reassuring the Indian delegation:

After they look at the queue:

Analysts who keep complaining about India not doing enough on the relationship:

End. Feel free to add your own.