Today when India speaks on a global platform, the world listens, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday before an audience of the diaspora as he projected his vision of India’s place in a changing world.The India of today is emerging as a catalytic agent in the world, and the impact will be visible in every sector. Some time ago, when I said, this is not the era of war, the seriousness of it was understood by all friends,” he said while addressing Indian-Americans at an event titled ‘Modi & US: Progress together’.

“Whenever in the world there is a crisis, India has come forward as a first responder,” the Prime Minister added.We do not seek our dominance in the world,” he said contrasting India’s ambitions against others. “We want to help in the prosperity of the world.”

Prime Minister Modi further said that India’s role will be “crucial to accelerate the global peace process”.

About 15,000 people representing the diversity of India reflected in the kaleidoscope of clothing, and the Sikh turbans, the Muslim headgear of both men and women, packed the Nassau Coliseum in this suburb 50 kilometres from New York City.