Jaipur, April 23 -- US Vice President JD Vance shared a heartfelt account of his family's experience, revealing the significance of personal connections in strengthening bilateral ties.

Vance recalled how the food at a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday night had excited seven-year-old Ewan, his eldest son, who wanted to stay on in India. "The food was so good and the prime minister was so kind to our three children that Ewan came up to me afterwards and said, 'Dad, you know, I think maybe I could live in India'."

He also narrated another incident involving his other son Vivek and Modi to show how the children had bonded with the prime minister. "During the summit, he [Modi] also managed to figure out that my son was ...