Indian-Americans' political clout

India's growing sway with America, and by extension with the rest of the world, is due in part to the 3 million Indian-Americans, many whose families immigrated to the U.S. during the Cold War.

Luce said he expects this year's U.S. Census to confirm Indian-Americans' status as the nation's richest ethnic group. With this, Luce said, comes tremendous lobbying clout.

"They're becoming very, very influential," Luce said, suggesting they could do for India what AIPAC does for Israel.

— SCE