PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · India & the Global Centres of Power — Part 1
Discuss the role of Indian diaspora in promoting Indo-US relations.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
routes alongside Cold War's end + India’s reforms > channels, not lobby R2 diaspora sits between domestic and systemic levels > converts India’s economic opening into American constituency — conversion stops short of policy
Body flow
conversion as the mechanism — education renewal (17.9 per cent, 7.5 billion dollars) + H-1B networks carry IT and services trade > Fulbright-Nehru + GIAN institutionalise + continuity across administrations — Kapur: ideas, networks, reputation, not money — political weight overstated > Carnegie 2026: inflation and jobs lead, two per cent place India first > Dhruva Jaishankar: no single bloc, generational and ideological splits
Counter-view
Counter- the bridging channel is the exposed one → visa denials, backlogs, we“ hundred-thousand-dollar H-1B fee on a group filing 71 per cent — Aghi: rejection rates + GSP loss thin people-to-people ties
Conclusion routes
Conclusion Rk! durable in society, not settled in policy k2 stability no treaty routes supplies, but market access and mobility stay with governments
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
