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If the United States and India were to ever make it Facebook official, their status would be: "It's Complicated." These two global behemoths may seem like close allies, especially judging by the warm welcome President Biden gave Prime Minister Modi during his White House visit in June, but in reality, they are anything but best friends.
During the Cold War era, India maintained a "strategically non-aligned" global status and it has tried to stay on the geopolitical fence since fall of the Soviet Union. But when Russia invaded Ukraine and Delhi refused to explicitly condemn Moscow, India's self-proclaimed "multilateral" approach was severely tested.
On the show this week, a deep dive into the nation that recently surpassed China to become the most populous country on earth. Ian is joined by award-winning broadcast journalist and Washington Post contributor Barkha Dutt to talk US-India relations, the state of democracy within India, and how the trauma of COVID has reshaped the country.
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India is on India side.
Barkha says she is not a critic of Modi govt 🤣🤣🤣
Panauti😅
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India is on India's side. This isn't necessarily a bad thing for anyone. It's not a pawn, but a pole.
Sure, but a country should still have a moral compass, a set of (humanist) values, for its own good. Otherwise the risk of going adrift will be big.
Besides, India can easily condemn the invasion, support tech sanctions, or at least not copy Kremlin narratives, yet still buy RuSSian oil. Not like they would be denied, Moskou needs the money.
@@Lenser You're saying there's Wagner-style troll factories in India? I always pegged that on general resentment that seems to be prevalent in the global south (weird term, but ok). Isn't it easier nowadays to just set up some bots to do the trolling? There are also Indian media that are not exactly unbiased, but hey, the USA has Fox propaganda, so that's rather pot-kettle.
No Indian, that not what going on, remember you government is setup to be an "Industrial Nation State", India government is setup to be an Indian Agriculture Empire, so it has it limitations and one them is that "See all nations outside of it, as rivals" not just the United States.
@@ericdane7769typical western dumb whining analysis
Moral? Lol look who's talking about moral
Where was your so called double standard moral compass when usa and allies attacked Afghanistan, iraq, syria, Vietnam in the name of democracy? Still they interfering in other nation's inside matters.
Where was you and your human values when people dying due to hunger in Afghanistan, syria, why there is no action against Myanmar military?
Russia did the right thing.
Talking while sitting on your couch with your convenient lifestyle is easy
Why Europe still buying gas and energy from russia? Go n goggle the energy import size of india and EU.
Will Europe pay india if rates of energy rises india where per capita income is $2000 ?
@@ericdane7769does the US which dropped so many bombs on Syria and killed thousands of civilians have humanist values?
First time seeing burkha dutt being somewhat unbiased
Biased or unbiased panauti h bhai😅
@@direwolf7491true😂😂
Deceiving nationalists.
Barkha in India is a left leaning journalist but it's nice to see Barkha taking a somewhat centrist or at least a centre left stance and nicely describing Indian views on USA.
It really doesn't matter Indian. Your government is setup to be an Indian Empire. Which means you see all countries not just the United States as rivals. So for instance, America has NAFTA, right now it has become a mega economy controlling 1/3 of the entire Worlds Economy. India cannot create a NAFTA like agreements with other countries in region, like Nepal or Shri Lanka why? Again you see all countries as "rivals" period. That is the downside to your government.
@@mandarinandthetenrings2201Oye ....oversmart noobie
India dont see anyone rivals
Those neighbour countries surviving coz of india . Nepal , bhutan get access to see and imports from india,
Bangladesh economy is running coz of raw materials they importing from india
Sri lanka survive from collapse coz of india
First learn the basic of geopolitics..then talk
India never attacked any country in her 5000 yrs of history...and you talking about rivalry?
Stop living in your lala land kiddo
@@mandarinandthetenrings2201 Typical dumb American analysis with zero knowledge about india
@@mandarinandthetenrings2201 how is that a downside? Being competitive is never a bad thing. It's only ever brought progress to a nation. Take USSR and American cold war for example. Both nation reached the peak of their capabilities during this time. It's not rivalry in our case even. It's just healthy competition. We don't look at the whole world as rivals. The only difference between our world view and other countries world view, is that they always have to decide which axis they wanna be a part of, the western bloc or the Chinese bloc. They look at a nation as a Chinese ally or an American ally. While we look at a nation only as OUR ally or OUR rival. It's all relative to us. We don't join an axis. India is the voice of the global south. We are our own axis. Why is America and Americans afraid of a democratic nation like india potentially being succesfull on their level? It's understandable in china's case cuz they're an authoritarian government and have multiple henious plans to disrupt peace. India never had that. India has never attacked a country first or started a war. If anything, Americans should be happy and promote india as much as they can, refine india as a nation, so that the world largest democracy, the truly deserving of being number 1, can get their. Wouldn't that be the great victory for all democracies.
@@afkass4965 You cannot innovate Indian. All your technology is ours. Your society is run by old men and women who laugh at Drone technology and even now some don't want it. Empire don't innovate and they don't have a "Middle Class". They have an elite that is small the enjoys all the power and wealth of their nation.
I would consider India a US ally. But, like all other allies the US has, they will not agree with everything. France is the best example of this. Just like the US and all other countries in general, they will definitely look after their own interests first. However, there are many areas of cooperation and mutual interest the US and India have.
Now they ally. Genocide can begin.
Euro is control by usa. Once rupee is allowed to have similar status as the euro , then your ally status is on par with france, otherwise not yet.
India needs to tear down much barriers to be a true allly of usa. Just implement neoliberal values, with that hinduism has to go.
@@biggpicture2930 You have it reversed. America has to achieve ally status as determined by India.
@@biggpicture2930 America has to tear down barriers to be true ally to India. Just implement neoliberal values, with that christianity has to go.
Large countries don't need to be allies. The US, Russia, China and India have tremendous human resources. None of us need each other for defense. The US/India relationship is best defined as a strategic partnership and that is how it will remain. The US has more in common with India than Russia or China. Both nations are former colonies of Britian so we share a language and a memory of being dominated. Both nations jealously guard their independence, as they should.
You have to understand, the United States has bound China and India closer to the United States in trade. Right now trade has exploded between China and America, and India and America. In fact, America is doing record numbers in trade with both India, and China. This has made it harder for Russia to even divide NATO against America in the Ukraine war.
Absolutely mate.
All that is well. But US's interest in India is to topple the Modi government and install a puppet regime in India and break it up into pieces as it wants to do to Russia. US cannot allow any country become a economically and militarily powerful competitor. It made a strategic mistake by allowing China to grow to be be its prime competitor and wants to make sure India does not become a second China like competitor to it.
@@mandarinandthetenrings2201 yeah capitalism,consumerism is impacting India and China so much its addictive. usa and china are economically married basically.
Nicely summarized mate, also both being great functional democracies share a common values and easily understands each other's compulsions
India's democracy is the best democracy in the world, infact better than all the western democracies. Western democracies are very extreme and more of a war mongerers. India is a humble society which cares about humanity whereas western democracies only guided by their economic theories of greed, wars, selfishness, guns, violence, drugs, etc. Also there's less of family values in any of the western civilization as they only live for themselves. Wish i can have a debate as i have lived half my life in western civilization and the other half in India. Narendra modi is the best leader that india could ever had, maybe even better than Gandiji and Jawaharlal Nehru. Wish every indian state had the leader with the same vision as Modiji, India will rock.
says the guy whose country men migrated to US and Europe for better lifestyle, Sop giving stupid comments
@@rakeshkrishnan1099 stop talking like an uneducated buffon, Indians migration to the west is more of economic reasons than of political reasons. try to read the comment carefully before judging too quickly like an idiot.
US and China = Super Power,
India = Supa Louder.
Your grandparents used to say same thing abut China during cold war period
US & USSR = Super Power
China = Super Poor
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Correct
Wow ! Barkha being objective is fantastic to listen to. As a centrist Indian, I agree with all her points.
She has been critic of BJP government but she has never been a critic of India as state. Thats what BJP supporters have always misinterpreted. Criticism of BJP has been taken as criticism of India. And she has been labelled anti-national that way.
@@anshul9462 I agree with you but you're wrong in one aspect. Barkha has criticised the Indian society and culture too. that's what is problematic. she is free to criticise the ruling govt but to find faults in every aspect of Indian society and refusing to acknowledge some good initiatives taken by the govt due to her political stance makes her biased. anyway at the end of the day everyone is biased be it the left or right.
@@anshul9462Anshul, you really haven't followed Burkha.
@@anshul9462 bro really please do some research on barakha
Same here I agree with all her points and I'm very right wing
India is self-sufficient, so they really don't need to take sides. Ironically, we can be even more self-sufficient if we want to be.
That the problem Indian you are not self-sufficient. Your "Coal" comes from Australia which needs America security make sure shipments get to India. India import's 85% of it's oil from Middle East. The Arab's are traditional enemies of the Hindus. It America, "Pax Americana" allows you trade with Muslim's of the Middle East otherwise the would be "Blacking Mailing" you for oil. It America's international rules that allows for trade between India and wider world.
Thats why Indians are the largest migrants on the world
amazing 👏
you should replace modi
after that you can isolate india
we dont need the world, the world need us
jai hind 💪
@@GajahMada1290 Unfortunately you can't replicate Modi so you Pakistanis are stuck with what you have.
@@PS-ej2xn dude are you okay ?
did you forgot to eat your medicine ?
do you need help ?
since when did I said i want to replicate "tea seller" modi ? Pffttt
Spot on about national elections. He’ll be elected again & again till he chooses not to. His image is what has separated him from all other Indian Prime Ministers( social media has helped in that)
And his policies are way better than the previous governments be it infrastructure, ease of doing business, digital revolution, etc.
Yeah Right !!!! it is the social media that did it 😂 & Not the hard work and the consistent results he was able to produce ??? . Interesting narrative.
Am I dreaming, is this really Barkha speaking all this?? I'm quite surprised
She has been changing her position and slowly moving towards the center.
She has been critic of BJP government but she has never been a critic of India as state. Thats what BJP supporters have always misinterpreted. Criticism of BJP has been taken as criticism of India. And she has been labelled anti-national that way.
@@anshul9462 It's naive to say she has been a critic of BJP but not of India. Her reporting has hurt India's interest. The most recent example is her reporting on the farm bills where she used all her tricks to misinform the public.
I agree that the anti-national label is unfair. But Arundhati Roy is an anti-national and both of them come from the same group of people.
Congressis and their allies would not consider Arundhati R to be antinational. They see India from a very different lens. 😊
@@anshul9462 I have seen her interview about Kashmir terrorist
And asking why that guy did it
That guy says he did it for Islam
And she is correcting him and saying they did it for kasmiri freedom
What is wrong between elections? India has free press, open social media. Only thing monopoly of liberal is gone.
What you are saying is not entirely correct. When it needs to catch a criminal like Amrit pal or when it needs to control for the possibility of riots, they shut internet in part of the country as a safety measures. That is restriction of internet freedom. The free press is attacked when the movie Modi question is banned in the country. The free press is attacked when they are prevented from visiting Kashmir. There is attack on free press when the Pm never answers journalists questions. It could also be said that social media and free press is attacked when the government demands Twitter remove some content.
Now I might agree or disagree with some of these characterization. But that is what they are talking about. And they are legitimate.
@@jameslawrence5828 no they are not. Not everything followed by the west is automatically correct. You need to get out of that mindset. Indians jump into violence at the drop of a hat. So shutting down the internet is absolutely essential for maintaining law and order. The same people like you who scream hysterically “attack on press” will abuse the government if violence goes out of control. Because you guys hate the country and hate Hindus.
Secondly, it is height of idiocy to suggest not having a press conference is an “attack on the press”. Pure rubbish. And the assumption is that every press reporter is the epitome of honesty and they have all descended from heaven. Get off that high horse.
It's the Muslim League mindset. So long as they held political power over the majority of Indians, they were in peace (or whatever peace means to them). The moment power passes onto the majority, the sky falls straight down. It's a strategy that has been replicated over millennia.
@@jameslawrence5828bh I feel that Kashmir wouldn't have been such a big issue if foreign powers like Pakistan and China didn't intervene. It's not that India wants to restrict Kashmir. I wholeheartedly believe that Kashmiris are Indian citizens, muslim or hindu doesn't matter. It is a beautiful place and deserves peace
Coercion has unfortunately been the only way to restore peace in the valley. Kashmiris get a lot of benefit from being a part of India since they have access to Indian universities as well as a chance to grow with the Indian economy, something an unstable state like Pakistan can dream of.
As for the twitter thing, the government did say that they didn't coerce anyone to do so. Even if the government tried to do it, I saw many people opposing the Modi government on Twitter even during farmer's protests. India has a bad track record in implementing internet censorship, people find ways to get what they want
@@valetudan234 the ineffectiveness of restricting internet freedom is a reasonable statement on the practical effect of it. But the govt imposition is the problem which is what these rankings are looking at. Look at how Manipur is struggling now. The BJP govt is doing a rubbish job in that state.
Good to hear balanced views from Barkha. So rare coming from her but v refreshing
She has been critic of BJP government but she has never been a critic of India as state. Thats what BJP supporters have always misinterpreted. Criticism of BJP has been taken as criticism of India. And she has been labelled anti-national that way.
@@anshul9462I seem to have more respect for Barkha than I have for Rana Ayyub
@@anshul9462 just by posting same reply on every comment won’t give any weightage to your highly untruthful claims. You really need to go back few years back to see what she has been up to. She even justified genocide of Kashmiri Hindus by Islamists. Also, it’s not just about opposing BJP on every front, that’s perfectly fine but she was so biased and close to Congress that her conversation between businesswoman made it crystal clear which side she was in by discussion who should get which ministry in Congress government like a broker. So, next time please do your homework properly before such outlandish claims.
@@Aniruddhm Instead of arguing same thing with everyone whats wrong in pasting same comment when I want to say samething in reply to various comments
India should maintain a cordial strategic relationship with all its neighbours, including China, and not depend on a far away arms merchant of repute whose only objective is to expand its market. And to that end this country has established over 800 bases in the world to ensure its business of being the largest arms dealer of the world. India should remain independent , neutral and not bend its knees to anyone, especially to any of the western powers.
Some people don't understand the Indian govt. very well, but if you look critcally at their foreign policy trends or objectives very well, you will see that Indians want the rest of the world to see them like China, the US. Russia, or the collective West. They want others to see them as masters of their own, like how the Russians or the United States see themselves.They don't want to pursue the interest of any country over their own.The West is going to have to deal with a more assertive India that pursues its own interest in the coming years as India grows militarily and economically.Russia already knows that, so they cooperate with Indians rather than asking Indians to allign themselves with Russians.The problem for Indians is that, they do not have the manufacturing capability or capacity like the U.S, Russia,? EU or China.
don't worry we had some communal issues also had corrupt gov since independence we spend past 10 yrs on poverty eradication and basic infrastructure development , our next aim is to go restless on manufacturing considering the vast population, the fundamental problem with west is that it doesn't understand that we are surrounded by terrorist perpetuating nations and have similar radicals in our country itself, to which the west try to sympathise with the terrorists however even after all this India is continuing to shine on thing we have is that we have excellent control over inflation, creating a direct price arbitrage which we are now trying to capitalise as well
@@rishabkariya9407 well Asia attained freedom from colonial subjugation , in literal sense in 2023. IMF World Bank and word salad UN body is nothing but an extension of colonial rule. The biggest colonial loot is the US dollar, forced upon the world.
Very true
@@sreyanshuchaterjee3962 true brother
Barkha a journalist, columnist, activist, propagandist, and even a power broker (Radia tapes) but what she is not is a strategic analyst. So pls don't take her or her column seriously. India-US will be allies, but won't say so openly.
According to Praveen of the Force Magazine, yes Russia/China/Praveen see India is as no longer India, but like others a Vassal of US. Just what would happen if India face up with Russia militarily.
west and anti india forces try to portrait India as negative image by same minority right mainly Muslims coz no other community is radical ....which is totally political...
1. first Muslims are always victim even if you give them all the rights...they love this image to create chaos and use it to protect them and hide behind true victims.
no other community have problem only this community have ....even after they have their own muslim law board in a democratic country.. who denial countries law .
2. In India , Muslims are majority and equal // look india give too big parts to Muslims radical Bangladesh and Pakistan ...and some stay who are loyal for their identity expect some are still radical...it was in the religion it self.
3.this is made up trick by west and radical muslims to change the power of leadership.... muslim have their own LAW board where they don't accept indian main law in this democratic country where no other country has...given them to muslims.
"Our" dependency? Has she become a US citizen?
That was "Soros" talking .
Rise of India is always good for the geopolitics and stability! Best of luck India!
I am deeply concerned about the brutal genocide against Black, Hispanics, Muslims, Women in USA.
The failure of American democracy is quite alarming.
Yes Gang raping of KuKis and genocide by Indians are No maters of concern.
Ian next time you interview Barkha, ask her how Muslims are now more emotionally stable than before Modi’s government formation.
Whenever anything related to Muslims like their religious sentiments were hurt, there used to be massive riots in INDIA and damage to public property.
Ian it’s time you woke guys in west learn that Muslims emotionally can be controlled within law provided it’s applied to all
Again she is wrong , Pm Modi doesn’t care about anything, especially the western press ….. If you want to understand, Pm Modi is to understand, his election manifesto….
India is hindu majority constitution based country doesn't discriminate Muslims. Muslims who doesn't want to live in hindu majority India, pakistan is created for them. We can not have islamic laws in India like triple talaq, polygamy, sharia etc
India is a secular pluralistic constitution and parliamentary democracy. It has a Hindu majority but it is not a Hindu constitution. If anything Ambedkar specifically wanted to design a system that accommodated non Hindus.
@@jameslawrence5828
Non Hindus have lived in India for more than 2000 years and were never discriminated. Jews still claim India is the only country that never discriminated against them
@@jameslawrence5828"accomodated" is where it stops. If you read India's constitution, nearly every law is framed to keep in mind Hindu sentiments, including references to Lord Rama. Although the constitution guarantees freedom of religion, it doesn't say that India is secular
You may argue that the preamble of India has the words "socialist" and "secular" in them but these were added by former prime minister Indira Gandhi who was a Soviet puppet and wanted absolute control over India by declaring an "emergency"
You can verify everything I said on your own
India is NOT secular in the way the west sees it. It is a Hindu majority country with a constitution that leads towards Hinduism, even many of India's missiles and rockets are given Sanskrit names. Sanskrit is the liturgical language of Hinduism
At the very least, minorities are tolerated.
Do NOT be mistaken that muslims are "oppressed" in India. They are the primary target for appeasement by political parties during elections, they have a STRONG lobbying group. If you stay I'm India then you'll get more clarity
@@valetudan234 I do not disagree with the secular addition. But I think that is superior to the Hindu nation concept promoted by the Bjp. I do not want a Hindu theocracy. A Hindu society is absolutely welcome.
I origins should not be merely tolerated but should be welcomed, embraced, and encouraged to thrive. Failure to accomodate them into our family is a failure as the host society.
@@jameslawrence5828
The Hindu rashtra concept isn't endorsed by the top faces of the BJP as much as the lower party members. Narendra Modi as a whole is aware that India can't be a Hindu state even if he wanted to, it's too big, too diverse for that to ever happen. Modi doesn't hate muslims like many other "human rights activists" argue. He's pro-hindu, not anti-muslim. When the new parliament was being inaugurated, prayers were performed by people of all religions. The Qur'an was also recited to keep in mind the auspicious day. Modi also notably paused a speech of his to allow the Muslims to preach the azaan.
tbh we don't persecute minorities like the west says. If the CAA was something that gave them the idea then let me clarify this
It is supposed to be specifically to accomodate minority communities living in the bordering Muslim countries to get citizenship of India much more easily. The reason why it doesn't include muslims is because it is targeted at Muslim countries. India considers Ahmedis as Muslim and hence they haven't been included in the CAA
The NRC is just to crack down on those people who have migrated to India without following legal procedure. Any muslim who has owns property in India and has an ancestral history of living in India will not see their citizenship being stripped off. Besides, most of these immigrants only carry aadhar cards which isn't a proof of citizenship so the government would be very careful in this.
We Indians do not want migration of muslims from our neighbouring countries. Despite having such a large muslim population, the percentage of Indian muslims engaging in radical activities remains very low and almost completely exclusive to the single state of Kerala in southern India. The core muslim population in northern India live close to Pakistan and Bangladesh who are undergoing radicalisation. If it spills over to India then it'll be a big problem
I'd propose the government to not allow migration of Christians either since they tend to convert the local population, hurting India's Hindu legacy.
We are free to accomodate people, however minorities in particular take the majority for granted which is not acceptable, the BJP as a whole only has a plant to shut those people up who can't accept that India has a Hindu majority and as a whole remains a Hindu society. Hinduism survives on tolerance of other cultures and we don't want these people who call us devil worshippers or infidels to live here in India.
The BJP's message is clear, if you want to live in India, you need to live like an Indian. India is a Hindu society and you have to respect it, individual states with a non-hindu majority are free to formulate their own local laws that suit their culture. The central government would always be majority leaning
People shouldn't confuse it with majoritarianism, because if that were to be the case, then muslims and Christians would've been declared as aliens by the Indian government, which is not the case. Minorities even get minority scholarships in many states that actually have a Hindu majority too
This is how India is, we are careful to not fall into a civil war like Sri Lanka but at the same time, we want minorities to respect India's history and Heritage in the same way as a Hindu does and not take the tolerant nature of Hindus for granted
Personally I don't hate muslims or Christians, I am friends with muslims and Christians myself, however, i wouldn't like it if they cross a line
Barkhaji has realized its not patriotric to bash about India on international media
Modi cabinet best set of ministers next to india 1st cabinet. He gets selected because of his work not because of President like system. Barkha just makes up stories.
Barkha got Padma Shri for demeaning Modi in 2002 riots..
Barkha is the last person u want to have opinion on India
Well done, Barkha. Very balanced take.
African perspective: from Ghana one of the better off African nations. Worlds 3rd or 4th producer of gold. Yet when you look at the numbers they are effectively paying Britain to take the gold. There is not a net cash flow to the Ghana coffers from gold. And when you do the research you will find that this was baked in to the deal when they gained independence from Britain in the 50s.
They became an oil producer in the 2000s. The numbers suggest the amount that goes to the Ghana state is 0.5% of all revenues. You heard that right. 99.5% of the oil revenue goes to Britain and America.
Now you tell me. If the same people came to you and told you to go fight Russia in Ukraine, would you do it? Ghana is hardly mentioned in the international media because there is no crazy stuff going on there. But Ghana is very influential among the African nations for historic reasons. So now it makes sense none of them are interested in Ukraine. If you want to fight Russia go do it yourself. India China Africa and I believe South America, simply do care. They have heard it all before and they are not impressed.
They invited propaganda monster lmao
We should never 'go to bed:with the US. Next thing we know, they'll be ordering us around, something we'rnt used to.
Ian, I have a great admiration for your analysis and opinions. But your views would definitely get erred if you invite people like Barkha to comment on Indian polity, in the current scenario.
For the leftists "real democracy" is only when their people get elected😂😂
They are essentially today's Muslim League. So long as they held supreme power, everything was good. The moment power passes on to the majority of people, the sky falls straight on their heads. 😅
"real democracy" is the one that is liberal and allows migration for everyone. Including terrorists into their land
"Real democracy" also allows the Qur'an to be burnt publically
Barkha Dutt is not qualified to speak for India
She is ardent anti-hindu.
She comes from a refugee background of sialkot. She loves Islamists.
Erosion of democratic norms! These Westerners live in la la land. 😅😅
India is no one's ally.
You must remember India is the Only Ancient Civilization still standing with much of its original ethos, religious practices still in place. So asking India to be an ally of some nation born a few hundred years is an affront to Indians.
So why is India part of QUAD? India is just hypocrite and tends to be treacherous.
For the fiirst time i bow my head in appreciation of barkha dutt.
I was ready to be super-critical of Barkha Dutt. But I admit she surprised me by being fairly unbiased and quite perceptive. ...
Brilliant prog Ian. Barkha is a worthy guest and was at her articulate best
Burka's shifting colors range from dark green to bright orange depending upon the ruling party.
India and the US are independent of the largest democratic nations in the world. Are they not have the freedom of differing on certain issues while respect each other for global good.
Today the world is very much as multi-polar on many issues..
Larger participation of various sections of people on critical global issues will help largely to ensure peace and prosperity for all .
Eurasia Group is just helping that in bringing top thinktank on one platform.
Correction. The Indians are successful not because they are in America. They are successful because of their culture and values. Family oriented and focus in education and business. The interviewer seems ignorant to the fact that Indians are all over the world and in every country their results are similar. Because of their culture. This is the arrogance the west needs to overvome, spewing nonsense with arrogance.
India will become its own pole in a multipolar world. That’s the way it should be.
Are you seriously asking the question?
India is only about her own interests.
If you have doubts, remember this: India has always aspire to be the non-aligned nations' leader since 1960s, starting from Nehru, and up till now, Modi.
If she appears to support the West, then you need to have your appointment with the shrink asap. ('Cos you may be suffering from a first stage delusion brought on by schizophrenic tendency.
And if you're wondering why she seems to be on the side of the West or G7? Then you aren't an Indian, are you?
TBH, India has an oversized ambition, with a two-timer nature, which she employs for achieving that goal. 😂
we lndia is working with China for de-dollarization
WHY CAN'T WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE WE CAN FOCUS ON TRADE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE INSTEAD OF DIVIDE WARS MY SIDE AGAINST YOUR SIDE LIKE A BUNCH OF KIDS. GROW UP. IN 100 YEARS 2123 ALMOST ALL OF LIVING WILL BE DEAD. OUR TIME ON EARTH IS SO LIMITED WHAT ARE WE FIGHT FOR? IT WILL BE NICE FOR INDIA TO JOIN NATO AND LET THE BRICS AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH FOCUS ON PEACE TRADE AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE IN BRICS NATIONS.
Barka was forced to comment that modi's popularity is growing day by day although our Indian journo's counter part was saying Modis image is grown multi fold globally. If his image is growing globally that means the great international leaders have noticed the true image of Mr.Modi, but being in journalism Ms.Barkha calls out the infamous narrative of non US visa to Modi which was legally quashed against modi. Hopefully Barkha will take a central approach atleast once in her life time on Modi. - Jai hind
Can think of the other way, are we India's ally? We better be arm in arm if both nations are interested in democracy! We can learn something from a 75% democratic approval rating of Modi. Interesting that both countries have a their own culture wars happening especially when both are at their strongest economically.
India has a close relationship with Russia which is under Chinese influence, while also having a close relationship with the UK which is under US influence. I wouldn't call India "neutral" however it does have a conflict of interest which is expected from the cultural differences between the state's diverse provinces. Similar to the US and EU, India is more like an Empire of multiple culturally aligned states than a single unified body like most countries
India must be independent being a large nation .
As an Indian I hope we hitch our wagon to the US. We have many problems. Wouldn't it be better that instead of solving them only by ourselves we also take help from others to solve them and also help where we can to solve other's problems. We did a closed economy and a closed system until 91. Where did that take us ? We were very poor and miserable. We're poor today too but things aren't as bad as they were back then. We opened up to the world and we're better off for it. Let us be more open still. Closing up didn't do us any good.
Do you think the American engine has the power to pull a nation like india , a nation of one and half billion people,if so for how long? When it becomes tough will it just unhitch the burdening wagon.india needs its own engine. It gives us freedom to steer.
Once modi was allowed into the US, shits started rolling in Manipur etc. It is like let the genocide begin.
India is on the side of money as usual
Just like every country should be, instead of licking some other superpowers boots.
Yeah thats why india giving aid to Afghanistan, srilanka etc
Where you the so called champions of democracy invaded Afghanistan, Vietnam, iraq, syria etc
Why? For money , to earn money from war and weapons
For india, the World is not black and white like you people see it
If it were usual for India to be on the side of money, then India would have been a US ally since Independence.
After a visit to US, Modi had reversal on refusing to sign the SCO 2030 economic agreement, decided not to participate in BRICS currency for settlement, allows a US navy base on the west coast of India. Since India is opposing SCO and BRICS policies, then in order to maintain her dignity - withdraw instead of waiting to be expelled. It is perfectly the rights of a nation to make decisions best for her citizens but when in an organization and remaining a thorn then please withdraw gracefully. Being in the QUAD also indicated whose side India is leaning... well only time will tell if Modi made the right decisions...
US support of Pakistan in war against India, denying others countries to deliver weapons and critical technologies to India, supporting Pakistan in UN in Kashmir, supporting Pakistan in 1971 war, supporting genocide of Bangladeshi people by Pakistan army, sending nuclear fleet at India's maritime boundaries while the Bangladeshi genocide was taking place, creating insurgency in Kashmir by supplying weapons and money to Pakistan to create Mujahedeen etc.
What economy is being talked about ? GDP is a false indicator of any economy. The true indicator is per capita income. Here the indian economy is a failure.
Pakistan at one stage was an ally and was insulted and now India is an ally of the same country. If this lady had her daughter murdered on a train in gujurat, I suspect she would elated.
Gzero , where were you hitherto? If you have followed American visit of Mr. Modi you would not have behaved like a man slept for years. Genaral rule is if you wants to talk about a country and its leader one should do some home work. I know Radia journalist Bhurkha Datt will not do that . Now it is clear nither you did. If two India'phobia individuals talk to each other then no prize to those who says what they talk. carry-on.
Burke's duty is a joke on Indian journalism. Everyone despise her for what she did in 1999 Kargil.
Atleast use right map of India 🇮🇳😂 before taking about India baised amer. News channel 😂😂
What questions calling a terrorist headmaster son barkha 😂😂😂😂😂
Strongly oppose the wrong map of India shown by u, pakistan occupied Kashmir should be shown as a part of India.
Wonderful discussion. Thanks.
Her "bark" is worse than her bite. Ask those same questions to other Indian journalists to get a different perspective. She claims to be unbiased.
Why did the US government at all give him a visa in the first instance 10 years back after denying him twice?
Why do you keep bringing his religious bias after the Supreme Court of India has declared him innocent for the 2003 riots in Gujarat?
If the US press does not respect the India SCI, it is sheer arrogance. He has won elections for two successive terms and now will (possibly) win a third.
Do you really think the US democratic system is the holy grail and hence you need to pontify to other democracies?
India should look out for itself. Indian should be on India's side. I am a USA citizen.
India can be anyone's ally but not a Vassal State. Atleast not after getting independence from a western power like Britain.
where US ally why ......who want to US ally ......this guy try to create the image US is something world should bow down and if they give you ally tag means a giving you a award that all county should be fond off . whole world should know there is no america when there is INDIA / Bharat .... india dont need US to counter china..
it was US who is using this time to capture Indian markets..
Barkha has been a strong supporter of Muslim rights and USA should keep her to spread awareness about the innocence of Muslims in everything they do
Somebody said that India is unfair to the Muslim race. I don't understand how the kafir race and the Muslim race can be fair to each other to everyone's satisfaction.
India aims to be a *Great Power in a multi-polar world!*
However, China wants to replace US as the global hegemon... or atleast become the *regional hegemon of the Eastern Hemisphere* pushing US out to the Westerner Hemisphere!
To be a *global hegemon... its needs to become a regional hegemon first!*
And to become a regional hegemon... its needs to *subdue India - its only future challenger in this region!*
This is the reason China carries out *unnecessary baravado against India on the himayalan border* from time to time... and *props up Pakistan* as a bulwark against India!
This strategy has backfired bigtime... as *India is now partnering with US and the QUAD members* to counter China's hegemonic ambitions!
Russia will NOT come to the aide of China in any WAR... pitted against the US and the Eastern Giants (India, Japan, South Korea & Australia).
Russia is anyway fighting an existential battle... where China is only providing LIP SERVICE and taking cheap oil from it!
Even the two closest allies of China - North Korea & Pakistan - will NOT come to its rescue!!
The reporter chose a guest who herself is dikb in understanding of India's foreign policy.
It is like a deaf is speaking to a blind to tell how the world looks
To much unpleasant past history between the two countries We are an old old country and we have a long long memory.
Did everybody forget India was a part of the "Third World" during the Cold War between Washington and Moskow? They have kept their stance the same, in principle, since then.
And they have several reasons to do so. New Delhi is smiling at Washington because Beijing is "bullying" India, not "threatening." Of course, Indian leaders may say to "the West" that they feel threatened by Chinese actions around the lines of actual control and Kashmir. First, however, it needs to be clarified that Chinese action is a threat to India in general. Second, even if Indian security is being threatened by Chinese action, the degree and the mechanism they perceive it could be totally different to the way the US imagined. Lastly, India also has its own domestic politics, which could hinder the Indian Prime Minister from making Indian foreign policy aligned with the US. Considering these factors, I think India will not sign any form of alliance treaty with the US, at least within three decades.
He already signed it, just 2 weeks ago. And I live in India, China is a BIG threat and a leading issue in domestic politics.
@@greenweed3253lol konsa maal fukta hai bacche?
Let's be clear here, china doesn't have any plans to attack india, another nuclear nation directly. That's why it funds pakistan so that they can fight china's proxy war. Pakistan was first funded by America to train Mujahideens and counter USSR, and now they're being used by China to counter india. Pakistan is a great vessel state for creating unease in the region. And China knew it. China will just focus on taking over Taiwan and periodically having these border clashes with india.
@greenweed3253 Sorry, but I think you missed my point. It seems that some countries that are not familiar with alliance treaty, such as Iran and India, are often confused it with any form of partnership. No. Alliance treaty we are talking about here is something different. It is a certain form of obligation imposed on participants. For example, the alliance treaty the US has with South Korea imposed treaty obligation that, if either side of the treaty is attacked by someone else in the Asian-Pacific region, the legislative branch of the other side MUST decide whether the state of war between them and the aggressor exists. What you mentioned that the Indian Prime Minister signed is not alliance treaty but a form of "comprehensive" partnership. The term "comprehensive" is, in fact, a kind of diplomatic rhetoric, which means that the partnership statement is not fixed but changeable. And the partnership is about broadly technologies and investments, not security and military, as far as I understand the statement issued by the White House.
Please bring to Sanjeev sanyal PM economic advisor he will give u the answer to democracy.
aaaaah GZERO Media ..........hell ! of all people you are taking gyaan from barkha dutt, bloody hell !! the earth has become flat.
India is like Turkiye. It is on it's own side.
india has national interests. that's it. just like the us. just like most countries are starting to behave.
No one listens to Barkha Dutt anymore, I was surprised to see she is still talking 😂
With Modi and Biden PRC must be terrified. LOL
Idk but China doesn't take india seriously, we really don't know
India understands being a part of Russia or West ..will loose it's position as India to many countries
I had just subscribed you , but you brought brought in the old goat !! She will give you some debate , but your entire thought process is as flawed as the CNN , WP, NYT…. Audios😊
India is on the Indian side. It makes friends with all except Pakistan & China. The main aim is to do business and make
money. Friendship is a means to achieving it. If it can't make money it simply ignores that country. This is the Gujarati approach. No country will assist India in a real war! India makes friends and buys weapons. Nehru used to send Friendship
delegations! GDP was 3%, famines, etc. Indi-Cheena bhai-bhai. Where did it lead to? A multilateral approach means, doing
business with all. When this is exposed openly, like in the Ukraine war, will India fail? Not in all cases. Foreign Investments look for only one thing. "What is in there for ME?" India is giving them several options. They look for infrastructure, an educated working force, and profit making environment. Modi ji is providing them. Countries like Vietnam ($22B) and Mexico ($111B) compete with India ($1.6 Trillion).
Surely Indians haven’t forgotten all the hostile actions the USA has perpetrated on India?
My knowledge of history is limited, could you please elaborate?
@@ericdane7769 support of pakistan in war against india, denying others countries to deliver weapons and critical technologies to india, supporting Pakistan in UN in kashmir, supporting Pakistan in 1971 war, supporting genocide of bangladeshi people by Pakistan army, sending nuclear fleet at india maritime boundaries, creating insurgency in kashmir by supplying weapons and money to pakistan to create Mujahideen etc.
@@SunnyYadav-ny5kf Quite a list, I'm gonna have to look into that. Supporting genocide and creating insurgency, no minor stuff.
@@ericdane7769 yeah search 1971 genocide east pakistan now bangladesh. And insurgency was like an outcome of creating Mujahideen for fighting proxy war in Afghanistan and Pakistan created terrorist organisation out of them like jaish-e-mohmmad, lashkar-e-taiba to create terrorism in kashmir. Even now terrorist in kashmir are getting US advanced weapons like guns, night vision, satellite communication etc which USA left in Afghanistan which create unstablity in the region.
@@ericdane7769 ua-cam.com/video/eATr7e03N6w/v-deo.html 1971 genocide
For the first time i am seeing Barkha talking positively towards modi and his leadership...
Suprisingly balanced views from barkha
India has 2400 km long border with China with multiple border disputes... Confrontation is obvious...
So obviously enemies enemy is my friend.
Well presented!
Barkha Dutt.. And renowned😂😂😂
The sad look on face of anchor when Barkha Dutt to his disappointment rather gives a more balanced perspective on Modi and India. 😀😀
Barka dutt 😂 being pro modi am shocked
Anything with Barkha is a good benchmark for Indian geopolitical thought and action. Indians do exactly the opposite of what she envisages
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As we have brain 🧠 but barha not
India doesn't believe Ally word..
It is used by USA...
India used Partnership word 🥰🥰
whenever I see barkha only one word comes to my mind JHAMUNDA
those who dont understand just give it a search
just type jhamunda
and share your thoughts
India does not need to be on anyone's side, except to pursue its traditional role of supporting what is right and just. That role, by definition, leaves the west, with its warmongering, interfering attitude, with its long history of violence against our fellow humans, out. The west needs India much more than India needs the west. Until India acts against institutions like Harvard, which are not just educational, but political, and until Indians quit having feelings of inferiority complex, the chances of her attaining super power status, along the lines of China (which does not compromise her thinking as Chinese) will only be a pipe-dream! Read the works of the now famous Rajiv Malhotra for further explanatory detail, and don't be fooled by the likes of Bremmer!
How many allies does US need ?
If India still fails to recognize the reality that the US will only make it a pawn instead of helping the Modi government to achieve its strategic aspiration of becoming an industrial power, its economic prospects will be worrying.
Getting close/ joining AMERICA's evil design means to be a beck and call servant in a master and servant relationship...
WELL DONE NARENDRA MODI...
KEEP ROCKING IN US FLATTERY AND SYMBOLISM...
GO FOR IT...
AMERICA SAVES INDIA!!!!...
India cannot spoil relationships with any country on this planet They have to have a diplomatic relations with all countries
20 billion is the wrong figure of trade check it please
Your choice to bring barkha dutt to the panel will not give you subscribers rather dislikes 😅
What about the inverse question? Is America on indias side or pakistans side? I am not sure where america stands. Why are forcing india to take a side but america can do what it wants. Hypocrites.