Kids found a 'grandfather' in the Prime Minister, says Usha Vance

US Second Lady Usha Vance has said that this was a time of opportunity in the bilateral relationship with India and spoke effusively of her recent visit to India along with her husband, Vice-President J.D. Vance, and their three children for whom, she added, it was a "mindblowing" experience.

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The Second Lady, who participated in a rare public interview at an event hosted by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum recently, spoke feelingly about the bond her three children forged with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a grandfather figure.

"This is a time of great opportunity. And I think if my husband were here, he'd say the same thing," she said when asked by the interviewer for her personal take on the bilateral relationship.

"Obviously, the US and India, their relationship has ebbed and flowed at times. There are times when one country's needs and one country's goals are different from the other. But right now, I think in the next four years and in the future, the fact that there is this established Indian-American population here and so many people in India who know the country and know the people who are here doing great things, having great opportunities."