"If someone were to give you India today, can you do to India what you did to Singapore over the last three decades?" Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew gives his take.
@@8P3ths Of course they can't rival Singapore legend. PM Lee is getting sharper with age, unlike the 2 senile old man who wanna be presidents again, one is already a convicted criminal awaiting jail
Lee Kuan Yew is credited with building Singapore into a Tiger economy. But he did more than that. Lee passed his ideas on to Deng Xiao Peng at their famous meeting. That meeting transformed Deng who went on to develop the Juggernaut that is today’s China. Lee might just be the most influential man of our times.
yes, he also encouraged us a lot, he said the singaporean chinese are descendants of the chinese farmers and rough labors, but the chinese living in China, many of them are descendants of elites, so we should do better than Singapore, we know he said so just because he is humble man and just tried to give us confidence. Full respect to him.
@troy krentzs Democracy has never brought peace and prosperity to any country that's not advanced enough. In Singapore, we have a very good example. When we were in the 1960s and 1970s and 1980s.... we were a poor nation that's just struggling to feed ourselves and find enough jobs for our population. We had to overhaul our education system, our infrastructure and fend for ourselves..... and also not forgetting to integrate the different races in Singapore (CHinese, Malay, Indians...) Those were the nation-building times and it could not be achieved if we had a 2 party-system like the USA. We would have been destroyed from inside, probably imploded! So, I pretty much agree with Lee when he said that Democracy will only work when 80% of the population is well educated and you have a middle class that 50-60% of the population. If not, any politician can just promise the Heavens and the Garden or Eden during the election campaign and just get voted in. In fact, elections are just really a beauty contest! It does not actually bring in the best person for the best job.
@troy krentzs I think that what you found out, isn't a surprise at all.... at least not for me. The fact is this, if you are a developing or under-developed nation, ruling by a committee is never a good idea. You would need to have a decade or more of stable growth, educate the population with, minimal policy changes and disruption to strategy. After that, you can then slowly build a educated middle class and have an advanced economy. With an advanced economy, that's when you are developed and democracy will work. Without all these pre-condition, holding elections every few years is a big distraction and changes in the way government was run from one administration to another, is a big disruption in policy. Maybe those believers in democracy and "freedom" will disagree with me. But if you are feeling hungry, cold and desperate...... will all these matter? Can a vote or the democratic process bring food to the table, put a roof over my head and assure me that next month, i have enough money to pay my bills and rent?
@@WINDYCHUNG it’s true.. South East Asia Chinese descendant of low village farmer and fishermen.. sigh sometime I can see it.. so we should be very humble because China Chinese some might be from royalty, elites ..
One of the few non-Indians who could pronounce 'Tamil', 'Telugu', 'Punjabi' and 'Hindi' just the way we would !! That alone shows how informed and accustomed to detail he was :)
Bruh, any Singaporean can pronounce those words correctly, there's a population of Indian people living in Singapore, even the train in Singapore has Tamil announcement.
@@joyid Right its Tamizh ! I cant expect that level of intricacy from a non-Tamil. But I was certainly impressed with how he said Tamil and not Tam-eel, which even some of my Tamil friends refer to themselves by :)
@@abhishektripathy6183 he maybe non tamizhar but not new to tamil society....our connection with malaka started even before srivijaya 's time and southern part of Tamil nadu had a strong roots with malaka region.. how far is saw his picture in some ppl homes ....+ we participated in the freedom struggle of Singapore... what's a diff b/w rest of Indians and us is when they gone to malaka its a developed city but when we gone it was just a tropical rainforest...we lost traditional connection with rongoon(Myanmar) & kendy (lanka ) due to civil war our only sustain is malaka.. and few areas in east Asia
"Bombay is probably the only place in India where the various groups meet and feel at home with each other" hats off to the level of his knowledge on India
An optimist is one who find opportunities in difficulties. Not just in Singapore, India. Lee Kuan Yew would have excelled anywhere in this world. Hate him or like him, we need more leaders like him. He built Singapore everything from scratch.
May his soul RIP...I'm proud to be a Singaporean. Our generation should be grateful to Mr Lee n other leaders for their hard work n dedication in bringing spore from a place without any natural resources to a globally recognized developed country with world recognized best port, airport n economy. Thank u sir
There are quite a few people who have their opinions about LKY and India. But none of you are qualified to say a single word. The only people who are qualified, are people who have taken a poor region with limited resources, and tried, over the period of a few decades, to build it into a properous city/country. Whether you succeeded or failed, only then are you a peer of LKY, and then you can voice an opinion with some weight. In fact, I doubt any of you have even taken leadership of the local youth club or football team. If you are to scared to take a down and out local team, and build it into a top tier team, you shouldn't even think about offering any opinion about someone who has built a nation. He's not perfect, but what he achieved is nothing short of amazing, and beyond the little people here hiding behind their keyboards
Virahmihir if you have the guts to say that SHOW me the truth with evidence , not just so biased out of topic talk from your mind ; Show it not hide behind your screen just to discriminate people.
Virahmihir NOTHING was a miracle , everything was a team from the former , pap (people action party) , workers , minorities that build this entire nation , everything was not pure luck or some corruption , it was meant for everyone in singapore to rise up and be equal. WHY couldn't you understand that .
@@Rizu-kc3zeReason-Caste system that has gone on for a millienia. That is his another point, a level playing field. Affirmative action is a worldwide phenomenon. Basic understanding of economics would tell you that a tiny part of the population being in all institutions limits productivity. Reservation is not idealism, it's realism. Making communities able to participate in all levels of the country produces more value long term. More able people = more creativity, innovation= more prosperity. Reservation could be abolished today if a proper system for slashing wealth was introduced or a system that makes it impossible to have generational wealth at all like Japan. Another option is violent wealth redistribution like China. Take your pick.
Union govt follow 50 - 50 ratio in reservation. 49.50 % out of 100. That is the ceiling. Balance 50.50 % ... Enjoyed by FC. Still they want more... Dil maangae more.... Every govt , service they occupy 90% Not by proper education but by above provision. This is how their brain works, .. And... they smirk , slip, skip... .etc.,
first of all if he was younger , he'd STOP all thebloody rapes in the country. ! I was watching the Hindi movie yesterday and htere were 2 rape and attempted rape scenes. Shit! Bollywood should also stop such sickening movie scenes.!
Like rape does not happen anywhere else.....I totally comdemn it.but it happens all over the world... the reason why you know about it is because of a free press....and you only talk about the rapes ... not about the public backlash against it.....
@@charmixynot at all. ...maybe 9 years ago when u r writing that comment ....but in today's time the real was is to hold elites accountable Again...9 years ago maybe that would be a good idea
Intelligent analysis from one of the great men of our age. South Asia has to reach a respectable peace for it to develop effectively. Peace cannot be based on the wishes of a single party, but a suitable middle ground.
Saq Saq Singapore developed from the rule of one party. The PAP has not lost an election since LKY came to power. Middle ground can come later when your people are educated enough.
@@eugenechin2863 you misunderstood my statement. I was clearly referring to the lack of peace in South Asia, and my reference was to achieving that peace. Nothing to do with political parties, but more to do with arrogant attitude of India.
Why are people nitpicking at Mr Lee's statement of "British made India"? Please listen before disputing him. He clearly knows the Indian civilization has been around since way before the British came and colonized the place. He recognizes India's diverse culture, and languages. What Mr Lee really is saying that India today is limited because of how the British granted independence to India. It was granted in a way that did not recognize all the complexities of India, and so now., India has issues. In other words, he is actually saying, the British ruined India. And so, he actually does agree with all of you so I have no idea why you are all disagreeing and disputing him when he says the same thing you are saying. Just because of one word "made".
So basically: -remove reservation based on caste and religion -Make it so that big infrastructure projects funding are all digital, thereby reduced the chances of corruption by a lot. -Heavy penalty for indulging in corruption if found guilty. -Not necessary to have a common language, but encourage public and school children to learn 3-4 languages. -Treat every religion as equal, this means the removal of minority privileges like waqf board and separating religious institutions from government. -mandatory physical fitness program for male teens. -Reframing judiciary to make it efficient and truly just, as many mla, mps get away with indulging in crime. Looking at this list, it’s basically impossible to even accomplish half of this as the obstructions are way too much. If you wish to live a good life, working hard and leaving India is the best option for you. But if you wish to stay and contribute, then you must be resilient and courageous.
I don’t know why but after reading your comment, I decided to think about every individual point and write out my reaction to them. I wrote this comment entirely because it helped me think about things and come up with my own ideas. And since it is because of your comment I had these thoughts, it is only fair to let you see them. I hope you will not take offense at any of whatever things I have typed. 1. Did you skip the part at 3:00 where he speaks about India’s need for a “fair leveled field for everybody.” You ask for the removal of reservation based on caste because that benefits you, as it has benefitted you since the birth of Hinduism. And it is because of caste, I believe, we did not see enlightenment while Europe flourished because it truly based itself off of meritocracy, something you apparently admire. 2. Digital ≠ Non-corrupt. It is highly likely it’ll result in corruption on the higher level, by those who are in control of the digital-bureaucratic-space. Much like how if a big politician r*pes a person, he can contact the IG or DIG and get the matter hushed. 3. I do believe that heavy penalties will help in curbing corruption, but heavy penalties are already being levied on bureaucrats and it still happens on a very large scale. It is the rate of corruption being caught with evidence that is needed. I suppose the focus should be more on surveilling the bureaucrats, but I wouldn’t know how they’d do it. And in the end, it is the entirety of the system that is rotten to the core. Would thieves install CCTV cameras in the houses they target earnestly? 4. I am someone who speaks 4 languages fluently. My mother tongue, the language that I grew up speaking, Hindi and English (which I learned by taking in different forms of media from a very young age). Hindi and English, I taught them myself. I spent some time in my teenage years in Hindi-speaking regions, and because of that I now have a colloquial understanding of the language. In my hometown, where Hindi is spoken by a large number of people, I speak more fluently and with a proper North Indian accent, something which most people here cannot despite being so familiar with their media. Similarly, I have been to highly rated private English medium schools where I have noticed students who, despite studying for their entire lives, simply could not speak good English. In such schools, you cannot really blame the teachers for not knowing English or not teaching the students because they did what they believed can be done in a schooling system to teach their students English. I related all of this to you because I want you to think about how your understanding of language came about and I want you to think how school are truly inefficient in teaching children languages. What LKY is talking about is a linguistic connection between the ruler and the ruler. Imagine Hitler speaking a language which only a part of Germany could understand. Had it been the case, there was no way could he have garnered such a following. Take, for example, how Bengal and other non-Hindi regions remain somewhat unaffected by the BJP system (as compared to the Northern India). Part of the reason is language. The only effective way to combat it is to, perhaps, turn the entire subcontinent into a continent with a governing body resembling the EU. But that brings with it even more complexities. And this country was built on a united idea for numerous reasons, some I can perhaps never possibly grasp. 5. A point that sounds good but is meaningless. In a country such as ours, where poverty and hunger are main concerns, “mandatory physical fitness programs for male teenagers” is a luxury. I don’t know how anyone implement it, and moreover, why. 6. Once again, a sentence that sounds good but is, in truth, meaningless. The judicial system is one that runs on the Socratic method. Every second of its existence is its attempt to reach to a point where justice, this very vague abstraction that has no concrete existence, is reached. “Reframing the judiciary” is a monstrous task that only takes place at the birth of the creation of a state. For the next revolution to happen in the judiciary, there will have to be a civil war. And to top it all off, you’re advising people to leave india if you wish to have a good life. To me, it is something that is only said by people who have never truly loved this nation or its people. You may call it practical, and I may be inclined to agree with you, but I do believe that to follow it through or to even advice anyone, is to put yourself in the position of a scoundrel. And I mean no offense. I, too, am a scoundrel in many ways.
It is pure touchy-feely indoctrination. Diversity is an impediment to unity. Diverse societies have to work very assiduously to maintain unity. Novelettish slogans are of no help. It upsets me that we are raising a generation of imbeciles who truly believe that chanting such slogans as "Unity in Diversity" and "Hindu-Muslim-Sikh-Isai sab aapas mein hai bhai bhai" solve centuries of underlying traumas, bad memories and distrusts.
The statement doesn't mean that diversity increases unity. It's just a narrative. The idea of India. India is a body of people , but depending on who you ask the body of people has never been the same century to century. We have changed , diversified our cultures , created and learned new foods and music and art. And we thrived. The decline we see today is a temporary phenomena. A few hundred years is a tiny part in the time frame of our civilisation that has endured and nourished itself on diversity. We survive because we are diverse. Diversity of opinion, diversity of culture. All of it breeds strength. USA is so successful because it accepts even more diversity than us. Efficiency of modern homogenous nation states like China is good only for a boom bust cycle. But the Chinese civilisation thrived because they absorbed Mongols, Koreans, Machu ,Uighurs and many others into them. Same as any major civ.
As a Nigerian, this scares me. In a our country, we don't have a single majority Ethnic group. In fact the 3 major ethnic groups are at same. Then we have 100s of Minorities. And we have fought civil war, this creates divide. And we are divided along religious line. Now during election, politicians exploits this to their advantage. Divide the country along Ethnic and. Religious line. We keep going round around. So instead competing against nations, we then now compete among ourselves who will be supreme. And of course you know the results of that. Constant chaos
Diversity really is a weakness but I guess there are only two ways forward, you centralize identity or you just accept a tenuous alliance between the different ethnic groups.
What a wise man and great leader. I'm wondering if fate had given him a bigger stage other than a small island, how history would have been different...
definitely..thats why he cried when malaysia kicked singapore out...He had big plans and everything dashed...i wonder too if he could have worked out a successful agreement with tengku abdul rahman. how much more spore would benefit or maybe both spore and malaysia if we worked together. But as Lee said malaysian leaders only wanted a malay malaysia. I thank the tengku for kicking us out really...
I know this may be a bit late but i believed the reason he cried was because he feared the chinese communists would take over when he was kicked out as the majority which used to be malays turned into chinese which were commonly communists after being kicked out. I believe he talks about this in one of his interviews about leadership with harvard which is available on youtube.
He did exactly what was need of him. The beginning of China's healing was when Singapore was kicked out of the Federation of Malaysia and thus tasked LKY with the most monumental task of building the impossible. It is exactly that impossible task that became the role model for China. Remember, everyone is part of the Universal machine of life. LKY was there to create that role model that is Singapore, which without it China would not be where it is today. Like he says, no one person can change the world. It's a team work.
@agnostician I have always wondered what wonders he could have done to the country of my citizenship, Australia. Blessed with everything under the sun and so full of potential. I reckon Australia would be a bona fide superpower up there with the likes of USA and China in the superpower sphere. Instead we are a big nation punching under our weight and no one gives a crap what our leaders say. Recently Australia is known as a lapdog of the USA and its even admitted by our PM.
LKY had the most difficult job on earth; choosing what's best for the people and country at a time when the options available weren't exactly the best picks. Singapore being small with very limited resources, had to make sacrifices along the way in order to survive and succeed. Looking back, sure, there were mistakes along the way. But don't forget, those were very challenging times back then and perfect solutions were not always available every time.
Believe me...if you do a little bit reading...unbias....you will find it was at that time when global economy was coming out of US's & EU's post WW2 economy build up. It was like a wave, you ride carefully on it...don't get into conflict, ride along the capitalistic wave...as such many countries benefited. One big blunder was his narrow prejudicial mentality not opening the door to more foreigners rather just Chinese from Malaysia and surrounding countries. At a time when EU & US opened their doors to anyone from anywhere in the world....they don't need to be wealthy...too many say...
Boufendi Ilyas if not of LKY, Singapore would be just another Malaysia, Thailand or Indonesia .. or even just a small brother that needs to look up to these brothers with its citizens kowtow to them as well... like it or not, this is a fact
Boufendi Ilyas that's not narrow prejudice decision he made, It's a careful plan to ensure who should be allowed into the country, simply put that as quality control, if we don't that, probably we will just end up like any other country with social unrest.
Boufendi Ilyas and u probably should know the state of EU and US is pretty bad now, and because they open up to too many foreigners,when time gets rough,these foreigners just packed up and leave just like that.i believe you are one of those who just come for the sake of the benefits the host country can give u,when time are rough or you are done, u people leave ,with no sense of gratitude.
Boufendi Ilyas That's just silly. If anything, LKY was judged by our people as too OPEN to foreigners. If the opposition had their way they would put in their Singapore first policy and the door will slam shut. I suspect good policies and good governance is not difficult in theory. After all political science is an established field. The devil is in actually executing the policies. More likely we succeeded because our neighbours continuously stab themselves in the foot and investment had nowhere to go but here.
With all things considered, and in light of many recent events, Lee's assessment of India remains true today (2021). I don't think it would be possible at all for whole of India to replicate the merits of Bombay i.e. Mumbai. The changes needed for the many structural issues is gonna take generations. However, providing opportunities and better life for people all over is always needed and can be done incrementally...but those structural issues are too deep to solve in a short time span.
Needless to say, India should be run like a union of states, with much more discretionary powers given to the states and to the lower houses, it should be much more decentralised than even the US. The BJP is foolish to be emulating China or Singapore
@@laxjs Chal mc bakwass karne aa jate ho. Singapore ,China, usa developed because of uniformity, one party rule. But india is democracy it will take time. Singapore is city.
My fellow Indians in the comment section have an inflated sense of India's achievements. even Modi can only do so much. Farmers protest, nuisance @ JNU, still prevalent obsession with dirigisme and reckless socialism among university intellectuals(primarily the ones engaged in soft sciences), arbitrary bureaucracy driven policy that have crushed meaningful entrepreneurial activity unless its by large corporates, all these point to the same thing. Modi has come the closest to ruling India like it is a real country, and not merely just an Idea. india even between states is not economically integrated enough. Those who disagree are the ones who fail to understand India. Economic prosperity can only be brought forth by Chief ministers of States, among the reasons why Gujarat under modi had phenomenal economic growth was just that, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and even Kerala have shown that the policies drafted and executed at the state level will produce favorable dividends than ones dictated by N.Delhi. N.Delhi should act as the facilitator/manager and draft policies and leave the implementation to the states, while monitoring there progress and intervening only in support of the states. and in terms of national integration, i'd suggest looking at the Germans. Bharatmala and more importantly the various DFCs and Sagaramala are excellent projects to further a nationally integrated transport network for the movement of goods and people, the EOB ranking helps but there is light years to cover still on that front, but the bureaucracy especially at the state level has to be exponentially more flexible and responsive to the needs of entrepreneurs and citizens. ll things considered India will need at least the entirety of this century to catch up with where China is in terms of per capita income and thats nothing compared to the prosperity of what the western states have achieved. Maybe my grandkids will be fortunate enough to live in a middle income country(somehting tells me that as soon as we reach 4k in pci with modest inequality, we'll declare ourselves as a middle income country and i fear an India that is perpetually trapped in it).
@@the_fabulous_p14 What else we can do? Our country(means people) is still in prehistoric era with so much hypocrisy and madness and craving for money and power. There wont be any peace. Our people will always find a reason to have quarrel(where its religion,idea or money. Sad to say this but THERE IS NO HOPE.
@@gaganbhattacharya9890 yes I agree Plus he was very pro Urdu which you can understand from the name Azad Hind Fauj or Hukumat e Azad Hind We are a Vedic civilization with our roots in Sanskrit and thats the only thing holding 1.3 billion people together as a nation.
Manmohan Singh can speak Hindi, Not sure if he can but maybe he can speak Punjabi .. That there first statement talks about MMS integrity and loyalty towards the nation and not his own religion or culture... Hats off MMS Ji
First: introduce birth control scheme, one child policy maybe? And delay the legal marriage age. Second: Fully abolish the caste system. Third thing: One language across all states. Fourth thing: Refine the education system, introducing critical thinking skills, expanding the horizon to foreign countries, equal emphasis on both science and art subjects.
Kemal Attaturk did modernise Turkey, yes, but he did also do his best to get rid of all of the religious and ethnic minorities. So that guy needs to know better.
LKY is my country greatest man and probably one of the best in the world but when he commend on India when question asked how would he govern India if he had the chance. 1 of which he spokes about level-playing field, During his days he is very firm that in the political arena there is no level-playing field for your political opponents.
Although I'm a *huge* fan of of honorable LKY, I'd have to respectfully disagree on 3 points: 2:04 : Its true India has a diversity of languages within a geographical expanse that's unparalleled anywhere else in the world, however, "development" of all Indian languages, even to quite an extent Tamil, can be _traced back_ to the mother language - Sanskrit. Also, partly due to the above fact, the *vocabulary* of Indian languages e.g. ones mentioned say Punjabi and Telugu, have intersections as well and the *literature* and poetic styles of one regional language many times have considerable influences on that of neighboring regional ones. Hence, any declaration of isolation of most Indian languages from each other would be simply fallacious. 1:55 : Discounting the common script, the various _dialects_ spoken throughout China e.g. Cantonese, Shanghainese, Hokkien, Jiangsu-nese, etc. due to differences in vocabulary and intonation are practically *separate* languages which are often mutually unintelligible. Hence, the current situation of Mandarin spoken by Chinese president being understood by present-day "90%" of Chinese ( 1:39 ) is as much an *artificially* -created construct as the comprehensibility of Hindi by majority of present-day Indians. As such, It can be argued, each of these provinces are equally different "nation groups" (atleast _Three kingdoms_ for sure), as are states of India. 2:18 : Indian nation is definitely *not* a creation of the British Raj. _Bharat_ (local term similar to _Zhong Guo_ for China) existed as a *distinct* _civilizational_ and _cultural_ entity, and single _political_ one many times e.g. under Chandragupta Maurya who defeated forces of Alexander, sinces ancient times grounded and united in the common philosophical foundations of Vedas & Upanishads. Anything claimed otherwise is nothing short of an _insult_ to this great nation.
Basically your arguments is ,All Middle East countries are one country because they all speak common root language' persian ' religion is same too. You lack definition of a country, it is not necessary those who speak same language which is not true in case of India, if that is acceptable,then CHINA ,TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE ARE ONE NATION BECAUSE THEY SPEAK SAME LANGUAGE MANDERIN.
It is strange how many people think that India was united by Britishers. The truth is that Chandragupt Maurya had almost whole India under his kingdom almost 2500 years ago. Even before that India has been united by its religion and philosophy, and time to time it has taken other religions with it. It is a great strength that a country can harbor such great diversity under one canopy.
Mihir Trivedi What ??? LOL Dude go read history. TN for the first time in 3000 years was united and fully colonized by british only in the 18-19 century. There are many such regions which were even independent during the british regime ( 540 states i guess ) . India was created by the british and almost every historian has accepted it...
prisonbreakouts I said 'almost'. Yes TN was out of Mauryan and Gupta empire, but those empires extended till Afghanistan. Also, I said 'India has been united by its religion and philosophy'. So this character is much greater than being in one kingdom. About states in British regime, that was act of feudalism, in absence of any single central power after Mughals. That can happen anywhere. So, India was not created by British, albeit it was partitioned due to British policies.
No wonder, recently there is a “Mother India” version of “COMS” song. Hard to replicate success of Singapore but at least easier to plagiarise the song.
He is right though even Indian's have limited to British Raj but Bharath was much more than that it's slowly uncovering that all religions and all knowledge was influenced by sanātana dharma which is the oldest That people say Hinduism is religion but sanātana dharme is the way of life with the core principles of vasudevakutumba which means the whole world ,galaxy and the universe is one
Before British raj, the whole Indian subcontinent (Including most of Afghanistan) has been ruled twice by single ruler, once by Maurya dynasty in ~500BC & by Mughal dynasty in ~1600-1700 AD....Tamils & North Easterns were not part of this unified India until British raj, ...But we had a lot of cultural & trade relations with them. And if you exclude Tamil & some North Eastern languages except Assamese, ..you will find a few but considerable similarities among them.
Maurya DYNASTIY was for short and year ago , Indian Subcontinent was predominantly was SANATAN DHARMA but they had developed different languages and writings, that's why today India has 22 official Language which represent different Empire
@@Malodaiofficial then what about bhutias lepchas nagas and mizo. Chin-kuki-mizo are a completely different group of people. You see why this gets complicated when you use historical events.
@@Malodaiofficial even I am not indian. I am a bengali, and I have my own language scrip, our hinduism is also different. We have a different culture and our own civil society. In fact buddhism that was born in bengal is the one that travelled to east asia. So tell me, why should I be Indian ?
Suggestions or rather advices were... 1. Integrity 2. Absence of corruption 3. Best people for best jobs 4. Level playing field 5. Treatment based on meritocracy
@@akshatsrivastava4280 No one wanna do the hard work, they just want instant solution . death penalty - solve rape ! death penalty - solve corruption ! societies are nurtured like tree , lots of hard work and time then only you get to taste the fruit .
He was Smart not because he had some alien Brian cells but because he was Honest with reality, Man with integrity and power to acknowledge truth, he was not politician living in LALa Land but in reality. For instance when that gentleman asked solution with involvement of Pakistan and Bangladesh he politely and indirectly rejected that stupid idea because he knows what those guys are thinking, if they wanted to co-operation why would they asked for separate county. India can't be Singapore until corruption problem and these stupid SAARC mentality will not be changed.
He was polite and careful with words..as the saying goes." The pen is mightier than the sword". He was one of the top student at Cambridge, double first honours..but he live simply. Spore does not splash tax payers money on Rolls Royce or Limosuines for the Presidents and PMs. Unlike in other countries.
@@jkjkjk100 yes that's good. Can only go so far though, I bet he had other mechanism in play to prevent it. Saw some study in Africa that raising the salary of the cops only reduced the corruption a little.
I am literally astonished over HIS minute detailings regarding India.. As if he is an Indian... Every line he spells are beyond imagination.. The way he picturesque our country... not only by map-lines but also He maintains a unity in diversity concepts regaiding my Pyara Bharat... Guys... This is something we should really consider.. A Leader is a Leader ..no matter in what age the person is...
Indians of merit should learn other languages and move maybe. Its easy with modern tech to build a language immersion environment by partially translating websites, searching for videos with subtitles on youtube, searching for language dubs of good content, doing machine AI-dubbing of good videos.
@@aoeu256 there is no need to learn each other language but to find a language that can unify India. Maybe Hindi. Just like what mandarin is to China where dialects are eliminated.
@@Scambuster491exactly! One language so everyone in the country can understand when our leaders speak (without translators). It's so important for the message from higher level to be delivered, unfiltered.
@@madebytiwari Congrats! You got what many in here did not get it. A singular language that the masses understand! And of course No SINGLE person can change India. It takes a team to bring Singapore to where we are now. 1 leader and a whole crew of people to come up with ideas and revise and evaluate if there are better alternatives. Implement it and tweak it as times goes by.
One language unifies all of India. It's Sanskrit. British Raj wasn't the first one to unify India, the mauryans are. Still admirable how broad his knowledge is.
I’m an Indian born and raised in India. I was working as an engineer in Singapore. I’ve met him in 1998 and had a chance to speak with him for about half an hour or so. He knew more about India and its problems than me and our government. LKY what a man 🫡
@@GorditoCrunch343 Yep, add Nepal to that list please! Man, I would give my right arm to be blessed with a leader like him. He might struggle with India but he would easliy turn Nepal into a industralised advanced nation. We have a perfect vantage point - stuck in the middle of 2 huge superpowers. But that's just me dreaming!
@@GorditoCrunch343 From a Singaporean point of view, the government of india has no idea how to "TAKE-A-POSITION for India". Opposing China is not a strategy. I would rather see China+India cooperate and make East + South Asia, the cradle of the free world in the next 50 years. However, the people at the top of the Indian government seems to pander and agree with everything the USA says.... Such a shame. USA's motives are clear, maintain hegemony over the world and never cede the no.1 position to anyone. I truly believe that with enough cooperation and mutual investments between China + India, our region will become super prosperous. (Let's start with India joining the RCEP!)
@@jasonleong6791 RCEP is good but we Indian's are lazy and afraid to compete. 😔 But for China we can't compromise at all with CCP philosophy - what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.
Thank you Mr. Lee Kuan Yew for building this country with Integrity, Meritocracy and creating a Level Playing Field where a school dropout at age 14 like me, who started our as a toilet cleaner can have a dream to own a business and now be a CEO of an IT company serving Small-Medium and Large Enterprises in Asia. I have the highest respect for you as my Leader, a Statesman and a Politician.
Singapore's founding father Mr Lee Kuan Yew dies aged 91 at 3.18am on Monday, leaving behind the unlikely nation that he and his colleagues fostered and built over five decades as his lasting legacy. For more videos - bit.ly/19JUZVY
There lies a problem. Go to jharkhand, bihar , Rajasthan and look the current school systems and teachers. But only if you would've seen the ground reality
@80_ronit mehta No that doesn't works either. UP can't trade without Mumbai's ports and if we make decentralised systems with political parties, then party rivalries might cause chaos. And considering the other heavily Centralised neighbours like Pakistan China, i don't see that happening soon(((
Let English be primary communication language for all Indians and we should develop national conscience not hindu conscience patriotism, public since, hardwork etc
Its true that no one person can change india... change only comes when the people come together for it, and by people, i mean the whole of india. But sadly, this is not possible when people are unwilling to set aside their differences to strive for a common goal
But we have done well enough. Dropped our birth rates, reduced poverty, improved our economy, survived covid.... we dont have an aggressive, authoritarian governance like China, but we will develop, at a slow pace yes.
@Kejriwal Zindabaad Mother bharat when did she lived😂😂 come out of that bullshit imagination man. A Mysore Nation joined indian union in 1950 after 2 years you got independence, later renamed as Karnataka. Before 1950 we had our own currency system, stamps everything thing was in Kannada.
Yeah, it was like this before independence, now we are a country, and if we don't stand with each other, don't accept each other as fellow citizens, we will never will be able to grow like a nation.
@@sagar5472 So according to you Soldiers who are martyed by the hands of terrorist without caring about their regional Identity are foolishly trying to protect India and you won't mourn for the people who are loosing their lives to protect it unless He/she kannada ?. You can't accept India as nation ? What kind of foolish thought is that. I mean India was carved out on the basis of religion Not on the basis of language. States were. Your regional Identity can be anything and still you can be Indian.
@avimufcns not all countries are like Singapore. Just because u don't have history or culture doesn't mean everyone is like that. LOL. We were an old civilisation when when u were eating insects and rats to survive.
So the best suggestion to big multicultural nations is decentralization, maybe even segregation, and a right to self-determination. If you wish to be a very much integrated nation with a strong government you better all be of a dominant culture. Like in China. True.
@Joe Hollow Its the CHinese mindset to be economically rich. Thats why every country that is run by Chinese is economically doing very well. Its just who we are. Look at CHina, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, all are predominantly Chinese countries and all are always striving to be prosperous and are willing to put in the hard work and sacrifice for prosperity. Prosperity of the individuals is king in the majority of the population and we dont mind losing a bit of "democracy" to achieve this.
What a great man. As the man said he's one of the best leaders of our time next to none. And what a simple yet valid answer he gave to the Indian IAS officer
even at his age, he can still remember important facts about other countries.. what a man!
He has his rival in Biden and Trump 😂😂😂😂
@@ynwa3573 Rival? Trump and Biden cannot rival to this great man!
@@8P3ths Of course they can't rival Singapore legend. PM Lee is getting sharper with age, unlike the 2 senile old man who wanna be presidents again, one is already a convicted criminal awaiting jail
@@ynwa3573 😂 , namaste from nepal
Lee Kuan Yew is credited with building Singapore into a Tiger economy. But he did more than that. Lee passed his ideas on to Deng Xiao Peng at their famous meeting. That meeting transformed Deng who went on to develop the Juggernaut that is today’s China. Lee might just be the most influential man of our times.
yes, he also encouraged us a lot, he said the singaporean chinese are descendants of the chinese farmers and rough labors, but the chinese living in China, many of them are descendants of elites, so we should do better than Singapore, we know he said so just because he is humble man and just tried to give us confidence. Full respect to him.
@troy krentzs Democracy has never brought peace and prosperity to any country that's not advanced enough. In Singapore, we have a very good example. When we were in the 1960s and 1970s and 1980s.... we were a poor nation that's just struggling to feed ourselves and find enough jobs for our population. We had to overhaul our education system, our infrastructure and fend for ourselves..... and also not forgetting to integrate the different races in Singapore (CHinese, Malay, Indians...) Those were the nation-building times and it could not be achieved if we had a 2 party-system like the USA. We would have been destroyed from inside, probably imploded!
So, I pretty much agree with Lee when he said that Democracy will only work when 80% of the population is well educated and you have a middle class that 50-60% of the population. If not, any politician can just promise the Heavens and the Garden or Eden during the election campaign and just get voted in. In fact, elections are just really a beauty contest! It does not actually bring in the best person for the best job.
@troy krentzs I think that what you found out, isn't a surprise at all.... at least not for me. The fact is this, if you are a developing or under-developed nation, ruling by a committee is never a good idea. You would need to have a decade or more of stable growth, educate the population with, minimal policy changes and disruption to strategy. After that, you can then slowly build a educated middle class and have an advanced economy. With an advanced economy, that's when you are developed and democracy will work. Without all these pre-condition, holding elections every few years is a big distraction and changes in the way government was run from one administration to another, is a big disruption in policy.
Maybe those believers in democracy and "freedom" will disagree with me. But if you are feeling hungry, cold and desperate...... will all these matter? Can a vote or the democratic process bring food to the table, put a roof over my head and assure me that next month, i have enough money to pay my bills and rent?
Unfortunately Xijinping is rolling back on Deng’s vision since he is an admirer of Mao. He might destroy China if he is too aggressive.
@@WINDYCHUNG it’s true.. South East Asia Chinese descendant of low village farmer and fishermen.. sigh sometime I can see it.. so we should be very humble because China Chinese some might be from royalty, elites ..
One of the few non-Indians who could pronounce 'Tamil', 'Telugu', 'Punjabi' and 'Hindi' just the way we would !! That alone shows how informed and accustomed to detail he was :)
Bruh, any Singaporean can pronounce those words correctly, there's a population of Indian people living in Singapore, even the train in Singapore has Tamil announcement.
@@verbalwound5874 that doesn't mean any Singaporean can pronounce those words, even some Tamilians pronounce Tamil the wrong way
Tamil is not pronounced with a L though it's more like subtle R. Tamiarr
@@joyid Right its Tamizh ! I cant expect that level of intricacy from a non-Tamil. But I was certainly impressed with how he said Tamil and not Tam-eel, which even some of my Tamil friends refer to themselves by :)
@@abhishektripathy6183 he maybe non tamizhar but not new to tamil society....our connection with malaka started even before srivijaya 's time and southern part of Tamil nadu had a strong roots with malaka region.. how far is saw his picture in some ppl homes ....+ we participated in the freedom struggle of Singapore... what's a diff b/w rest of Indians and us is when they gone to malaka its a developed city but when we gone it was just a tropical rainforest...we lost traditional connection with rongoon(Myanmar) & kendy (lanka ) due to civil war our only sustain is malaka.. and few areas in east Asia
"Bombay is probably the only place in India where the various groups meet and feel at home with each other"
hats off to the level of his knowledge on India
@Ronit Mehta based ataturk
@Ronit Mehta And yet Modi was voted in... What does that say?
@Ronit Mehta Rahul Gandhi is best right according to pseudo liberals like u
and blr
@@alexsolosm there are worse candidate than modi
An optimist is one who find opportunities in difficulties. Not just in Singapore, India. Lee Kuan Yew would have excelled anywhere in this world. Hate him or like him, we need more leaders like him. He built Singapore everything from scratch.
he as the one man one rule his rule one family his family to carries on and on.
Tan desmond No just LKY i dun care about his family.
Bala Krishnan tamils in tamil nadu even paid respect to Mr Lee.
Not questioning his capabilities, but India is probably the most difficult large economy to manage.
@@bhaaratsharma6023 brazil would be around that, but at least they all speak portuguese
In a polite way, he said its impossible.
It requires war to unite a nation through out history, that wasn't the case for India. It needs a revolution to change.
🌚 damn dats so tru
HES TO MODI, MODI S DOING A GREAT JOB AND FAAAAAR GREATER THAN LKY
@Anesh Verma did you watch the whole video?
did he volunteer to give advice?
or was he asked to give advice?
who is the true silly guy?
@Anesh Verma India already superpower in economy & military and in Oct 2020, it superpower in covid-19 infection. Jai Hind
What a man, he straight up said what he had to without platitudes and mollycoddling, yet in a diplomatic fashion !
In his words you find humility and wisdom.
This is how a leader of any country should be.
May his soul RIP...I'm proud to be a Singaporean. Our generation should be grateful to Mr Lee n other leaders for their hard work n dedication in bringing spore from a place without any natural resources to a globally recognized developed country with world recognized best port, airport n economy. Thank u sir
easwari krishnan it was the hard work of Mr Lee's generation which built singapore. How i wish india also had visionaries like him.
this man's brain and the facts he has is astounding
There are quite a few people who have their opinions about LKY and India.
But none of you are qualified to say a single word. The only people who are qualified, are people who have taken a poor region with limited resources, and tried, over the period of a few decades, to build it into a properous city/country. Whether you succeeded or failed, only then are you a peer of LKY, and then you can voice an opinion with some weight.
In fact, I doubt any of you have even taken leadership of the local youth club or football team. If you are to scared to take a down and out local team, and build it into a top tier team, you shouldn't even think about offering any opinion about someone who has built a nation.
He's not perfect, but what he achieved is nothing short of amazing, and beyond the little people here hiding behind their keyboards
Virahmihir show me your proof owo
Virahmihir if you have the guts to say that SHOW me the truth with evidence , not just so biased out of topic talk from your mind ; Show it not hide behind your screen just to discriminate people.
Virahmihir NOTHING was a miracle , everything was a team from the former , pap (people action party) , workers , minorities that build this entire nation , everything was not pure luck or some corruption , it was meant for everyone in singapore to rise up and be equal. WHY couldn't you understand that .
dark See ignore him, I've seen all his negative trolling comments all with +1 each.
Wisteria Berlitz which is why it drives me to put an end to it.
"Treatment based on meritocracy-Best jobs for the best people". As an Indian, I just smirked and let off a soft sigh.
@@channel89134 meritocracy has left the chat
@@Rizu-kc3zeReason-Caste system that has gone on for a millienia. That is his another point, a level playing field. Affirmative action is a worldwide phenomenon. Basic understanding of economics would tell you that a tiny part of the population being in all institutions limits productivity. Reservation is not idealism, it's realism. Making communities able to participate in all levels of the country produces more value long term. More able people = more creativity, innovation= more prosperity. Reservation could be abolished today if a proper system for slashing wealth was introduced or a system that makes it impossible to have generational wealth at all like Japan. Another option is violent wealth redistribution like China. Take your pick.
@@HemantKumar-id3jg k
Union govt follow 50 - 50 ratio in reservation. 49.50 % out of 100. That is the ceiling. Balance 50.50 % ... Enjoyed by FC. Still they want more... Dil maangae more.... Every govt , service they occupy 90% Not by proper education but by above provision. This is how their brain works, .. And... they smirk , slip, skip... .etc.,
Reservation is the biggest threat to India
first of all if he was younger , he'd STOP all thebloody rapes in the country. ! I was watching the Hindi movie yesterday and htere were 2 rape and attempted rape scenes. Shit! Bollywood should also stop such sickening movie scenes.!
Like rape does not happen anywhere else.....I totally comdemn it.but it happens all over the world... the reason why you know about it is because of a free press....and you only talk about the rapes ... not about the public backlash against it.....
Rape is a product of patriarchy. The only way to stop it is to educate and empower men and women equally
charmixy you are right...change mindsets
@@charmixynot at all. ...maybe 9 years ago when u r writing that comment ....but in today's time the real was is to hold elites accountable
Again...9 years ago maybe that would be a good idea
Intelligent analysis from one of the great men of our age. South Asia has to reach a respectable peace for it to develop effectively.
Peace cannot be based on the wishes of a single party, but a suitable middle ground.
Saq Saq Singapore developed from the rule of one party. The PAP has not lost an election since LKY came to power. Middle ground can come later when your people are educated enough.
@@eugenechin2863 you misunderstood my statement. I was clearly referring to the lack of peace in South Asia, and my reference was to achieving that peace. Nothing to do with political parties, but more to do with arrogant attitude of India.
A man for the ages. Respect.
Why are people nitpicking at Mr Lee's statement of "British made India"? Please listen before disputing him. He clearly knows the Indian civilization has been around since way before the British came and colonized the place. He recognizes India's diverse culture, and languages.
What Mr Lee really is saying that India today is limited because of how the British granted independence to India. It was granted in a way that did not recognize all the complexities of India, and so now., India has issues.
In other words, he is actually saying, the British ruined India. And so, he actually does agree with all of you so I have no idea why you are all disagreeing and disputing him when he says the same thing you are saying. Just because of one word "made".
So basically:
-remove reservation based on caste and religion
-Make it so that big infrastructure projects funding are all digital, thereby reduced the chances of corruption by a lot.
-Heavy penalty for indulging in corruption if found guilty.
-Not necessary to have a common language, but encourage public and school children to learn 3-4 languages.
-Treat every religion as equal, this means the removal of minority privileges like waqf board and separating religious institutions from government.
-mandatory physical fitness program for male teens.
-Reframing judiciary to make it efficient and truly just, as many mla, mps get away with indulging in crime.
Looking at this list, it’s basically impossible to even accomplish half of this as the obstructions are way too much. If you wish to live a good life, working hard and leaving India is the best option for you.
But if you wish to stay and contribute, then you must be resilient and courageous.
I am willing to sacrifice everything to do this.
I don’t know why but after reading your comment, I decided to think about every individual point and write out my reaction to them. I wrote this comment entirely because it helped me think about things and come up with my own ideas. And since it is because of your comment I had these thoughts, it is only fair to let you see them. I hope you will not take offense at any of whatever things I have typed.
1. Did you skip the part at 3:00 where he speaks about India’s need for a “fair leveled field for everybody.” You ask for the removal of reservation based on caste because that benefits you, as it has benefitted you since the birth of Hinduism. And it is because of caste, I believe, we did not see enlightenment while Europe flourished because it truly based itself off of meritocracy, something you apparently admire.
2. Digital ≠ Non-corrupt. It is highly likely it’ll result in corruption on the higher level, by those who are in control of the digital-bureaucratic-space. Much like how if a big politician r*pes a person, he can contact the IG or DIG and get the matter hushed.
3. I do believe that heavy penalties will help in curbing corruption, but heavy penalties are already being levied on bureaucrats and it still happens on a very large scale. It is the rate of corruption being caught with evidence that is needed. I suppose the focus should be more on surveilling the bureaucrats, but I wouldn’t know how they’d do it. And in the end, it is the entirety of the system that is rotten to the core. Would thieves install CCTV cameras in the houses they target earnestly?
4. I am someone who speaks 4 languages fluently. My mother tongue, the language that I grew up speaking, Hindi and English (which I learned by taking in different forms of media from a very young age). Hindi and English, I taught them myself. I spent some time in my teenage years in Hindi-speaking regions, and because of that I now have a colloquial understanding of the language. In my hometown, where Hindi is spoken by a large number of people, I speak more fluently and with a proper North Indian accent, something which most people here cannot despite being so familiar with their media. Similarly, I have been to highly rated private English medium schools where I have noticed students who, despite studying for their entire lives, simply could not speak good English. In such schools, you cannot really blame the teachers for not knowing English or not teaching the students because they did what they believed can be done in a schooling system to teach their students English.
I related all of this to you because I want you to think about how your understanding of language came about and I want you to think how school are truly inefficient in teaching children languages. What LKY is talking about is a linguistic connection between the ruler and the ruler. Imagine Hitler speaking a language which only a part of Germany could understand. Had it been the case, there was no way could he have garnered such a following. Take, for example, how Bengal and other non-Hindi regions remain somewhat unaffected by the BJP system (as compared to the Northern India). Part of the reason is language.
The only effective way to combat it is to, perhaps, turn the entire subcontinent into a continent with a governing body resembling the EU. But that brings with it even more complexities. And this country was built on a united idea for numerous reasons, some I can perhaps never possibly grasp.
5. A point that sounds good but is meaningless. In a country such as ours, where poverty and hunger are main concerns, “mandatory physical fitness programs for male teenagers” is a luxury. I don’t know how anyone implement it, and moreover, why.
6. Once again, a sentence that sounds good but is, in truth, meaningless. The judicial system is one that runs on the Socratic method. Every second of its existence is its attempt to reach to a point where justice, this very vague abstraction that has no concrete existence, is reached. “Reframing the judiciary” is a monstrous task that only takes place at the birth of the creation of a state. For the next revolution to happen in the judiciary, there will have to be a civil war.
And to top it all off, you’re advising people to leave india if you wish to have a good life. To me, it is something that is only said by people who have never truly loved this nation or its people. You may call it practical, and I may be inclined to agree with you, but I do believe that to follow it through or to even advice anyone, is to put yourself in the position of a scoundrel.
And I mean no offense. I, too, am a scoundrel in many ways.
@@adonkeybalthazar😂😂😂😂😂😂. Catism has not existed since Hinduism 😂😂😂
@@shantanuranjan5462your dedication to bettering your country has touched me deeply.
People commenting that Unity is in our diversity... I still have to see in what part of India, is this statement valid.
Yes It is To Accept Each Others Diversity
It is pure touchy-feely indoctrination. Diversity is an impediment to unity. Diverse societies have to work very assiduously to maintain unity. Novelettish slogans are of no help. It upsets me that we are raising a generation of imbeciles who truly believe that chanting such slogans as "Unity in Diversity" and "Hindu-Muslim-Sikh-Isai sab aapas mein hai bhai bhai" solve centuries of underlying traumas, bad memories and distrusts.
The most oxymoron thing I have heard.
@@SamvedIyer so then what to do with a diverse country like india ?
The statement doesn't mean that diversity increases unity. It's just a narrative. The idea of India.
India is a body of people , but depending on who you ask the body of people has never been the same century to century. We have changed , diversified our cultures , created and learned new foods and music and art.
And we thrived.
The decline we see today is a temporary phenomena. A few hundred years is a tiny part in the time frame of our civilisation that has endured and nourished itself on diversity.
We survive because we are diverse.
Diversity of opinion, diversity of culture. All of it breeds strength. USA is so successful because it accepts even more diversity than us.
Efficiency of modern homogenous nation states like China is good only for a boom bust cycle. But the Chinese civilisation thrived because they absorbed Mongols, Koreans, Machu ,Uighurs and many others into them.
Same as any major civ.
I am literally overwhelmed by Mr. Lee's deep understanding of India's domestic conditions and wisdom... He was truly a great leader...
As a Nigerian, this scares me. In a our country, we don't have a single majority Ethnic group. In fact the 3 major ethnic groups are at same. Then we have 100s of Minorities. And we have fought civil war, this creates divide. And we are divided along religious line.
Now during election, politicians exploits this to their advantage. Divide the country along Ethnic and. Religious line. We keep going round around. So instead competing against nations, we then now compete among ourselves who will be supreme. And of course you know the results of that. Constant chaos
Diversity really is a weakness but I guess there are only two ways forward, you centralize identity or you just accept a tenuous alliance between the different ethnic groups.
@@kwazooplayingguardsman5615 The older I get, the more I find diversity really is a disastrous trait.
Its very simple answer - the more diverse the country is the less development it is focused on
I am amazed at the knowledge and understanding of Indian political scene and cultural scene . He has politely said it is impossible.
What a wise man and great leader. I'm wondering if fate had given him a bigger stage other than a small island, how history would have been different...
definitely..thats why he cried when malaysia kicked singapore out...He had big plans and everything dashed...i wonder too if he could have worked out a successful agreement with tengku abdul rahman. how much more spore would benefit or maybe both spore and malaysia if we worked together. But as Lee said malaysian leaders only wanted a malay malaysia. I thank the tengku for kicking us out really...
Malaysia's bad luck
I know this may be a bit late but i believed the reason he cried was because he feared the chinese communists would take over when he was kicked out as the majority which used to be malays turned into chinese which were commonly communists after being kicked out. I believe he talks about this in one of his interviews about leadership with harvard which is available on youtube.
He did exactly what was need of him. The beginning of China's healing was when Singapore was kicked out of the Federation of Malaysia and thus tasked LKY with the most monumental task of building the impossible. It is exactly that impossible task that became the role model for China. Remember, everyone is part of the Universal machine of life. LKY was there to create that role model that is Singapore, which without it China would not be where it is today. Like he says, no one person can change the world. It's a team work.
@agnostician I have always wondered what wonders he could have done to the country of my citizenship, Australia. Blessed with everything under the sun and so full of potential. I reckon Australia would be a bona fide superpower up there with the likes of USA and China in the superpower sphere. Instead we are a big nation punching under our weight and no one gives a crap what our leaders say. Recently Australia is known as a lapdog of the USA and its even admitted by our PM.
This man knows more about India than Indians
Most knowlegeable person
he really talked about they key prospects
imagine how much aware he was about the world
Thank you Mr.Lee
LKY had the most difficult job on earth; choosing what's best for the people and country at a time when the options available weren't exactly the best picks.
Singapore being small with very limited resources, had to make sacrifices along the way in order to survive and succeed. Looking back, sure, there were mistakes along the way. But don't forget, those were very challenging times back then and perfect solutions were not always available every time.
Believe me...if you do a little bit reading...unbias....you will find it was at that time when global economy was coming out of US's & EU's post WW2 economy build up. It was like a wave, you ride carefully on it...don't get into conflict, ride along the capitalistic wave...as such many countries benefited. One big blunder was his narrow prejudicial mentality not opening the door to more foreigners rather just Chinese from Malaysia and surrounding countries. At a time when EU & US opened their doors to anyone from anywhere in the world....they don't need to be wealthy...too many say...
Boufendi Ilyas if not of LKY, Singapore would be just another Malaysia, Thailand or Indonesia .. or even just a small brother that needs to look up to these brothers with its citizens kowtow to them as well... like it or not, this is a fact
Boufendi Ilyas that's not narrow prejudice decision he made, It's a careful plan to ensure who should be allowed into the country, simply put that as quality control, if we don't that, probably we will just end up like any other country with social unrest.
Boufendi Ilyas and u probably should know the state of EU and US is pretty bad now, and because they open up to too many foreigners,when time gets rough,these foreigners just packed up and leave just like that.i believe you are one of those who just come for the sake of the benefits the host country can give u,when time are rough or you are done, u people leave ,with no sense of gratitude.
Boufendi Ilyas That's just silly. If anything, LKY was judged by our people as too OPEN to foreigners. If the opposition had their way they would put in their Singapore first policy and the door will slam shut. I suspect good policies and good governance is not difficult in theory. After all political science is an established field. The devil is in actually executing the policies. More likely we succeeded because our neighbours continuously stab themselves in the foot and investment had nowhere to go but here.
Oh wow. That speech kept getting more and more interesting.
With all things considered, and in light of many recent events, Lee's assessment of India remains true today (2021).
I don't think it would be possible at all for whole of India to replicate the merits of Bombay i.e. Mumbai.
The changes needed for the many structural issues is gonna take generations. However, providing opportunities and better life for people all over is always needed and can be done incrementally...but those structural issues are too deep to solve in a short time span.
Well, just look at Bangalore
Needless to say, India should be run like a union of states, with much more discretionary powers given to the states and to the lower houses, it should be much more decentralised than even the US. The BJP is foolish to be emulating China or Singapore
@@laxjs Chal mc bakwass karne aa jate ho. Singapore ,China, usa developed because of uniformity, one party rule. But india is democracy it will take time. Singapore is city.
Changing India is pretty straight forward, but infinitely hard
1. reduce population
2. remove reservation
3. hard worker should be promoted
I deepy agree with whatever he just said
so basically diversity is not strength as people claim 😂
unless they are able to form unity.
@@jeanettewee8805 you need to have something in common to form unity on
If you can make the whole country like Bombay.. brilliant
@1 2 is Bombay Mumbai
Mr.lee is 21th century
god
Lee, you are a great thinker sir.♥️🙏🏻
My fellow Indians in the comment section have an inflated sense of India's achievements. even Modi can only do so much. Farmers protest, nuisance @ JNU, still prevalent obsession with dirigisme and reckless socialism among university intellectuals(primarily the ones engaged in soft sciences), arbitrary bureaucracy driven policy that have crushed meaningful entrepreneurial activity unless its by large corporates, all these point to the same thing. Modi has come the closest to ruling India like it is a real country, and not merely just an Idea. india even between states is not economically integrated enough. Those who disagree are the ones who fail to understand India. Economic prosperity can only be brought forth by Chief ministers of States, among the reasons why Gujarat under modi had phenomenal economic growth was just that, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and even Kerala have shown that the policies drafted and executed at the state level will produce favorable dividends than ones dictated by N.Delhi. N.Delhi should act as the facilitator/manager and draft policies and leave the implementation to the states, while monitoring there progress and intervening only in support of the states. and in terms of national integration, i'd suggest looking at the Germans. Bharatmala and more importantly the various DFCs and Sagaramala are excellent projects to further a nationally integrated transport network for the movement of goods and people, the EOB ranking helps but there is light years to cover still on that front, but the bureaucracy especially at the state level has to be exponentially more flexible and responsive to the needs of entrepreneurs and citizens. ll things considered India will need at least the entirety of this century to catch up with where China is in terms of per capita income and thats nothing compared to the prosperity of what the western states have achieved. Maybe my grandkids will be fortunate enough to live in a middle income country(somehting tells me that as soon as we reach 4k in pci with modest inequality, we'll declare ourselves as a middle income country and i fear an India that is perpetually trapped in it).
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@@udittiwari3407 200%
true words. One solution="Just move out and settle somewhere else."
@@sachinvarghese2223 It's our country, running away is not an option
@@the_fabulous_p14 What else we can do? Our country(means people) is still in prehistoric era with so much hypocrisy and madness and craving for money and power. There wont be any peace. Our people will always find a reason to have quarrel(where its religion,idea or money. Sad to say this but THERE IS NO HOPE.
Love him!!!!
Thank you Lee Kuan Yew
Absolutely brilliant leader!
He know everything about india
he foooled you
Indian Union should have been like European Union, a central power in India is absolutely ridiculous.
And Narendra Modi proved him wrong with his pan India acceptance.
What a great man. Make him the honorary chair of Neeti Ayog for a few years. Will definitely add a few percentage points to the growth and GDP.
Thank you for the video.
I agree with him on a spiritual level
Abolition of reservation one of the points he made
LKY, the unforgettable politician ! Love his work and his thoughts
Lots of similarities between lky and subhas chandra bose. No nonsense politics. India clearly missed the boat.
And are continuing to miss it as we speak.
Honestly nothing against our legend S. C. Bose but under him, India most probably would have been a Communist State!
@@gaganbhattacharya9890 yes I agree
Plus he was very pro Urdu which you can understand from the name Azad Hind Fauj or Hukumat e Azad Hind
We are a Vedic civilization with our roots in Sanskrit and thats the only thing holding 1.3 billion people together as a nation.
@@EragonShadowSlasher Vedas are the only thing linking us. De-Brahmanise that.
@@naiyayika where do you get brahmanism into this whole thing ? When did i mention brahmins? All I said was about vedas and sanskrit.
what a great man!!
1) corruption free 2) meritocracy 3) equal opportunity
Him describing India is like describing my country the Philippines.
Watching this again in 2020
Manmohan Singh can speak Hindi, Not sure if he can but maybe he can speak Punjabi .. That there first statement talks about MMS integrity and loyalty towards the nation and not his own religion or culture... Hats off MMS Ji
What the heck! He couldn't even read Hindi 🤷
First: introduce birth control scheme, one child policy maybe? And delay the legal marriage age.
Second: Fully abolish the caste system.
Third thing: One language across all states.
Fourth thing: Refine the education system, introducing critical thinking skills, expanding the horizon to foreign countries, equal emphasis on both science and art subjects.
You correct, but the challenge lies in implementation.
Caste system is the greatest system
The true legend, LKY :')
Kemal Attaturk did modernise Turkey, yes, but he did also do his best to get rid of all of the religious and ethnic minorities. So that guy needs to know better.
Saw his interview after Vivek sir video🙏
The only foreign leader who knew so deeply about india
5:29 Calcutta as well !
.......... even this great man might fail!
LKY is my country greatest man and probably one of the best in the world but when he commend on India when question asked how would he govern India if he had the chance. 1 of which he spokes about level-playing field, During his days he is very firm that in the political arena there is no level-playing field for your political opponents.
Although I'm a *huge* fan of of honorable LKY, I'd have to respectfully disagree on 3 points:
2:04 : Its true India has a diversity of languages within a geographical expanse that's unparalleled anywhere else in the world, however, "development" of all Indian languages, even to quite an extent Tamil, can be _traced back_ to the mother language - Sanskrit.
Also, partly due to the above fact, the *vocabulary* of Indian languages e.g. ones mentioned say Punjabi and Telugu, have intersections as well and the *literature* and poetic styles of one regional language many times have considerable influences on that of neighboring regional ones.
Hence, any declaration of isolation of most Indian languages from each other would be simply fallacious.
1:55 : Discounting the common script, the various _dialects_ spoken throughout China e.g. Cantonese, Shanghainese, Hokkien, Jiangsu-nese, etc. due to differences in vocabulary and intonation are practically *separate* languages which are often mutually unintelligible. Hence, the current situation of Mandarin spoken by Chinese president being understood by present-day "90%" of Chinese ( 1:39 ) is as much an *artificially* -created construct as the comprehensibility of Hindi by majority of present-day Indians. As such, It can be argued, each of these provinces are equally different "nation groups" (atleast _Three kingdoms_ for sure), as are states of India.
2:18 : Indian nation is definitely *not* a creation of the British Raj. _Bharat_ (local term similar to _Zhong Guo_ for China) existed as a *distinct* _civilizational_ and _cultural_ entity, and single _political_ one many times e.g. under Chandragupta Maurya who defeated forces of Alexander, sinces ancient times grounded and united in the common philosophical foundations of Vedas & Upanishads. Anything claimed otherwise is nothing short of an _insult_ to this great nation.
Basically your arguments is ,All Middle East countries are one country because they all speak common root language' persian ' religion is same too.
You lack definition of a country, it is not necessary those who speak same language which is not true in case of India, if that is acceptable,then CHINA ,TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE ARE ONE NATION BECAUSE THEY SPEAK SAME LANGUAGE MANDERIN.
First things first, India needs a universal national language like China.
Even Singapore has English as a *national language*
Language is very important.
Now I understand what the Great things Emperor Qin(秦始皇） had Done..............
It is strange how many people think that India was united by Britishers. The truth is that Chandragupt Maurya had almost whole India under his kingdom almost 2500 years ago. Even before that India has been united by its religion and philosophy, and time to time it has taken other religions with it. It is a great strength that a country can harbor such great diversity under one canopy.
Mihir Trivedi What ??? LOL Dude go read history. TN for the first time in 3000 years was united and fully colonized by british only in the 18-19 century. There are many such regions which were even independent during the british regime ( 540 states i guess ) . India was created by the british and almost every historian has accepted it...
prisonbreakouts I said 'almost'. Yes TN was out of Mauryan and Gupta empire, but those empires extended till Afghanistan. Also, I said 'India has been united by its religion and philosophy'. So this character is much greater than being in one kingdom. About states in British regime, that was act of feudalism, in absence of any single central power after Mughals. That can happen anywhere. So, India was not created by British, albeit it was partitioned due to British policies.
yes u r rite ,prisonbreakouts
he is great person no doubt, but he got it all wrong about India here. india has been one its culture since tens of millenia.
he is great person no doubt, but he got it all wrong about India here. india has been one its culture since tens of millenia.
well. as he always does.
Great thinker.
No wonder, recently there is a “Mother India” version of “COMS” song. Hard to replicate success of Singapore but at least easier to plagiarise the song.
Vande Mataram
But mullas won't sing it become it is against Islam
Vande mataram existed even before Indian Independence
In 2020 or 2025 when everyone is so connected all places are being more cosmopolitan like Bombay.
Mr. Lee Kuan Yew means India needs a Qin Shi Huang--the first Emperor of Qin
Amazing Answer 👌👌
“…creation of the British raj and the railway system.. “ that was his baseline understanding?
He is right though.
He is right though even Indian's have limited to British Raj but Bharath was much more than that it's slowly uncovering that all religions and all knowledge was influenced by sanātana dharma which is the oldest
That people say Hinduism is religion but sanātana dharme is the way of life with the core principles of vasudevakutumba which means the whole world ,galaxy and the universe is one
@@karthikmunishamaiah2689 No. it’s a reflection of British education that shaped his worldview. Google Asoka to begin with if interested in the topic.
@@celestialmedia2280 i wonder why the world looks orange when I wear orange-colored-lenses
@@h79guf The British didn’t attack us at the time of Asoka
For kind information INDIA is not the creation of British Raj,,Old man you have good knowledge but factually incorrect
today's India most definitely is.
Amazing amazing
2014:-
NARENDRA DAMODARDAS MODI ENTERS THE CHAT!!!
When he said level the playing field, he was alluding to removal of the caste system.
Before British raj, the whole Indian subcontinent (Including most of Afghanistan) has been ruled twice by single ruler, once by Maurya dynasty in ~500BC & by Mughal dynasty in ~1600-1700 AD....Tamils & North Easterns were not part of this unified India until British raj, ...But we had a lot of cultural & trade relations with them. And if you exclude Tamil & some North Eastern languages except Assamese, ..you will find a few but considerable similarities among them.
Maurya DYNASTIY was for short and year ago , Indian Subcontinent was predominantly was SANATAN DHARMA but they had developed different languages and writings, that's why today India has 22 official Language which represent different Empire
@@Malodaiofficial then what about bhutias lepchas nagas and mizo. Chin-kuki-mizo are a completely different group of people. You see why this gets complicated when you use historical events.
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We are not indian
@@Malodaiofficial even I am not indian. I am a bengali, and I have my own language scrip, our hinduism is also different. We have a different culture and our own civil society. In fact buddhism that was born in bengal is the one that travelled to east asia. So tell me, why should I be Indian ?
@@Malodaiofficial oh wait a second, we both share the same point of view xD
04:25 it took me a long time to understand this
Suggestions or rather advices were...
1. Integrity
2. Absence of corruption
3. Best people for best jobs
4. Level playing field
5. Treatment based on meritocracy
Create a strong death penalty like system for the Bureaucracy .
@@natalkumar6132 Yeah so that no skilled person comes into the bureaucracy because of this fear.
@@akshatsrivastava4280 No one wanna do the hard work, they just want instant solution .
death penalty - solve rape !
death penalty - solve corruption !
societies are nurtured like tree , lots of hard work and time then only you get to taste the fruit .
@@Nishantkj People like you with thoughts like these are what gives me hope, my man
Very true. Farmer suicides instant solution give ex gratia to the families problem solved this has long been the tradition of our government.
He was Smart not because he had some alien Brian cells but because he was Honest with reality, Man with integrity and power to acknowledge truth, he was not politician living in LALa Land but in reality. For instance when that gentleman asked solution with involvement of Pakistan and Bangladesh he politely and indirectly rejected that stupid idea because he knows what those guys are thinking, if they wanted to co-operation why would they asked for separate county. India can't be Singapore until corruption problem and these stupid SAARC mentality will not be changed.
He was polite and careful with words..as the saying goes." The pen is mightier than the sword". He was one of the top student at Cambridge, double first honours..but he live simply. Spore does not splash tax payers money on Rolls Royce or Limosuines for the Presidents and PMs. Unlike in other countries.
Kim Yong actually Singapore pay civil servants the highest which is smart that way it can deter corruption
@@jkjkjk100 yes that's good. Can only go so far though, I bet he had other mechanism in play to prevent it. Saw some study in Africa that raising the salary of the cops only reduced the corruption a little.
I am literally astonished over HIS minute detailings regarding India.. As if he is an Indian... Every line he spells are beyond imagination.. The way he picturesque our country... not only by map-lines but also He maintains a unity in diversity concepts regaiding my Pyara Bharat... Guys... This is something we should really consider.. A Leader is a Leader ..no matter in what age the person is...
Liked how LKY laughed and say no single person can change india!
Indians of merit should learn other languages and move maybe. Its easy with modern tech to build a language immersion environment by partially translating websites, searching for videos with subtitles on youtube, searching for language dubs of good content, doing machine AI-dubbing of good videos.
@@aoeu256 there is no need to learn each other language but to find a language that can unify India. Maybe Hindi. Just like what mandarin is to China where dialects are eliminated.
@@Scambuster491exactly! One language so everyone in the country can understand when our leaders speak (without translators). It's so important for the message from higher level to be delivered, unfiltered.
@@madebytiwari Congrats! You got what many in here did not get it. A singular language that the masses understand! And of course No SINGLE person can change India. It takes a team to bring Singapore to where we are now. 1 leader and a whole crew of people to come up with ideas and revise and evaluate if there are better alternatives. Implement it and tweak it as times goes by.
One language unifies all of India. It's Sanskrit. British Raj wasn't the first one to unify India, the mauryans are.
Still admirable how broad his knowledge is.
I’m an Indian born and raised in India. I was working as an engineer in Singapore. I’ve met him in 1998 and had a chance to speak with him for about half an hour or so. He knew more about India and its problems than me and our government. LKY what a man 🫡
omg tell me more about
This man was more informed about India than all of us Indians.
I keep being amazed at his geopolitical knowledge. This guy knows fucking everythng it seems.
@@MrEnjoyBeats That’s what happens when you elect a proper educated leader instead of the goons running India today.
@@GorditoCrunch343 Yep, add Nepal to that list please! Man, I would give my right arm to be blessed with a leader like him. He might struggle with India but he would easliy turn Nepal into a industralised advanced nation. We have a perfect vantage point - stuck in the middle of 2 huge superpowers. But that's just me dreaming!
@@GorditoCrunch343 From a Singaporean point of view, the government of india has no idea how to "TAKE-A-POSITION for India". Opposing China is not a strategy. I would rather see China+India cooperate and make East + South Asia, the cradle of the free world in the next 50 years. However, the people at the top of the Indian government seems to pander and agree with everything the USA says.... Such a shame. USA's motives are clear, maintain hegemony over the world and never cede the no.1 position to anyone. I truly believe that with enough cooperation and mutual investments between China + India, our region will become super prosperous. (Let's start with India joining the RCEP!)
@@jasonleong6791 RCEP is good but we Indian's are lazy and afraid to compete. 😔 But for China we can't compromise at all with CCP philosophy - what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.
Thank you Mr. Lee Kuan Yew for building this country with Integrity, Meritocracy and creating a Level Playing Field where a school dropout at age 14 like me, who started our as a toilet cleaner can have a dream to own a business and now be a CEO of an IT company serving Small-Medium and Large Enterprises in Asia. I have the highest respect for you as my Leader, a Statesman and a Politician.
Moonshi Mohsenruddin tell more about your journey 😊
if only the self entitled Singaporeans who always complain about their living conditions can learn this valuable lesson, it might change their lives.
you try doing that now, 2019
.. Myoy. I rfemgr kuyo
for real? 🤯
Singapore's founding father Mr Lee Kuan Yew dies aged 91 at 3.18am on Monday, leaving behind the unlikely nation that he and his colleagues fostered and built over five decades as his lasting legacy.
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Just make English its prime language. Not only will this make the world accessible to Indians, it will make India accessible to the world!
There lies a problem. Go to jharkhand, bihar , Rajasthan and look the current school systems and teachers. But only if you would've seen the ground reality
@80_ronit mehta No that doesn't works either. UP can't trade without Mumbai's ports and if we make decentralised systems with political parties, then party rivalries might cause chaos. And considering the other heavily Centralised neighbours like Pakistan China, i don't see that happening soon(((
NO!!!
Neigh!
Let English be primary communication language for all Indians and we should develop national conscience not hindu conscience patriotism, public since, hardwork etc
Am watching this in 2021 and now I have more respects for this man. Hats off to his wisdom. Lee Kuan Yew is truly an inspiration.
Its true that no one person can change india... change only comes when the people come together for it, and by people, i mean the whole of india. But sadly, this is not possible when people are unwilling to set aside their differences to strive for a common goal
Sad but true
@Rain You just need an Indian version of LKY that all.
is it true what he said about Mumbai?
But we have done well enough. Dropped our birth rates, reduced poverty, improved our economy, survived covid.... we dont have an aggressive, authoritarian governance like China, but we will develop, at a slow pace yes.
@@Mira-gu6we India need to go at a faster rate or india will always stay behind
india is not a country, it is combination of different nation.
Yes we are from the karnataka nation
@Kejriwal Zindabaad Mother bharat when did she lived😂😂 come out of that bullshit imagination man. A Mysore Nation joined indian union in 1950 after 2 years you got independence, later renamed as Karnataka. Before 1950 we had our own currency system, stamps everything thing was in Kannada.
Yeah, it was like this before independence, now we are a country, and if we don't stand with each other, don't accept each other as fellow citizens, we will never will be able to grow like a nation.
@@IM-ep1be we are in a union not a nation.lol😂. I never accept india as nation. My nation is Kannada Nadu aka karnataka
@@sagar5472 So according to you Soldiers who are martyed by the hands of terrorist without caring about their regional Identity are foolishly trying to protect India and you won't mourn for the people who are loosing their lives to protect it unless He/she kannada ?. You can't accept India as nation ? What kind of foolish thought is that. I mean India was carved out on the basis of religion Not on the basis of language. States were. Your regional Identity can be anything and still you can be Indian.
Saw after realising Bindra sir effort❤️❤️
Truly a gem💎💎
his logical explanation and rational thinking is insanely great!!!!
An outstanding statesman. Singapore is what it is today because of him.
Proud to be a Singaporean! We are so much privileged because of one man that’s MR LEE KUAN YEW!! We miss you sir
Take it easy it's just a city. Don't feel like a country lol
@@shravp769 🙄
@@shravp769 that’s what India would’ve been if not for the British
He's dead
@avimufcns not all countries are like Singapore. Just because u don't have history or culture doesn't mean everyone is like that. LOL. We were an old civilisation when when u were eating insects and rats to survive.
It's hard to maintain unity in diversity and we have failed that many times
So the best suggestion to big multicultural nations is decentralization, maybe even segregation, and a right to self-determination. If you wish to be a very much integrated nation with a strong government you better all be of a dominant culture. Like in China. True.
@Joe Hollow Its the CHinese mindset to be economically rich. Thats why every country that is run by Chinese is economically doing very well. Its just who we are. Look at CHina, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, all are predominantly Chinese countries and all are always striving to be prosperous and are willing to put in the hard work and sacrifice for prosperity. Prosperity of the individuals is king in the majority of the population and we dont mind losing a bit of "democracy" to achieve this.
It essentially means that in India we need to elect better local leaders
What a great man. As the man said he's one of the best leaders of our time next to none. And what a simple yet valid answer he gave to the Indian IAS officer