Tracing the arc of the US-India relationship Tracing the arc of the US-India relationship | India Today Insight A new book captures how relations between the two countries, shaped by the decisions of heads of state, diplomats and major events, took a turn for the worse before they got better at the turn of the new century advertisement UPDATED: December 11, 2020 01:41 IST India's Prime Minister Modi and US President Donald Trump at the 'Howdy Modi!' rally in Houston, Texas, Sept. 22, 2019 NOTE: This section takes an in-depth look at one book and recommends related reads. See the previous roundup here. The India-US relationship may seem to be on pretty solid ground today but that was not the case in history, a new book called A Matter of Trust: India-US Relations from Truman to Trump by Meenakshi Ahamed, a long-time journalist who’s written extensively on foreign affairs, reminds the public. Ahamed opens the book by describing the ‘Howdy Modi!’ event in Texas in September last year to emphasise just how far the ties between the two countries had come.