He is 100% right when he says that a handful of Indian intellectuals are responsible for India's poor reputation in the west. It is about time the Lutyens Delhi crowd is challenged by unbiased indian intellectuals who can tell the world the truth.
But will Western media give platform for our Indic voices? That Mr.Babones will conveniently not talk about. Remember NYT gave an ad for recruitment of Indians who have Anti India stand for their news paper. They are that much thick skinned to give out such recruitment criteria openly and no one will call out their biases. This man also is good at turning Indians against Indians and he try to say that the Western media outlets are innocent.
That's not exactly correct. The west actively seeks out those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning. Infact they even groom them! Do you know what Harvard does? Where did the current CJI learned his wokeism from?
@@vaniganapathi830 Thanks to Prof. Babones, many Indian or Indian origin media personalities, like Fareed Zakaria and Western media outlets are writing slightly positive articles about India, these days. The shift is negligible, but it is there. And I am sorry to say that I expect Indian intellectuals and opinion - makers, especially, JNU professors and others who are paid by the Indian taxpayers, to not peddle blatant lies and run India down at home and abroad, just because it suits their personal agendas.
@@vaniganapathi830 The leftist anti-Indian crowd have diligently worked on their English language skills for long. So they get hired more easily by western media agencies. Barring a few in South India, expressing views in the English language to cater to an international audience was never a priority for Indian nationalists. However, that is changing really fast. Hopefully, we will see better and more articulate speakers and thinkers writing the unbiased truth about India in the times to come.
I am an Indian Christan from South India. We are Christians in India - Thomas Christians of Oriental Orthodox Group - from AD 52. All our sister churches in the middle east are no more. We are here - after 2000 years. I am a Proud Indian. BJP is a Blessing for India.
Christianity has vanished in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh not a word of criticism on that. World ignores that. Where have the Christians of these countries disappeared? Noone is intrested. India has Christians, they are happy. Still only india is targeted.
Nice are you blind to the fact of churches being attacked and burnt in India mainly in the northern states.Or are you lying to make sure the RSSBJP won’t attack you. The RSS is a anti Christian and Muslim and Dalit organization..
One final step remains: Ghar wapsi. As a matter of interest were you never curious how you look Indian, talk Indian, eat Indian and yet are a Christian? I guess the saving grace is that your not a converted Muslim!
Dr.B is careful in his criticism America. He doesn't hate the US or speak badly just bc he has some critiques. THAT is a true patriot. People like Sardesai and Raga ought to take notes >:(
He is CIA agent. They love they play the left and right and controlll both narrative and make a nation fight and destroy himself. He shud be kicked out just like rest American leftist. India's fate will be decided by Indians alone not CIA
He is most likely a CIA agent from what I have studied him. 1) when he 1st came to India when Sardesai asked him something related to politics he said he din care much about politics and was a statistician who stumbled upon faults on Indias data on the indexes but a month later he is tweeting on kejriwal AAP, Rahul Gandhi. He started speaking on nuisances in Indian politics like any local would as if he's been studying Indian politics from a long time. 2) he's been a guest professor in China and Russia. His assignments seem to be extremely inclined with the countries America is interested in. The USA has a doctrine they always influence both sides like the left and the right. So that they control the narrative on both sides according to what they seek at a particular time. He could be a guy put in to infiltrate and shape the Indian right wing according to the US's needs. People need to keep a watch on him for any clues on this.
@@Itachi_Uchia1I don't trust him either. But he is a tool and a tool should be used. He keeps wrongly blaming the Indian intellectuals for it all and gives a free pass to the west, when the fact is that it's the west which actively seeks those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning adn even grooms them. Harvard is the den of such snakes, wherefrom even our CJI leans wokeism.
Dr. Babones is right when he says, Congress has neglected the growth of India, for decades. The BJP has developed that growth in the last ten years only and that tells alot about a party that wants to move forward. He is also right, when he says that, government should remove unneccessary red tape from the agriculture sector. Red Tape in India has blocked much progress throughout the decades.
You are right about neglect by Congress. Red tape is a 70 year chronic disease. The BJP should be given one more term at the least to change the scenario.
J. Michael, who are you fooling? No matter how much we may now criticize Nehru's policy of big dams based on the USA's Tennessee Valley Corporation, or the unwanted fallout of the US-led Green Revolution of the 60s, we have to acknowledge that Nehru's foresight helped India stop importing foodgrains, even as his good relations with USSR helped India build its state-run steel industry, hydel power, and nuclear power plants. And it was a Congress government at the Center that pushed thru the 73rd and 74th Amendments that created a third tier of governance at village, block and district levels. An earlier Congress government made participative district level planning a core strategy of its Planning Commission - which led to the Commission itself being abolished by the Modi government. This good professor should see some films that have been made on India's "Final Solution" to its "Muslim problem." Indoctrination by the RSS has helped communal Hindu formations run bloody pogroms against Muslims where the police stand by and do nothing. Christian churches and their priests and nuns have also been targeted for abuse and often torture, but tend to keep quiet about incidents as they work in remote areas with the most underprivileged former 'Outcaste' communities. But he must remember the case of Graham Staines, leprosy doctor serving remote tribal villages who was burnt to death along with his two small sons as they slept at night in their jeep. The right wing local political activist who incited this act was promptly made a minister of the BJP.
Modiji has done,achieved all that Indians wanted. Bullet train, beautiful varanasi, terrorism free, digital India, better trains, better railway stations, better education, peaceful kashmir. He has derived. Everything
@@joyaroy8532 Yes, I understand, those early days and how Congress helped to build up India's infra structures in those early days. It's a stepping stone to all that is being developed in India today. India is a multi facet religious country with every conceivable ideology one can think of, so, religious turmoil will always be there, mostly among the illiterate masses that can be brainwashed to suit the politicians accordingly. Hindu/Muslim riots have been there, even before independance. (That's how the partition of India took place). Pakistan is not a country, it was created on a religious divide, but many Muslims, still choose to remain behind which was a mistake. They should have all been forced to leave. Hinduism is based on Ahimsa, which means, Non Violence. This was mercifully exploited by the Muslims. Islam is a forceful ideology and want all the world to be converted by any means. Christianity uses soft power and money. Hindus feel threatened and marginalized, so, fighting back, is quite normal. Islam and Christianity are the most violent of all other ideologies. Religions have killed and slaughtered more people, throughout history, than all the wars put together. Since, we are not programmed to think alike, we, get groups that force their beliefs on others, no matter how it's done. But, I will not condemn everyone, it's the hard core fanatics that go after the others and vis a vis. I need to be fair, because, I am human first. What I believe in, is personal. It's between me and God. I am not interested in what you believe in. Let God do the judging in the after life, that's His duty, not mine to judge my fellow men. Live and let live I know, it's a tall order, but hopefully, we will go on to the next level of wisdom and peace will reign among me. But, it will take more time, much more time. Meanwhile, the killings on every side, will carry on, in the name of all the gods.
Prof Babones in sociology is like a less raging version of Prof Anand Ranganathan, spits stats and then makes comments but with a smile and chuckle. Really like listening to him, quite levelheaded and consistent. His comparison of India with Sub-Saharan Africa was eye opening to me, we are socially advanced but productively not so much. Quite cool. Please bring him again on the podcast.
Right wing of West is conservative Christian lead that is not a liberal religion but Indian right wing is Hindu culture lead that is libral in it's core values🇮🇳🚩
Indian Raitha Right Vs Indian Pure Traditionalists Right is what you see in India... (One is Right, whereas the other is Far Right) For example, people like : Arnab Goswami of Republic Channel V/s Pramod Muthalik chief of the Rashtriya Hindu Sena, the parent organisation of the Sri Ram Sene. Raithas like Goswamy supports the LGBTQ rights in India whereas, Traditionalists like Muthalik disowns and sharply objects to the rights of the LGBTQ community in India.
Seen and heard Prof Salvatore for the first time and become admirer of his knowledge and honest portrayal of what he feels about India and it's people..
Till 1820, India was a Sona Kee Chiria with the second-largest economy in the world. What a pity today we are compared with Sub-Saharan Africa, and we feel good about it.
He keeps wrongly insisting and blaming it all on Indian intellectuals while absolving the west of it all. when the fact is that it's the west which actively seeks those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning and even grooms them. Harvard is the den of such snakes.
Indian Folklore: The doors to the fortress always is opened for invaders from within and this is always true for India which has more internal so called intellectual enemies than from outside. We educated Indians have now become smarter and as rightly said by the learned professor, we have to solve our own problems and must keep working collectively on building a new world superpower within next 25 years. BJP government is doing a great job in this direction and we all as true nationalists must support our elected government in achieving that Indian dream of regaining our lost glory and honour in this world. Thanks again Smitha for this wonderful podcast as usual. Vande Mataram 🙏 Akanda Bharat ❤ Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Dr. Babones I am living in New York right now. But let me bow in gratitude, for putting your voice for us Indian on the world platform. This will go a long way in helping us shed this false narrative doing rounds. 🙏
Hi...pls arrange a meeting of Mr.Babones in the next OCI holders or green card holder indian and anyone who is really interested in the Growth of India with positive perception. We all need to make him heard across globe
Smita ma’am is simply great as a host. Salvatore has been able to articulate his position in a much better way in this one single podcast compared to all the events,litfests and conclaves. His understanding of India in such less time is astounding
This is arguably the most critical podcast that Smita Prakash has done since she started. The Indian media should take this debate across the world. All public opinion and a 360 degree analysis may well be done on this cast. Let there be a brutally honest objective assessment of his expositions. Once we do that , the spin put up by the global wokes that the Professor's views are biased will be exposed as vacuous. It is time we put our national counter narrative based on empirical bases and fought this engineered India bashing and Hinduphobia.
Dr J Shankar is showing a Mirror to the Hypocrites and he’s doing a wonderful job. In fact he’s the only one person who isn’t afraid to Call Spade a Spade. The rest of Indians in the Government and Diplomatic Services including the Indian Diaspora are TOO TIMID. Time to wake up and stand up for India and Indian Culture.
He won me over at 45:25 . “India is an extraordinarily Nationalistic Country.” Yes we are Sir. We are the descendants of who fought 100+ years for freedom. Jai Hind! Jai Bharat! ❤
He is CIA agent who wants India to still trust American CIA ranking fake indexs, blaming it on Indian left so that India fight withing rather than expose American CIA agenda. America cia always plays this right verses left ideology in each nation, funds it's left by Soros and other org. And when India expose American CIA ranking this CIA agent comes here to defend it and blame it on Indian left. ***
First time in my life I see India is heading in the right direction as a nation, its searching for its roots and trying to hold a tight grip to its soil, Hindus are realizing about the political traps and tricks played with them to keep them divided, separated from others, the depth of Muslim appeasement in the name of secularism. Modi is successfully able to turn wheels in the right direction and give it a momentum that it will drive itself. One more term of Modi which is bound to happen will change the scenario completely. And he has done it completely in the framework of the Indian constitution, law, processes, procedures, practices and conventions. He has never deviated or bypassed anything and hence none of his decisions which were challenged in the Supreme Court has gone against him, CAG also was not able to sight any irregularities during the audits. We are proud of our prime Minister Modi, finance minister Nirmalaji, EAM S Jaishankar, HM Amitji, Railway minister Ashwiniji, highway minister Nitinji, energy minister Piyushji. We are proud of all those who are manufacturing high-speed railways, satellites, vaccines, medicines, missiles. I am proud of being Indian, from a land of rich culture, knowledge, research, spiritual attainments, a land who is mother of music, vocal, dance, performing arts, plays, literature, sculptures, amazing architectures and civil engineering, amazing textiles and arts and crafts. There is no country in the world as rich as India.
Interesting podcast. It is the Indians living abroad that give india a bad name, especially the ones that are born outside of India, they’ve no connection with the country other than their parents who migrated. They’re the ones that take a strong stance against India. It kills me see that happening and see that all the time. I was born in India but have lived in the US most of my life but I still love India and very well connected.
Great interview. The challenge is for American media and officials to start understanding India properly beyond all the propaganda. This is a large, uphill battle and the diaspora must start getting involved to start changing these misperceptions of India. The good news is that many are now waking up to the gravity of the situation and are beginning to make their voices heard. As a result, I hope to see an more accurate coverage in American media in the coming years.
I don't think any of you naive Indians have ever spoken to members of the Indian diaspora before. These are Indians who left our country to enjoy life in first world nations. What exactly do you think these so called Indians think about India? I have multiple friends who are in usa, Canada, uk, one of them is doing mtech in Stanford and trust me, they are more anti Indian than some Pakistanis. They hate india,they openly told me they think India is a poor loser third world filthy country. Do you honestly believe they will work to make our image better in foreign nations??? 😂 If anything they do the opposite, they are most likely chatting with white people telling them what a sh*thole country it is, and they are so thankful they managed to escape it.
I will never forget him defending India, its system, its government, its people against Rajdeep at India Today conclave. Outrage for Rajdeep and gratitude for Prof. Babones fills my mind whenever I think of that incident.
I find Prof Babones to be the most fact based, scientific observer on India. His statements are rooted in empirical evidence, well researched data and not merely opinion pieces. I wish we have academics in India on either side be equally fact based and not comment based on lived experiences of an echo chamber. Thank you sir for showing the way
The interview was excellent, and it appears that the interviewee is well-informed about the current situation in India. It's regrettable that some so-called "intellectuals" write biased opinion pieces about India while comfortably sitting in air-conditioned rooms in foreign countries.
Amazing Guy....THANKS A MILLION...... Has a knack of seeing thru the BS that goes around.... And thanks for sharing your knowledge on these Crap Surveys... His knowledge of India Polity & Commentators is Really Amazing and increasing by the Day.....❤
This guy knows more about Bharat than maybe my dad perhaps😊 Such specialists should represent Bharat on world stage and not gaddar types like ranas print laundry alt and the like. Goi can use his services and other people like him.
Ma'am your research is so thorough that the critics have no option but to shut their mouths. Your love for India is unparalleled and we love you for that.
The best part of intellectual people like him from outside is they can talk at length and breakdown their perspective without hurling derogatory words or getting into any agenda because they have put in time to research on the topic before speaking up.
Pankaj Mishra, Arundhuti Roy, Rana Ayub, Kancha Iialah, in the journalistic fields are anti-Indian. Romila Thaper, Irfan Habib, RN Sharma, DN Jha, Harbans Mukhia in the historical fields are also anti-Indian.
What a data oriented guy, Prof. Babones is! So Impressive! It's professionals like these that India needs to counter Anti Indian media outlets & Western forces. I dont know why there are not many Indians who give such logical data based rebuttal, as Prof. Babones. Can this guy be atleast hired as a consultant by Indian government please?? Coz clearly the government is incapable of facing the anti Indians head on with facts.
Yes! High time someone funded Prof. Babones's think tank India Century Roundtable. If rich Indian corporates aren't going to fund him, then who will? Where are the rich BJP supporting businessmen when you need them?
@@MaTara01 100% Great point👍🏽 Look at how detailed he is while being equally balanced. He isn't one of those who would just pick a side & rant in their favour as we see in many Indian media outlets today that are widely seen as BJP supporter. Prof Babones on the other hand, calls spade a spade, while using data logic & rational to counter the anti India rhetoric, instead of beating around the bush. The only person in government I see who talks on data & fact, is EAM Jaishankar. Rest of them simply sound jingoistic. It's the world of DATA, when will the government of India understand it.
@@tECHnOpinion. I agree with you. Having Prof. Babones in India's team will really help to change the India narrative. He has already managed to influence Australian journalists about India, as he says. If he is properly funded, he will produce data accurate, balanced reports on India and communicate them to the India - illiterate Western journalists, which these "gora" journalists would believe because of Dr. Babones's expertise in his field and a great communicator. Funding his think tank should be a no brainer for any rich, patriotic Indian.
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I had same feeling about RSS as this professor. We don't have Hindu youths in millions joining it and brandishing AK57 like Kashmiri youth of bygone days! Most are middle age Hindu men doing exercise in park or once in a while disturbing Valentine day!
He should have been asked WHY does Washington post choose Rana Ayub to cover India. Its not as if there is a shortage of English speaking Indian journalists.
It's the ideology. Extreme left wing is very motivated to tarnish Hinduism and India. They have no guts to take on China and shamelessly support Chinese fascist government. Likewise, they have no guts to take on Islamic fundamentalism and will support them instead.
Precisely and this is where his bluff or his genuinely wrong belief is exposed. when the fact is that it's the west which actively seeks those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning and even grooms them. Harvard is the den of such snakes.
@@vaniganapathi830 It is because Rana Ayyub's narrative fits with the overall narrative of Washington Post and NYT, which regards nationalist and populist leaders like Trump, Bolsanaro and Modi as destroyers of democracy.
What an illuminating discussion. Good to see some vindication of my position from someone who has the merit to give it the necessary credence. I am a South Indian Christian also, like another person commenting here, and I have never experienced any discrimination worth speaking about. On the contrary, I am delighted that a party has inspired such a large majority in India to feel pride in their country and their roots. This pride and self worth are the fundamental building blocks for a productive, non corruptible, and socially conscious citizen. The harm our so called intellectuals are doing to vilify BJP is truly self destructive. As minorities, we have a duty to join hands with the benevolent majority and not portray ourselves to be the enemies of that majority. There is fabulous accommodation of minorities in India...no doubt about it in my mind. Let our legitimate opposition in India be free of identity politics! Let's examine and expose the policies and efficacy of our government based on policy failures.
I'm sure that if Mr. Babones had seen what rank India had in the press freedom index, he would be really disappointed. This was a real eye-opener of a podcast. This is my first time viewing this podcast and I must say that it was really nice. As for Mr. Babones' take on India, I'm impressed. Few intellectuals can embrace the reality on ground as he can.
Pakistan freedom indox is higher then India.... freedom of press index lol my foot... imraan Khan is arrested, civil war goes on... America and European countries are silent... Hippocrates...Bunch of jealous western morons
Well informative, non biased discussion. Am very much happy to listen this podcast of you for first time. I stumbled on your podcast accidentally during my classroom learning and had to take a break and listened in one stretch continuously. Good work
Smitaji you are a seasoned journalist and interviewer par supreme. Another in India a news presenter is Palki Sharma. Styles different, but happy to listen to you two outstanding women of India. Hope you will receive a Padma Bhushan.
Amazing interactions. He is so clear headed that it seems like watching a rainbow with blue sky in the back ground. Today it self I had a discussion and had to fight back on the regular narrative of Modi being an islamlphobic. Shared this video to give a perspective based on data and facts.
Yes. We are fans of Salvatore, a Truthful person. Logical and sincere in his analysis. We invite all criticism, but fed up with mindless, biased criticism of (left) intelligentsia of India
I doubt very few social scientists in India have such vast, detailed knowledge about Indian politicians, and social, economic affairs of India. A great intellectual 👌.
Dr. Babones, much gratitude to you. I just can’t express my gratefulness for your unbiased opinion and the temerity to call a spade a spade without meaning to offend anyone. And please don’t bother about people who are offended by truth. They are not worthy of anything meaningful or plain factual. 🙏
How refreshing to hear an articulate professor sharing a nuanced reading of a nation he does not fully comprehend and clearly proclaims that as a disclaimer.
Dr Salvatore, however articulate, should also consider that those intellectuals are deliberately given platform in western media and otherwise opinion about about india articles would have had same diversity as the sample of indian diversity of thought. These news portals and indexes are overwhelmingly negative and act as pressure institution and are direct threat bcs of massive softpower the western societies enjoy. Indian society having insecurity is not paranoia, nobody in india had cared if these indexes were from Congo( less impactful than us), indian insecurity comes from experience with massive waves of colonisation that society has suffered and these institutions are form of neo colonialism.
True! Also there are multiple articles published in these western media, which portray negatively about India but written by foreign intellectuals . It's just that they choose only negative articles which suits their narratives. This man cunningly say we Indians are against Indians white washing his country's company's I'll thoughts
That's precisely the case. The fact is that it's the west which actively seeks those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning and even grooms them. Harvard is the den of such snakes, even Indian CJI was groomed there.
In other videos, Prof. Babones has talked about the overwhelming bias in most Western universities and institutions towards a kind of militant liberalism, that has succeeded in drowning out conservative voices or any voices, who do not agree with their so - called liberal viewpoints. Democracy means listening to all voices; however, most liberals seem to have forgotten this completely and are indulging in full scale cancel culture.
What a treat to listen to Professor Babones, specially an American based out of Sydney and in Quantitative Social Scientist. You have done amazing job getting this person to speak to objectively and honestly (Satyameva Jayate)
Great idea to get authentic voices to be heard in the west. A lot of well established NRIs or Americans of Indian origin have become vocal om SM some have their own You tube channels. The EAM must take notice & have embassies reach out to them.
Prof is right that India should also focus on enhancing productivity in Agricultural Sector & Exports to really catapult its per capita income to at least 10k dollar
Dr, India and African countries are totally different in science and philosophy not only just because of IITs, rail roads or infra, but also because of the Hindu way of life that has shaped their thinking. They wish to live in content, of course it’s changing due to the influence of the foreign and Indian media with foreign agenda. India was a very developed country and unlike many other third world country, India’s wealth majorly concentrated around Hindu temples were plundered for centuries together by all the invaders including the English, annihilated its skill propagation, ridiculed its non materialistic, eco friendly way of agriculture and life in total. And using Nationalistic term in the western sense is not correct as Hinduism which believes in universal freedom for practice of religions and allowed all the religions under the sky to be practiced in India, peacefully and the Hinduism has called the entire world one family. Now that the foreign religions started creating serious harm to India, in all the ways, Hindus are just uniting and that too only to safeguard themselves, and not offend and form a govt which will protect the national identity of Hinduism and peaceful co existence. India is unlike America or Australia, where the invaders oppressed the aboriginal identity and claim to be democratic countries, where even now the natives are suffering in one form or the other, and the economies or social setup of those countries cannot be even compared as it is like robbers going into a house and start comparing them with other houses.
Great conversations with a right perspective. Every comment is data based and very comforting to know that people at large don't buy tool kit driven agenda.
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He is 100% right when he says that a handful of Indian intellectuals are responsible for India's poor reputation in the west. It is about time the Lutyens Delhi crowd is challenged by unbiased indian intellectuals who can tell the world the truth.
But will Western media give platform for our Indic voices? That Mr.Babones will conveniently not talk about. Remember NYT gave an ad for recruitment of Indians who have Anti India stand for their news paper. They are that much thick skinned to give out such recruitment criteria openly and no one will call out their biases. This man also is good at turning Indians against Indians and he try to say that the Western media outlets are innocent.
That's not exactly correct. The west actively seeks out those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning. Infact they even groom them! Do you know what Harvard does? Where did the current CJI learned his wokeism from?
@@vaniganapathi830 Thanks to Prof. Babones, many Indian or Indian origin media personalities, like Fareed Zakaria and Western media outlets are writing slightly positive articles about India, these days. The shift is negligible, but it is there.
And I am sorry to say that I expect Indian intellectuals and opinion - makers, especially, JNU professors and others who are paid by the Indian taxpayers, to not peddle blatant lies and run India down at home and abroad, just because it suits their personal agendas.
Today Lutyens Delhi is dominated by the Sanghi crowd.
@@vaniganapathi830 The leftist anti-Indian crowd have diligently worked on their English language skills for long. So they get hired more easily by western media agencies. Barring a few in South India, expressing views in the English language to cater to an international audience was never a priority for Indian nationalists. However, that is changing really fast. Hopefully, we will see better and more articulate speakers and thinkers writing the unbiased truth about India in the times to come.
I am an Indian Christan from South India. We are Christians in India - Thomas Christians of Oriental Orthodox Group - from AD 52. All our sister churches in the middle east are no more. We are here - after 2000 years. I am a Proud Indian. BJP is a Blessing for India.
Christianity has vanished in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh not a word of criticism on that. World ignores that. Where have the Christians of these countries disappeared? Noone is intrested. India has Christians, they are happy. Still only india is targeted.
Why don't you dump xtianity bro?
Tamil xtians are most backward in all of India.
I love in Tirunelveli
Nice are you blind to the fact of churches being attacked and burnt in India mainly in the northern states.Or are you lying to make sure the RSSBJP won’t attack you. The RSS is a anti Christian and Muslim and Dalit organization..
We are proud of our Christian brothers ❤
One final step remains: Ghar wapsi.
As a matter of interest were you never curious how you look Indian, talk Indian, eat Indian and yet are a Christian? I guess the saving grace is that your not a converted Muslim!
Dr.B is careful in his criticism America. He doesn't hate the US or speak badly just bc he has some critiques. THAT is a true patriot. People like Sardesai and Raga ought to take notes >:(
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Fun fact Dr. B said sardesai is his political information teacher in India. I don't know what kind of knowledge he's recieving from him😅
He is CIA agent. They love they play the left and right and controlll both narrative and make a nation fight and destroy himself. He shud be kicked out just like rest American leftist. India's fate will be decided by Indians alone not CIA
He is most likely a CIA agent from what I have studied him.
1) when he 1st came to India when Sardesai asked him something related to politics he said he din care much about politics and was a statistician who stumbled upon faults on Indias data on the indexes but a month later he is tweeting on kejriwal AAP, Rahul Gandhi. He started speaking on nuisances in Indian politics like any local would as if he's been studying Indian politics from a long time.
2) he's been a guest professor in China and Russia. His assignments seem to be extremely inclined with the countries America is interested in.
The USA has a doctrine they always influence both sides like the left and the right. So that they control the narrative on both sides according to what they seek at a particular time. He could be a guy put in to infiltrate and shape the Indian right wing according to the US's needs. People need to keep a watch on him for any clues on this.
@@Itachi_Uchia1I don't trust him either. But he is a tool and a tool should be used.
He keeps wrongly blaming the Indian intellectuals for it all and gives a free pass to the west, when the fact is that it's the west which actively seeks those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning adn even grooms them. Harvard is the den of such snakes, wherefrom even our CJI leans wokeism.
Dr. Babones is right when he says, Congress has neglected the growth of India, for decades. The BJP has developed that growth in the last ten years only and that tells alot about a party that wants to move forward. He is also right, when he says that, government should remove unneccessary red tape from the agriculture sector. Red Tape in India has blocked much progress throughout the decades.
Yupp
You are right about neglect by Congress. Red tape is a 70 year chronic disease. The BJP should be given one more term at the least to change the scenario.
J. Michael, who are you fooling? No matter how much we may now criticize Nehru's policy of big dams based on the USA's Tennessee Valley Corporation, or the unwanted fallout of the US-led Green Revolution of the 60s, we have to acknowledge that Nehru's foresight helped India stop importing foodgrains, even as his good relations with USSR helped India build its state-run steel industry, hydel power, and nuclear power plants. And it was a Congress government at the Center that pushed thru the 73rd and 74th Amendments that created a third tier of governance at village, block and district levels. An earlier Congress government made participative district level planning a core strategy of its Planning Commission - which led to the Commission itself being abolished by the Modi government. This good professor should see some films that have been made on India's "Final Solution" to its "Muslim problem." Indoctrination by the RSS has helped communal Hindu formations run bloody pogroms against Muslims where the police stand by and do nothing. Christian churches and their priests and nuns have also been targeted for abuse and often torture, but tend to keep quiet about incidents as they work in remote areas with the most underprivileged former 'Outcaste' communities. But he must remember the case of Graham Staines, leprosy doctor serving remote tribal villages who was burnt to death along with his two small sons as they slept at night in their jeep. The right wing local political activist who incited this act was promptly made a minister of the BJP.
Modiji has done,achieved all that Indians wanted. Bullet train, beautiful varanasi, terrorism free, digital India,
better trains, better railway stations, better education, peaceful kashmir. He has derived. Everything
@@joyaroy8532 Yes, I understand, those early days and how Congress helped to build up India's infra structures in those early days. It's a stepping stone to all that is being developed in India today. India is a multi facet religious country with every conceivable ideology one can think of, so, religious turmoil will always be there, mostly among the illiterate masses that can be brainwashed to suit the politicians accordingly. Hindu/Muslim riots have been there, even before independance. (That's how the partition of India took place). Pakistan is not a country, it was created on a religious divide, but many Muslims, still choose to remain behind which was a mistake. They should have all been forced to leave. Hinduism is based on Ahimsa, which means, Non Violence. This was mercifully exploited by the Muslims. Islam is a forceful ideology and want all the world to be converted by any means. Christianity uses soft power and money. Hindus feel threatened and marginalized, so, fighting back, is quite normal. Islam and Christianity are the most violent of all other ideologies. Religions have killed and slaughtered more people, throughout history, than all the wars put together. Since, we are not programmed to think alike, we, get groups that force their beliefs on others, no matter how it's done. But, I will not condemn everyone, it's the hard core fanatics that go after the others and vis a vis. I need to be fair, because, I am human first. What I believe in, is personal. It's between me and God. I am not interested in what you believe in. Let God do the judging in the after life, that's His duty, not mine to judge my fellow men. Live and let live I know, it's a tall order, but hopefully, we will go on to the next level of wisdom and peace will reign among me. But, it will take more time, much more time. Meanwhile, the killings on every side, will carry on, in the name of all the gods.
Prof Babones in sociology is like a less raging version of Prof Anand Ranganathan, spits stats and then makes comments but with a smile and chuckle. Really like listening to him, quite levelheaded and consistent. His comparison of India with Sub-Saharan Africa was eye opening to me, we are socially advanced but productively not so much. Quite cool. Please bring him again on the podcast.
Yes
Right wing of West is conservative Christian lead that is not a liberal religion but
Indian right wing is Hindu culture lead that is libral in it's core values🇮🇳🚩
Rightly said bro
Bullshit
Yup my LGBTQ frnds supports BJP. Literally all of them. Even many atheists.
Indian Raitha Right Vs Indian Pure Traditionalists Right is what you see in India... (One is Right, whereas the other is Far Right)
For example, people like :
Arnab Goswami of Republic Channel V/s Pramod Muthalik chief of the Rashtriya Hindu Sena, the parent organisation of the Sri Ram Sene.
Raithas like Goswamy supports the LGBTQ rights in India whereas, Traditionalists like Muthalik disowns and sharply objects to the rights of the LGBTQ community in India.
Apt description.👏
Seen and heard Prof Salvatore for the first time and become admirer of his knowledge and honest portrayal of what he feels about India and it's people..
Till 1820, India was a Sona Kee Chiria with the second-largest economy in the world. What a pity today we are compared with Sub-Saharan Africa, and we feel good about it.
Thank you, that's kind of you to say.
@@mbabu73 thank you!
@@mbabu73 Wtm .v😅qyu🎉
A very honest view of a foreigner about India. Our leaders and countrymen must appreciate and work to improve this country.
He keeps wrongly insisting and blaming it all on Indian intellectuals while absolving the west of it all.
when the fact is that it's the west which actively seeks those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning and even grooms them. Harvard is the den of such snakes.
Thank you.
nazis who call them self now democrats liberal pedowowk
He understands Indian environment better than any westerner i have listened to...very good to hear ❤
we can also say better than any leftish Indian..
he understands India better than most Indians
@@ganesh55507 You nailed it as I wanted to type the same :)
@@rajbiswas9077 You nailed it as I wanted to type the same :)
Indian Folklore: The doors to the fortress always is opened for invaders from within and this is always true for India which has more internal so called intellectual enemies than from outside. We educated Indians have now become smarter and as rightly said by the learned professor, we have to solve our own problems and must keep working collectively on building a new world superpower within next 25 years. BJP government is doing a great job in this direction and we all as true nationalists must support our elected government in achieving that Indian dream of regaining our lost glory and honour in this world. Thanks again Smitha for this wonderful podcast as usual. Vande Mataram 🙏 Akanda Bharat ❤ Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Dr. Babones I am living in New York right now. But let me bow in gratitude, for putting your voice for us Indian on the world platform. This will go a long way in helping us shed this false narrative doing rounds.
🙏
Thank you. If you'd like to get together in New York next month, e-mail me and we might be able to set something up.
Hi...pls arrange a meeting of Mr.Babones in the next OCI holders or green card holder indian and anyone who is really interested in the Growth of India with positive perception. We all need to make him heard across globe
@@bhumirealtors3635 I'm always happy to get together with friends!
@@SalvatoreBabones is that really you?? Wow, much love to you sir❤
@@archit2894 much love to you, too!
I am a big fan of Prof. Salvatore. There is no sugar coating in his words. Looking forward to meeting him one day
Smita ma’am is simply great as a host. Salvatore has been able to articulate his position in a much better way in this one single podcast compared to all the events,litfests and conclaves. His understanding of India in such less time is astounding
Thank you. I'd say my understanding is "growing." But I'm doing my best.
Thank you professor salvatore, you are always welcome to India 🙏
This is arguably the most critical podcast that Smita Prakash has done since she started. The Indian media should take this debate across the world. All public opinion and a 360 degree analysis may well be done on this cast. Let there be a brutally honest objective assessment of his expositions. Once we do that , the spin put up by the global wokes that the Professor's views are biased will be exposed as vacuous. It is time we put our national counter narrative based on empirical bases and fought this engineered India bashing and Hinduphobia.
Dr J Shankar is showing a Mirror to the Hypocrites and he’s doing a wonderful job.
In fact he’s the only one person who isn’t afraid to Call Spade a Spade. The rest of Indians in the Government and Diplomatic Services including the Indian Diaspora are TOO TIMID.
Time to wake up and stand up for India and Indian Culture.
Why is "minority" invariably parsed as muslim, when there are so many minorities in India that coexist peacefully? Is it a colonial hangover?
They are not really minorities as per UN standards, its just vote bank politics now
We should change the prismatic perception of what majority is. If you look at it, Muslims are "second" in majority.
Jains, Parsis are the minority, Buddhist are too. Muslims are second majority. Lest accept that
Yes..its a colonial hangover plus it forms a huge chunk of votes.
All the credits goes to congi
Was nice listening to Professor Babones man with tremendous knowledge.God bless you Professor from India the world's largest democracy.
Well rounded views of Mr. Babones, growth mindset visible clearly!
He won me over at 45:25 . “India is an extraordinarily Nationalistic Country.”
Yes we are Sir. We are the descendants of who fought 100+ years for freedom.
Jai Hind! Jai Bharat! ❤
Actually 100s of years. Like we were fighting since 14th century.
1000 , not 100.
Fighting for 1000 years till now
Started in 1191 (First Battle of Tarain) and ended in 1947 (Indian Independence)
Thats 756 years of fighting!!!!
@@19.vishveshgupta32 we have not yet got independence brother. Add 75 years to that also
Good to get these views from a very different but honest and balanced perspective.
He is CIA agent who wants India to still trust American CIA ranking fake indexs, blaming it on Indian left so that India fight withing rather than expose American CIA agenda. America cia always plays this right verses left ideology in each nation, funds it's left by Soros and other org. And when India expose American CIA ranking this CIA agent comes here to defend it and blame it on Indian left. ***
Indeed.
Thank you, Mr. Babones for your generous remarks about India and particularly about UP and Bihar.
इथोपिया वाला तुलना काफी ज्ञानवर्धक था।
I don't think he has been very generous, if you hear him carefully, he is more soft with China
@@mohanr7274 He's just being diplomatic.
Excelent interview by Smita. Prof. Babones, a real objective researcher and scholar. Hope the EAM is listening how to man the PR by Indian consulates.
First time in my life I see India is heading in the right direction as a nation, its searching for its roots and trying to hold a tight grip to its soil, Hindus are realizing about the political traps and tricks played with them to keep them divided, separated from others, the depth of Muslim appeasement in the name of secularism. Modi is successfully able to turn wheels in the right direction and give it a momentum that it will drive itself. One more term of Modi which is bound to happen will change the scenario completely. And he has done it completely in the framework of the Indian constitution, law, processes, procedures, practices and conventions. He has never deviated or bypassed anything and hence none of his decisions which were challenged in the Supreme Court has gone against him, CAG also was not able to sight any irregularities during the audits.
We are proud of our prime Minister Modi, finance minister Nirmalaji, EAM S Jaishankar, HM Amitji, Railway minister Ashwiniji, highway minister Nitinji, energy minister Piyushji. We are proud of all those who are manufacturing high-speed railways, satellites, vaccines, medicines, missiles. I am proud of being Indian, from a land of rich culture, knowledge, research, spiritual attainments, a land who is mother of music, vocal, dance, performing arts, plays, literature, sculptures, amazing architectures and civil engineering, amazing textiles and arts and crafts. There is no country in the world as rich as India.
Interesting podcast. It is the Indians living abroad that give india a bad name, especially the ones that are born outside of India, they’ve no connection with the country other than their parents who migrated. They’re the ones that take a strong stance against India. It kills me see that happening and see that all the time. I was born in India but have lived in the US most of my life but I still love India and very well connected.
actually some are living in india also they get paid for articles or reporting jobs 😅
Wow! ANI podcasts are the most informative these times❤
Wonder why it took ANI nearly 2 months to upload this podcast, which was filmed in February?
Ikr
@@MaTara01 what is wrong with you?
@@archit2894 I am completely bonkers!
@@MaTara01
Admission or confession? just a joke.
Great interview. The challenge is for American media and officials to start understanding India properly beyond all the propaganda. This is a large, uphill battle and the diaspora must start getting involved to start changing these misperceptions of India. The good news is that many are now waking up to the gravity of the situation and are beginning to make their voices heard. As a result, I hope to see an more accurate coverage in American media in the coming years.
Exactly
I don't think any of you naive Indians have ever spoken to members of the Indian diaspora before. These are Indians who left our country to enjoy life in first world nations. What exactly do you think these so called Indians think about India? I have multiple friends who are in usa, Canada, uk, one of them is doing mtech in Stanford and trust me, they are more anti Indian than some Pakistanis. They hate india,they openly told me they think India is a poor loser third world filthy country. Do you honestly believe they will work to make our image better in foreign nations??? 😂 If anything they do the opposite, they are most likely chatting with white people telling them what a sh*thole country it is, and they are so thankful they managed to escape it.
I will never forget him defending India, its system, its government, its people against Rajdeep at India Today conclave. Outrage for Rajdeep and gratitude for Prof. Babones fills my mind whenever I think of that incident.
I remember that too😁😁😁😁😁
Great interview. I always like to listen Professor because he talks sense about India without any bias of left and right ideology..
This is a very very good discussion. Thank you, Smita Prakash ma'am for getting Salvatore.
Very refreshing to hear Salvatore's view.
Brilliant and objective...the issues were framed nicely and being an Indian without labels, this is perhaps a brilliant analysis
I find Prof Babones to be the most fact based, scientific observer on India. His statements are rooted in empirical evidence, well researched data and not merely opinion pieces. I wish we have academics in India on either side be equally fact based and not comment based on lived experiences of an echo chamber. Thank you sir for showing the way
Well said about the echo chamber
He has so much knowledge about India. Love this podcast
The interview was excellent, and it appears that the interviewee is well-informed about the current situation in India. It's regrettable that some so-called "intellectuals" write biased opinion pieces about India while comfortably sitting in air-conditioned rooms in foreign countries.
He is very honest to his words. He is our next Indian politics and intellectual specialist. Respect and gratitude to you, Sir 🙏
wow.. so eager to anoint a White fella the title of 'our next Indian politics and Intellectual specialist'?
Professor Babones has understood Bharath quite well. Pranam 🙏🙏
Kudos to smita as well for getting the best out of him. Prof's objectivity in this domain is a rare delight.
Amazing Guy....THANKS A MILLION......
Has a knack of seeing thru the BS that goes around....
And thanks for sharing your knowledge on these Crap Surveys...
His knowledge of India Polity & Commentators is Really Amazing and increasing by the Day.....❤
This guy knows more about Bharat than maybe my dad perhaps😊
Such specialists should represent Bharat on world stage and not gaddar types like ranas print laundry alt and the like. Goi can use his services and other people like him.
We need stats on the growth of this channel since Smita Ma'am's podcast.
Underrated comment
Bravo Professor, you have well described the Chakravyu in which Indian representation is in on the world stage.
Love babones
He nails it on the head
He explains the stuff with facts
Ma'am your research is so thorough that the critics have no option but to shut their mouths.
Your love for India is unparalleled and we love you for that.
The best part of intellectual people like him from outside is they can talk at length and breakdown their perspective without hurling derogatory words or getting into any agenda because they have put in time to research on the topic before speaking up.
Exactly. I have had many libtards throw random slurs at me.
Pankaj Mishra, Arundhuti Roy, Rana Ayub, Kancha Iialah, in the journalistic fields are anti-Indian. Romila Thaper, Irfan Habib, RN Sharma, DN Jha, Harbans Mukhia in the historical fields are also anti-Indian.
Arundhati Roy is not anti-indian. It's people like Arundhati Roy who bring a society forward.
@@Olive_and_Pistachio who..? The same person supporting Yasin Malik...😂😂lol
@@Olive_and_Pistachio LOL what a funny comment. SHe bats for Kashmir seperation and she is not anti-Indian. Again LOL
Kancha Iliah is a missionary
@@XoPlanetI any particular region for separation?
What a data oriented guy, Prof. Babones is!
So Impressive!
It's professionals like these that India needs to counter Anti Indian media outlets & Western forces.
I dont know why there are not many Indians who give such logical data based rebuttal, as Prof. Babones.
Can this guy be atleast hired as a consultant by Indian government please??
Coz clearly the government is incapable of facing the anti Indians head on with facts.
Yes! High time someone funded Prof. Babones's think tank India Century Roundtable. If rich Indian corporates aren't going to fund him, then who will? Where are the rich BJP supporting businessmen when you need them?
@@MaTara01 100%
Great point👍🏽
Look at how detailed he is while being equally balanced.
He isn't one of those who would just pick a side & rant in their favour as we see in many Indian media outlets today that are widely seen as BJP supporter.
Prof Babones on the other hand, calls spade a spade, while using data logic & rational to counter the anti India rhetoric, instead of beating around the bush.
The only person in government I see who talks on data & fact, is EAM Jaishankar. Rest of them simply sound jingoistic.
It's the world of DATA, when will the government of India understand it.
@@tECHnOpinion. I agree with you. Having Prof. Babones in India's team will really help to change the India narrative. He has already managed to influence Australian journalists about India, as he says. If he is properly funded, he will produce data accurate, balanced reports on India and communicate them to the India - illiterate Western journalists, which these "gora" journalists would believe because of Dr. Babones's expertise in his field and a great communicator. Funding his think tank should be a no brainer for any rich, patriotic Indian.
Sanjeev Sanyal whp is part of economic advisory team has done a lot of work in this area going deep into methodology.
@@gauravipal9518 But Sanyal isn't credible for the Westerner, because he is part of the Modi government.
One person who understands india better than a lot of NRI intellectuals who vilify india
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I had same feeling about RSS as this professor. We don't have Hindu youths in millions joining it and brandishing AK57 like Kashmiri youth of bygone days! Most are middle age Hindu men doing exercise in park or once in a while disturbing Valentine day!
RSS does not have problems with Valentines day. You maybe mixing it up with VHP or Bajrang Dal.
@@gauravipal9518all are part of RSS
His accent is as neutral as his views.. such a great discussion and insights, so wish I could put my thoughts into words as profoundly as him
He should have been asked WHY does Washington post choose Rana Ayub to cover India. Its not as if there is a shortage of English speaking Indian journalists.
Yes. Also why did NYT looked for Anti-India mindset journalists stating the same as criteria in their recruitment ad?
It's the ideology. Extreme left wing is very motivated to tarnish Hinduism and India. They have no guts to take on China and shamelessly support Chinese fascist government. Likewise, they have no guts to take on Islamic fundamentalism and will support them instead.
Precisely and this is where his bluff or his genuinely wrong belief is exposed.
when the fact is that it's the west which actively seeks those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning and even grooms them. Harvard is the den of such snakes.
@@vaniganapathi830 It is because Rana Ayyub's narrative fits with the overall narrative of Washington Post and NYT, which regards nationalist and populist leaders like Trump, Bolsanaro and Modi as destroyers of democracy.
We should just stop giving our precious time to the liberal propaganda spread by western media houses
We all know about the prejudices and opinions against India,but to hear this unfiltered breaks our hearts...
As far as the quality and lucidity is concerned this is by far the best podcast. Even better than the one with Annamalai and Dr Jaishankar.
ENGLISH WITH AN ACCENT MEANS QUALAITY TO THOSE COOPED UP IN THEIR COLONIAL PIGEONHOLES
What an illuminating discussion. Good to see some vindication of my position from someone who has the merit to give it the necessary credence. I am a South Indian Christian also, like another person commenting here, and I have never experienced any discrimination worth speaking about. On the contrary, I am delighted that a party has inspired such a large majority in India to feel pride in their country and their roots. This pride and self worth are the fundamental building blocks for a productive, non corruptible, and socially conscious citizen. The harm our so called intellectuals are doing to vilify BJP is truly self destructive. As minorities, we have a duty to join hands with the benevolent majority and not portray ourselves to be the enemies of that majority. There is fabulous accommodation of minorities in India...no doubt about it in my mind.
Let our legitimate opposition in India be free of identity politics! Let's examine and expose the policies and efficacy of our government based on policy failures.
What a podcast. An honest unbiased analysis of India.
Fascinating discussion.
Loved the first part about comparing socio-econmics of India amd sub Saharan Africa.
I'm sure that if Mr. Babones had seen what rank India had in the press freedom index, he would be really disappointed. This was a real eye-opener of a podcast. This is my first time viewing this podcast and I must say that it was really nice. As for Mr. Babones' take on India, I'm impressed. Few intellectuals can embrace the reality on ground as he can.
Pakistan freedom indox is higher then India.... freedom of press index lol my foot... imraan Khan is arrested, civil war goes on... America and European countries are silent... Hippocrates...Bunch of jealous western morons
Well informative, non biased discussion. Am very much happy to listen this podcast of you for first time. I stumbled on your podcast accidentally during my classroom learning and had to take a break and listened in one stretch continuously. Good work
Very deep and knowledgeable discussion ... Thank you
Priceless insides on how to built India's image in the west. I hope the policy makers are listening.
Prof. Babones just got one more fan😊
+1
Smitaji you are a seasoned journalist and interviewer par supreme. Another in India a news presenter is Palki Sharma. Styles different, but happy to listen to you two outstanding women of India. Hope you will receive a Padma Bhushan.
A wonderful discussion. Mr. Salvatore is well read, factual based and a reasonable individual. Thank you!
Excellent podcast. Thanks. Professor is eloquent, convincing and his views need to be spread widely.
I could listen to Dr Babones for hours at length given how logical he is
Great to see Dr Babones on this podcast. Great discussion. Thanks ANI!
Great podcast ... Thank you Prof. Babones and Smitaji
Smita ji, you and your team must be complimented for enlightening us with your podcasts which are full of content and well researched
Amazing interactions. He is so clear headed that it seems like watching a rainbow with blue sky in the back ground. Today it self I had a discussion and had to fight back on the regular narrative of Modi being an islamlphobic. Shared this video to give a perspective based on data and facts.
This was a super podcast.....Thank you Smita.
Yes.
We are fans of Salvatore, a Truthful person. Logical and sincere in his analysis.
We invite all criticism, but fed up with mindless, biased criticism of (left) intelligentsia of India
Salvatore Babones: "I am a milk drinker" 😂
I doubt very few social scientists in India have such vast, detailed knowledge about Indian politicians, and social, economic affairs of India. A great intellectual 👌.
What a perspective changing podcast. We need more of those.
How honest and polite are his opinions.
Dr. Babones, much gratitude to you. I just can’t express my gratefulness for your unbiased opinion and the temerity to call a spade a spade without meaning to offend anyone. And please don’t bother about people who are offended by truth. They are not worthy of anything meaningful or plain factual. 🙏
How refreshing to hear an articulate professor sharing a nuanced reading of a nation he does not fully comprehend and clearly proclaims that as a disclaimer.
Great interview .👌
We need people like Dr. Salvatore Babones in this world. He tries to report objective news. A truthfull man
I’m relieved to hear a balanced commentator on India. This reveals the prejudices and the role of biased international media. 1:09:43
Dr Salvatore, however articulate, should also consider that those intellectuals are deliberately given platform in western media and otherwise opinion about about india articles would have had same diversity as the sample of indian diversity of thought.
These news portals and indexes are overwhelmingly negative and act as pressure institution and are direct threat bcs of massive softpower the western societies enjoy.
Indian society having insecurity is not paranoia, nobody in india had cared if these indexes were from Congo( less impactful than us), indian insecurity comes from experience with massive waves of colonisation that society has suffered and these institutions are form of neo colonialism.
Ok Gobar bhakt, everything is a conspiracy against India
True! Also there are multiple articles published in these western media, which portray negatively about India but written by foreign intellectuals . It's just that they choose only negative articles which suits their narratives. This man cunningly say we Indians are against Indians white washing his country's company's I'll thoughts
That's precisely the case.
The fact is that it's the west which actively seeks those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning and even grooms them. Harvard is the den of such snakes, even Indian CJI was groomed there.
In other videos, Prof. Babones has talked about the overwhelming bias in most Western universities and institutions towards a kind of militant liberalism, that has succeeded in drowning out conservative voices or any voices, who do not agree with their so - called liberal viewpoints. Democracy means listening to all voices; however, most liberals seem to have forgotten this completely and are indulging in full scale cancel culture.
Simply brilliant show. So professionally done.
A very eye opening podcast, I loved it.
What a treat to listen to Professor Babones, specially an American based out of Sydney and in Quantitative Social Scientist. You have done amazing job getting this person to speak to objectively and honestly (Satyameva Jayate)
Great idea to get authentic voices to be heard in the west. A lot of well established NRIs or Americans of Indian origin have become vocal om SM some have their own You tube channels. The EAM must take notice & have embassies reach out to them.
Very well conducted interview and very learned Dr Babones. Very enlightening Podcast.
I love these podcasts Smita ji. Bless you!
Prof is right that India should also focus on enhancing productivity in Agricultural Sector & Exports to really catapult its per capita income to at least 10k dollar
Dr, India and African countries are totally different in science and philosophy not only just because of IITs, rail roads or infra, but also because of the Hindu way of life that has shaped their thinking. They wish to live in content, of course it’s changing due to the influence of the foreign and Indian media with foreign agenda. India was a very developed country and unlike many other third world country, India’s wealth majorly concentrated around Hindu temples were plundered for centuries together by all the invaders including the English, annihilated its skill propagation, ridiculed its non materialistic, eco friendly way of agriculture and life in total. And using Nationalistic term in the western sense is not correct as Hinduism which believes in universal freedom for practice of religions and allowed all the religions under the sky to be practiced in India, peacefully and the Hinduism has called the entire world one family. Now that the foreign religions started creating serious harm to India, in all the ways, Hindus are just uniting and that too only to safeguard themselves, and not offend and form a govt which will protect the national identity of Hinduism and peaceful co existence. India is unlike America or Australia, where the invaders oppressed the aboriginal identity and claim to be democratic countries, where even now the natives are suffering in one form or the other, and the economies or social setup of those countries cannot be even compared as it is like robbers going into a house and start comparing them with other houses.
Great conversations with a right perspective. Every comment is data based and very comforting to know that people at large don't buy tool kit driven agenda.
This interview is on an such an intellectual level compared to his interview with News laundry.
Lucky students atudying under him! They will make great world citizens ❤❤
He is more informed about India than many elite journalist !
Hats off to this man!!
Glad to see non-Indian prof, from outside India, being pragmatic and logical about how outside world views India's politics, society and progress.
Wonderful discussion
So well articulated by professor .. something to learn for India inteefiencia to put forward India
am a fan of him, one of the best podcasts from Smita Mam
His understanding of on india is most unbiased and true.
Nice podcast need more 😊