Indian prime minister visits US hoping to boost defence and trade relations between the two democrac
![President Barack Obama will host a private dinner at the White House to spend some quality time with Modi [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20149287229205734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Seema Sirohi is an Indian columnist based in Washington DC. She writes on foreign policy.
Indian prime minister visits US hoping to boost defence and trade relations between the two democrac
![President Barack Obama will host a private dinner at the White House to spend some quality time with Modi [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20149287229205734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
India and US will need to thaw frost over the Khobragade imbroglio and mend fences for diplomatic amity in year ahead.
![President Obama, left, has called India-US relations the "defining partnership of the 21st century" [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20141351328824734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)