The bond between President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi seemed unbreakable before the U.S. threatened to slap India with a tariff rate of 50 percent.

The Indian PM banked on warm ties with his U.S. counterpart—but then came a whopping 50% tariff, writes Salil Tripathi.

After US President Donald Trump imposed 50 per cent tariffs on Indian imports, citing New Delhi's imports of Russian crude, a wave of criticism has come from both sides of the American political spectrum.