Sri Lanka, April 18 -- While President Joe Biden struggles for electoral survival, his friend Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi can safely expect resounding approval for a third straight term at India's general elections starting next Friday, April 19.

This will be a momentous election and an inflection point in India's growth trajectory and place in the world. Like any powerful leader, Modi is both adored by many Indians who hope to finally encounter prosperity, human dignity and better lives and reviled by others who are losing influence in a fast-changing Indian democracy.

Modi's victory with a large majority of seats in parliament is almost certain, making his democratic power base the most stable anywhere in the world at this tim...