India's population is 1.48 billion, while the total population of Europe, with more than 45 countries, is about 740 million. China is a highly homogeneous country with 90% Han Chinese population and 80% of the population speaks the same language, Mandarin. The most spoken language in India is Hindi, spoken by only 48% of the population, and this includes dialects like Bhojpuri. Standard Hindi is spoken by only 27% of the population. India is subcontinent functioning as a country.
All 4 corners of India as well as central India are wildly different in almost all aspects of their lives. We have forcefully brought these wildly different people and made them stay together as 1. Every state is the size of a European country. One reason why India hasn't progressed as much is because of totally different people forced to work together as 1 when that is far from the case.
China is almost homogenous now but it was due to the forced assimilation policies of the long lines of emperors in China's history. China was made of many warring states with their own language, culture and traditions. First emperor Shi Huangdi went on a bloody forced assimilation process. He forced one language one system with brute force and conquered almost all of present day China. Which is why China is the world's oldest and longest lasting empire. The current communist leaders are not unlike the emperors of the past. They are continuing the policies of the past.
No bro you are wrong china is Also diverse but China goverment delibrately start the hanisation of whole china. Infact now they are hanising the Muslim population of china they have order that Mosque would be in certain chinese artitechure.
A correction please India is a subcontinent knit as a cultural land and divided in Muslim and non-Muslim parts . Non-moslim part known as Bharat, houses almost a muslim population bigger than islamic Pakistan. Non-Moslem Bharat in coming two-three decades may be overtaken by sharpely increasing Moslems' population and may become a new Pakistan , the end of age old humanity, liberalism, freedom of thought, speech ,belief and friendship with the entire world.
Someone asked me how diverse is India. I simply said, in 10km radius from my location, you’ll find 10 different languages, 10 different looking people, 10 different traditions and cultures, 10 different food habit.
Similar to Indonesia. I think this can be quite mind-blogging for someone raised in a relatively homogenous area/country. I once heard a friend say that, "Naturally, each major island of Indonesia should've been their own countries as that would make more sense culturally." This was said in the context of us discussing about the cultural conflicts and a few major disputes/wars that resulted from them.
Christains and Muslim societies can advance rapidly because its easy for them to organise an entire population under a Pope, Caliph, or Imam, and have a consensus over what they want to do. But the same cant happen in Hinduism because Hinduism is not a single organised religion with a strict code of law, its a set of many religions and beliefs co existing, One community will say its bad to do animal sacrifice, another won't see any issue with it, the only factor binding them is that they all come from the same vedic roots and are under the Dharmic fold under which they organise when needed.
@@karumotoart5040Yes, any Islamic country can develop and advance including Pakistan. The only thing holding them back are their own political leaders, maulvis, and imams, who preach that education and science are creations of satan to distract Muslims. They do this because its easy to hold power over a weak and dumb society, and so they spread hate, and focus more on converting others to gain more power. The real enemies of Islam are Muslim leaders, preachers, and influencers themselves.
@@karumotoart5040As a matter of fact, compared to the standards of middle ages Muslim societies before the fall of the Abbasid Empire were very tolerant, scientifically driven, and advanced in all fields, that's why it's called the "Golden age of Islam". After the fall of Baghdad due to the Mongols Islam and Muslims became so highly regressive that we are seeing its effects till today.
@HDB41 I do remember reading something on those lines. When I think about it, you have countries like pak and Iran and then you also have uae, qatar. What explains this diversity in outcomes in all these countries?
@@karumotoart5040The diversity in outcome is solely due to leadership, and government structure, all these successful Islamic countries like Saudi, Qatar, or UAE, has monarchy, whose kings are prudent, while Iran and Pakistan tried democracy, and whenever Muslims are given democracy they always elect some regressive religious leader and these leaders ban education and science because they think it's a creation of Satan, and so keeping the population weak and dumb helps them in keeping their power at the cost of the general public.
Not really brrroo.... Don't turn a blind eye to existing problems in real life. TN, Christian converted north east, k stani Punjab and a lot of internal political and religious conflicts in all states....
@@tuterruyi5178 they've never been hindu...! Really ? It could be true for nagaland and arunachal states, but Assam, Manipur had high flying hindu history fyi. Either you are misinformed or your are talking with some vested interest. Now, let's leave h alone, they've never been Christian also. So mass conv is definitely not a religious move , rather a political one. Just like in TN, AP and telengana where trd rated cheap convs call for a seperate country. I don't whether you know or not but, there was a silent covert mission to break off northeast states and parts of bd and Myanmar to create a new ✝️ country with funds from mainly US. all three countries worked together on this. and it was discussed in bd parliament. India/ bee jey pee can't because of Manipur. Thats why it went unnoticed.
@@unni.m1959 if you are more interested in hating and sticking butt to others then let me tell if we were not converted no hindu nor Christian would be here, even I who still follow my old tribal religion have no hates to them but YOU who don't know nothing about us speaking like you know everything is making you quite dumb.
I am not Indian but i have Indian ancestors and i have been to India only once.. during 10 days i travelled hundreds of miles througout the land by car and by plane..it was really an unbelievable experience..it was like travelling through different countries altogether..from Delhi to Punjab via Agra then to Jaipur and finally to Mumbai before going to back to Delhi...one thing that helps very much is knowledge of Hindi language which i learnt at school..and by watching Hindi movies...because in all different places people also speak Hindi even if they their own regional mothertongue.. i could understand why India is without any discission the most complex country and most difficult to administer in the world..
People like this r trying to use academics to tear it apart with these baseless theories from within and without. Diversity has always been their strength. Until u mix a group that believes u r not acceptable as u r but they can help change it; all u gotta do is surrender to their ideas/book. Then there’s no chance. Up until that point, u can live together. Doesn’t mean there’ll always b pewce. Even families never live in complete peace. But they love and value each other
Well the latter option is homogeneity but India cannot embrace being homogeneous because we're diverse our survival as a country depends on gujaratis and tamils working together, and it takes respect to do so
India is not a single country - its a continent pretending to be a country. Bharata varsha literally means the continent of Bharata. India always had 100s of countries within itself.
Don't fall for this "India is not a single country" logic... United we stand, divided we fall just like how we have fallen twice.. once to Muslims and second to east india company.
@@Ādi_Varāh Not really as per Puranas Varsha is a geographical land mass that has certain number of mountain ranges and ocean on 2 or more sides. And there are 7-9 such Varshas in the world. So that clearly shows they were thinking of it as a continent.
Kaliyuga and its effects Either way I cannot disagree if someone says god himself saved India ( divine intervention) because India is so diverse,it should've been broken into multiple small kingdomes some 64 years ago,but somehow it didn't and it's growing VERY rapidly
Technically, it did break apart in 1947 thanks to the sweeping demographic changes on the western and eastern flanks of the Indian Subcontinent 1,200 years ago.
@@gtmashok Yeah,but I mean,we still exist don't we? All those centuries of brutal foreign invasions and we,our culture,our religion, still manages to exist
@NobleDorito8698 apart from Muslims most of the Indians practice Hinduism ( many sects of Hinduism) is what keeps the country united. I don't think the country would eventually be divided due to foreign influences and overseas Indians returning with their corrupted valurs.
@@shimankumaheshwari6904 Mahatama Gandhi? My foot🤣👌 Go and get yourself educated about the Ideological subversion of India. And don't forget that if it wasn't for Patel,then the whole of Punjab and Kashmir would've been Pakistan today. Not to mention those princely states who would've never accepted Gandhian diplomacy
@@lostrelicsf2p756 Blame lower castes for not migrating and leaving villages behind... Ambedkar himself called Villages as the centre of all ignorance and malpractices
Not only is our strong society too diverse but at a mean level, the quality of our human capital is very low. This means that being democracy and freedom hasn't lead to enough of us leveraging it for entrepreneurship and innovation but hold the state hostage and demand freebies and appeasement.
Bruh we are 78 years old (independent India) + of you talk about globalisation it was only done in 1991. Dont expect miracle to happened in 30 years of economic freedom.
@@HariPrasad-mn5vu Looking at China which opened its economy around the same time, we can already see how immense of an economical power they are now. They have a much better distributed money among their billionaires, we may have few big corporations (and very very few of which are global) and 2 some of the richest people in the world, but they on the other hand have several global scale companies and if not some of the richest, yet a lot of very rich billionaires. And the issue is how for off India is from China, if it was 50% difference, then it would be acceptable, but it is almost 9 times the difference which is insane considering how both countries were almost exactly same at around 1991, especially in terms of GDP per capita.
@@adviththegreat5610 we will have to accept the the work that China has done and it's achivement. But now is out time. I don't know if diffrent races and customs slows down the progress of our county but we will ahev to make sure that this doesn't became a problem for our own growth
It's a trade off, Between letting everyone be the way they are and advance slowly, or imposing one thing over everyone and advance rapidly. India is diverse, in terms of race, religion, caste, creed, language and many more. It isn't like France or China where the majority of people look the same, speak the same, follow the same set of beliefs which makes it easier for them to advance and get a consensus since there isn't much friction between thousands of communities.
Truly double edged sword.. Its makes it difficult to progress as well regress. If a single authority can't control and dictate us to betterment easily it also means that due to these diversity, a single authority can't control and dictate everyone to mischievous and malicious intent.
Advancing slowly is fine n all, but we don't have too much time in our hands. The demographic dividend we have now will end in two decades. If we don't take drastic steps, the train will be gone, forever.
Imho, India will always need a more federal govt structure, where states can have more say about their governance, India is too large & diverse to be controlled from delhi and not every state is the same, some are industralized and others are not. Cause while I don't like to admit it, India has never been united as a whole, and when it will we would have long passed the time to benefit from our population dividend. We've always been more like europe as a continent and the only times we've been united is when under a dictatorship.
@@TheEmissaryCo True, actually if I'm not wrong congress actually wrote in its manifesto to convert cities into mayoralties whether it would actually do it or not is up for debate, bjp or others should add it to their manifesto as most of the mlas or mps are from rural areas and don't really give a F about cities and are there just to earn money.
Agreed, India never was united truly, because we've to much differences within. I'm from the northeast so I'll only speak for it. The northeast is the most economically, industrially, educational, developmentally backward region, since it's merging with India. It's also the most conflict prone region given its geography and it's history of how it truly came to join India. The Indian union have ignored, neglected NE for the longest time, hampering our development in many ways, we aren't visible until it's some resources, geographical interest, as we have international borders too. I could write more but I'm tired. Anyways, I don't like the current India, as a citizen from a minor community, religion, a small state
@@lly_09 whether you kiek Or not india is 1 country and those who ignored North East are congress even now congress bring politics into serious issues north east bengal tamil nadu whenever BJP try to do any good congress intervene create instability to a already senstive areas make it political play the blame game basically time waste congress tring since day 1 to break aprat india literally and they have western and chinese support north east is part of india forever be with India so all those bad things you see happening in north east because of congress and western Chinese attempt to destroy India that's it never go hating on india as a whole for the faults of congress western Chinese
@@lly_09 I understand man, union govts ignore ne cause it doesn't have much seats and the terrain is very difficult to reach and develop. India would be much better off being like Europe but foreign policy and defence policy stays with centre. I hope things change for you guys, there have been recent developments but ne is still largely ignored.
That's like saying, the World's diversity holds the world back. India is doing well for its diversity. All we need is uniform development away from a few mega cities, by encouraging more regional cities. Historically, regional cities were quite prosperous. Only after British era, regional cities lost their importance to the British created metros and socialism screwed us in multiple ways.
If only each state govt in India could function properly and bring prosperity along with economic growth that would lift the country as a whole..unfortunately there is no uniformity..
India is most Diverse country in the World, Every region, state, city has its own culture. that why we say “Unity in Diversity” 1) Geographical 2) languages 3) Facial Features & skin complexion varies according to region (north, south, east, west, north-east) 4) Food 5) traditional Clothes & Jewellery of each state is different 6) traditional Temples & Home architecture 7) traditional Dance forms 8) traditional Music 9) traditional Art forms 10) Festivals 11) Greetings 12) wedding
We've been taught too much "Unity in Diversity" instead of "Unity & Diversity". Its a false notion that, "We're united because we have Diversity", rather it should've been, We're United despite our Diversity". Lets look at it this way, we're Diverse because we're Free, we're Free because we're United as one to protect each other's Freedom. To summarise, we should be United no matter what, the Diversity is just a happy by product we can happily enjoy & cherish, only if we're United, period.
True as well as the politicians playing there caste politics to gain votes from the lower caste are not helping either they are putting hatred in minds of young people. I 100% agree with the seat reservations and special help for the backward classes but at the same time the politicians use it as a tool to gain votes and put one caste against another
Nah this diversity was existing even before muslims and British came. Culture was never an issue for clash in India. Only religion is the reason for the clashes in India. Yeah there might be some exceptions
Indian society is back not coz of it's diversity coz at the end we all are same in a way but it is back coz of corrupt politicians. It's just democracy is not made for such a huge country it needs a patriotic permanent leader. Bharat ( India) was at it's peak as akhand bharat at the time of king maurya, ashoka and gupta.
The people choose their representatives. Therefore, it is impossible to hold politicians repeatedly responsible for lack of development or backwardness if the people electing them are the ones who do so repeatedly.
Bharat was whatever before centuries ago, and during those ancient times, the whole of northeast wasn't present, stop including us in the history that we never were in there.
@@lly_09 North East was ruled by many dynasties and tribals. The most prominent of them was the Ahom dynasty which ruled from 1228 to 1826. Almost 6 centuries. And most of the rulers and general population converted to Hinduism ( Sanatani ) and the North East also had many trade with the other parts of India too and some major parts of North East was under the Gupta Empire and Nanda Empire for centuries. Hence, your claim is invalid and thus I also believe that you ain't even an Indian to begin with. So, first get some knowledge and then speak!
Hundred percent agreed. There are so many diverse groups here. People generally talk about the positives of diversity in terms of architecture, cuisine, religious events and languages. But they forget that almost always these groups have different versions of development and interests. Often these interests are opposite to each other. Even if your decision is rational and suited for the growth of the nation as a whole, some group will find it abhorrent. When protests happen, they will be portrayed as failure of the government. Not every leader is willing to take that risk. And that lack of risk taking appetite is holding us back severely.
Diversity is great until u mix in a group that doesn’t accept u but wants to live amongst u anyways. UP UNTIL THAT POINT it’s a great strength. But then d removal of that group is d solution, not dismantling everything for that lack in that one group.
As a travel vlogger who frequently travels abroad, I had a lot of similar thoughts on my country , like weakness of it's diversity, selfish opposition, but I am amazed to see your understanding of India. brilliant video. thanks for making this.
@@MRchud24 Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. These are easy target to convert so people want us and our diverse cultures to be vanished and impose their monotheism on us.
@@crazy_for_kpop562 India belongs to the muslims and christians as much as it does to the hindus, sikhs, jains and buddhists. I don't see muslims attacking hindu temples but I've seen hindus attack mosques and churches. It's clear who is enforcing on whom.
Another point to be noted as someone who works at a research institute, is that the quality of education is terrible. Eventually they need to focus on providing quality education that is APPLICABLE. Most of the undergrads I see here have talent but it gets sapped away during their degree.
We in the west are now saying the same about our own education systems. I’m a 76 year old Canadian. I remember growing up and Canada was in the top 3 places for education. Now we don’t even make the top 10. Wokeism / extreme lefties have degraded our education.
Truly it is something else to rule India it's not like a normal society. It's truly amazing how things evolve here. Soo many pieces influencing each other you never know how things will turn out
Such an accurate and on point description about India from probably someone who isn't Indian is super rare but you literally nailed it not just discussed the ground reality in full depth but also covered the on going political scenario perfectly. You earned my respect hope more such quality informative videos further.
I have no hope in India's future, just gonna enjoy whatever i get. I never vote, will never vote. Just gonna try to stay alive. Your insights are really good, especially internet part, i was thinking about it to myself.
Insane research work man! Such an interesting way to showcase Indian political history and outlook.. hope that people will appreciate this channel even more ❤
I am an Indian and have studied history. Its rare to witness an american having this much understanding about indian society and politics. I want to know which sources an american in general follow to know about india and its society. Note: you should study about caste and its implications then you will know why reforms in india are tough much better. Its most repressive system humankind has ever invented.@@TheEmissaryCo
It's crazy to think what India would've achieved if Caste did not exist, or wasn't such a core part of Indian Identity that politics form around it, of course past discrimination cannot be justified, but Even Ambedkar wanted the caste system to End, Same as Savarkar who was against caste.
The problem is that we have a 70% population who are good for nothing no caste just imagine if we had only the 20 crore "good people" we would have been leaps ahead usa
@enhaa784 it's a Portuguese word to describe an Indian system that was already existent. Dowry is an English word, will u clowns claim that Dowry was introduced by the British? 🤡
@@MARKCRASTOCaste isn't Indian. India had two different systems - Jāti (communal identity based on birth), Varna (labour based division). British clubbed them together, slapped a portugese word, broke the inherent fluidity and left us with the extremely unhealthy pickle of caste A very good example is the Dogra Jāti - classified as Brahmins in Himachal Pradesh and as Kshatriyas in J&K. Same Jāti, different Varna clubbed as different caste. Why? How?
India is a continent with many countries that fight within itself some day maratha vs OBC,or someday Maharashtra vs Gujarat 😂😂 It's a mess, caste fight, religion fight,north south fight karnataka vs TN fight, Maharashtra vs Karnataka fight😂😂 entire india is fighting ans everyone suffers...thats why our happiness index will always be less than even ukraine or Pakistan irrespective of development.
Democracy offers a valve to vent out frustrations. Otherwise a country like India where per capita GDP is less than 3000 USD would have been under a Civil strife (Ex. Kenya).
@@parvadhami980 I am personally against a democracy for india atleast, considering its past 1000 years history, diversity etc.I am a firm believer of a homogeneous society and a Chinese way of governance, where citizens focus only on economic output and their family and nothing else
@@parvadhami980 a country were today also stones are mixed in govt ration shops and dal has more water in govt school, that's not a democracy I want...
@@parvadhami980 The energy that people are putting in frustration, fighting in Instagram comment twitter ground level stupidity etc the energy should be used for prosperity for the country.
The lack of an effective opposition party is a big problem for Indian democracy. The Congress Party is useless, with no leadership. Other than the Congress Party India has only regional parties with nothing in common other than opposing the BJP. It is amazing how India is holding together as one country. Diversity is enormous. The south India is totally different from the north. People in Tamil Nadu are all anti-Hindi and the governing party ( DMK) is anti-Hindu even though most Tamilians are religious Hindus. India is a very complex country. Indian unity comes mostly from common Hindu culture There is nothing else uniting this extremely diverse country.
There is opposition. Congress stands strong. Bharat jodo yatra proved that. Twice. Stop watching Godi media. Modi is wetting his pants seeing Rahul as LoP 😂😂
@@blessythomas5327 The Congress Party tried to impose Hindi on Tamilians in the 1960s. After that it was never attempted by the Congress, BJP or anyone else. But Tamilians still carry on the fear . Forget Hindi, even Sanskrit a classical Indian language has problems in Tamil Nadu. While many foreigners are interested in learning Sanskrit, Tamilians have only hatred towards Sanskrit.
@@cpadman5800 learning Sanskrit is not much of use since it not even used in North India it is not in use But then too rest of South States have accepted hindi As second language But as North Indians value Hindi (not all ,I am speaking of Central area), South Indians also value their language And I don't blame them If you know Tamil is older than Sanskrit (Debatable) Due to some evidences The earliest form of language earlier than Sanskrit which is still in use is a matter of pride Sanskrit which originated in North seems alien to tamilians due To differences in indo Europeans language in Devanagari script And Dravidian scripts Therefore they cannot accept Hindi Why do they accept English is because it is a international language They cannot ignore it It is so pervasive they cannot avoid. But I guess forcing just south to adapt to North seems unfair
@@starship_01 re you so blind to how useless rahul is in terms of leadership? He is good at talking back the bjp, but not a good leader. Which do you think is more important to be a leader?
As long as the Hindi heartland holds together India will survive.... India is an empire and strong identitarian non Hindi nationalities are faring better than Hindi heartland so any need for revolution or secessionism doesn't sway people... Like in Tamil Nadu(a leading anti Hindi bastion) got strong economy and Tamil Nadu will be well off within the Indian empire rather than a separate nation... As extreme hunger, poverty and unemployment are the core causes for any revolution and Tamil Nadu doesn't get any now, it remains within India...
I work in economic development for one of the Southern states of India. This is an incredible video! You've earned a new subscriber. Looking forward to more from you.
( refering the book "Diversity and Complexity" by Scott E. Page) More diversity in society means 1) more resilient socially , 2) socially with more potential 3) less momentum 4) more short term ineffectively and cost 5) more short term uncertainty Indian growth ( refering the book "India's New Economic Policy: A Critical Analysis" by Waquar Ahmed, Amitabh Kundu, and Richard Peet) tier 1 city in india : growth is led by service and knowledge economy tier 2 city in india : growth is led by manufacturing tier 3 city in india : growth is led by construction Rural India has not seen growth ; the cost of electricity and health care is rising faster than wages. Rural India has the highest educated youth unemployment . Investment in rural energy and health care is needed to spark the growth in indian manufacturing , In the current state of Geopolitics and climate change fail to the spark we expect to see from manufacturing and Agricultural exports . The recent growth in urban consumption is not strong and sustainable enough to create the spark in manufacturing
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America and Germany got wealthy because of the Protestant Christian work ethic. Israel got wealthy because of the Jewish work ethic and the practice of educating people since tender childhood. Turkey is a technological juggernaut and it's a Muslim-majority country. Egypt is also an industrial juggernaut with its many factories located in the Nile Delta and it is also a Muslim country. Abrahamic religions aren't the problem. The problem is Indian diversity.
@@AbhinandanABS Germany was destroyed by 1945, and its eastern third stagnated due to communism, but now it is the richest country in Europe. Israel is tiny, mostly deserts and rocky hills, and surrounded by enemies, yet boasts the highest HDI in the Middle East. It got rich by exporting hi-tech products such as semiconductors and electronics. Turkey is one of the poorest nations in the world by the time of its independence in 1921, and it remained so for the next 40-50 years. Now it is one of the richest in southeastern Europe and the Middle East. All of them don't have colonies.
Enshrining caste, reservation directly into constitution of India was the second largest disaster the law maker did while making the constitution, first was not making Bharat a Hindu Rashta.
Inventing and eventually abusing the caste system was the biggest tragedy & travesty of the South Asian sub-continent, past & present. Let's not forget that Brahmins still treasure their "sacred" thread.
Hindu Rashtra means for the Hindus only, but the country has too much diversity for it, why should the smaller communities and other religions give up their own to fulfill your hindu superiority complex? If you think it should've been a Hindu Rashtra, then free the states who have different religions, culture, tradition aka northeast and some more other states
@@lly_09Then why are Bangladesh , Pakistan Islamic states who have state religion islam? Don't non-muslims live there as well? How can they able to live in there despite those countries have one state religion? Even Several European countries have one state religion. Tell me how can non-muslim live in Bangladesh, Pakistan even they have islam as state religion? And also in Europe? A lot of muslim and christian dominated countries have one state religion? What about that? Why didn't they give land/state free from those countries?
@@lly_09Did Bangladesh, Pakistan free their non-muslims any land/state after having islam as a state religion? Have you demanded that? They have also core people from non-muslim backgrounds as well. So huge diversity is also there as well. Why haven't you raised muslim superiority complex in that regard? Because they are muslims & christians, sothey can have superiority complex on other communities as well!? So superiority complex term is for hindus? Not muslims or christians? A lot of muslim & christian dominated countries have state religion and you aren't questioning them for superiority complex? So it only applies for India and hindus!?
Consensus is the key to reform especially when you have a demography that is 50% of the country. Unfortunately the Arrogance of the BJP Government raised many questions regarding the laws.
Dude in india most of the farmers are illeltrate it's not America so it's very likely that big corporates is gonna misuse them and will not give them their due if bjp wants to implement farm laws they first start to educate farmers on farming and make them aware about buisness so they can negotiate
@@ashnaagarwal4825 dont agree, the farm laws were partly to create a more free market and only one of them had to do with corporations. they shouldn't have repealed completely
@@ashnaagarwal4825 I think it should be done in a more cautious manner but honestly its going to be painful either way, reforms are never easy to implement
You brought tears to my eyes my great-grandfather was a freedom fighter my grandfather met many freedom fighters in his childhood he always said to me this is the not India they vision, as a Bengali person from West Bengal it breaks my heart whenever I go online and see southern people act like they are some superior Bing they reject the union of India if it's up to them they will build a deferent nation without a second thought how congress ignored North East from the beginning of independence at least BJP is trying to bring them in mainstream and Kashmir was a different nation for long time until abrogation of article 370 Congress ruled India almost 60 years out of independence 75 years and they never try to fly the only barely floated and people still believes Congress is good for the India it's proves how dumb we India's are 😔😔😔
Diversity will not only slow you down, it will kill you. India has over 883 documented languages with multiple dialects. Some estimations say, it has around 1400 languages.
Finally, a rational angle to the looming discourse on the maladies of Indian society which are many. This wasn't a ranty episode but a message those concerned with India's development need to hear. Before one has a chance to solve a problem, one needs to first accept it exists and ask the right questions. The Hydra analogy fits the Indian societal malaise well. One can't change a nation with massive population pools operating on a religiously retarded mindset, drowning in ignorance and superstition. To even broach this conversation with a fellow Indian, one has to pierce through layers of denial, delusion, and cope. Modern world has been engineered by rational minds and countries like India are functioning at the bottom-rung of that global order. India is in a dire need for cultural reinvention. Every generation has to have conversations and confront issues that their predecessors have ignored and neglected. Culture goes beyond costumed role-play. How you dress, what folk songs you dance to, and what deities you grovel at has no impact on what feeds you. But what you produce and offer to the economy does. As was perfectly posited at the end of the video, the cult of the village must be supplanted by the creed of the polis!
This video is actually great and addresses the heart of the problem. Most of the other videos out their don't even study enough about the actual situation and problems, which just infuriates me.
Nehru's socio-economic policies are responsible for many problems India is facing today. China rejected the socialist economic policies in the early 60s itself and focused on industrialisation while India stuck to it until 1990s.
You are able to live and write this comment only because nehru made some great desicion yes of course not liberalising India earlier was congress biggest demerit but still calling nehru India's biggest mistake is wrong at so many levels he made many great desicion because of which our country is together and evolving modi has lead India to massive economic depression because of which it is difficult to recover from it now
I've been to India twice (for work) and it was great to be able to get by with English. You don't feel as much of a stranger as you would if you didn't. Getting outside of Bangalore to Mysore and seeing the countryside was great, too.
True, diversity actually hampers development a lot, too many identities means too many points of disagreements and too many people dissatisfied with changes and reforms.
Diversity when propagated too much leads to a chaos like india. In india people take it as an offence if told to let go off their regionalism a little. This has been cultivated by regional parties especially in South of India since ages. People harass other people from different states for their language supremacy and whatever. This is further amplified by the media run by the various parties to act as their mouthpieces. After all this people are told to celebrate this "diversity" 😅😅😅. WTF. India will not grow to become a powerful nation. A nation being systematically weakened from inside is bound to be broken. It will happen, not now,but later.
It will never happen even if they have difference they still care ,love and depends on each other. Just like bio diversity ìs dependent on its each components. 😊
As a south indian who speaks Hindi I see north indians be much more ignorant to us than we are to them. Both sides need to try and bridge the gap - the best way to do so is for more south indians to speak hindi
I agree with some of the points and see the efforts put into the video including the artwork. I, however, don't agree that "freebies" are bad and I say this as a salaried individual who sees 20-25% of her income vanish in the form of direct taxes. It is only when people are fed 2 square meals and are able to manage their health and those who are dependent on them, can they think of steps towards progress. Otherwise everyone's just in survival mode. UK, Germany etc also have freebies in the form of a robust Healthcare system or free education. Reservation and freebies ought to be monitored to reach the people it was intended for. They definitely must not be done away with altogether. I also see a lot of anecdotal story telling being passed off as facts. "Izzatism" is not a real thing folks
The only reason India even exists as a nation state is because a British corporation was able to play various elements within the subcontinent against each other for just over a century and for less than a century, it was governed by the British Crown itself. It was, ironically enough, British Indophiles who imagined a future India, as being the one state that it currently is. Had Pakistan not existed, there is a good chance the entire experiment called the Indian Republic would have torn itself apart within a 30 yr period maximum - because there would be no enemy to keep the patriot juices going. This is also why India is centrally governed - because New Delhi is rightly paranoid of a federal republic where states get a bit too "free" to do their own thing.
ur video is much much better than many political scientist, as an indian coming from rural background, i totally endorse ur views that the diversity of india is a major problem for india.
From wiki: “From the 1st century CE to the start of British colonization in India in the 17th century, India's GDP varied between 25% and 35% of the world's total GDP,[13] more than all of Europe combined.[6] It dropped to 2% by the time Britain departed India in 1947.[14]“ I don’t think it would be too much of a leap to assume that India was also highly diverse during the era when it produced nearly a 3rd of the world’s GDP. The west robbed one of the most consistently wealthy regions of the world, then had the nerve to tell it (IMF) how to become rich again. Amazing.
That GDP calculation is nonsense. People like to harp about Indias past glories and blame British for all the modern problems. Eg:, countries that were devastated by WW2 rebounded. So what excuse do you have?
@@RnR1001 several years of war (plus US financial support for Germany & Japan afterwards) vs nearly a century of subjugation… Also, why do you dispute the GDP stat?
@thefinancialanalyst31 what has India done after becoming free? It is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Coming back to GDP, I want ask which GDP are we talking about? India was not even unified back then. Some kingdoms would have been considerably richer. Also people were still slaves. Modern Hindu Supremacist belive that India was a utopia back then.
Man you have just encapsulated and captured my emotions and assessments after 4th June. I have been slightly disillusioned as well even though Mr Modi has come back for a third term. But I can easily see that this jubilation is transient because we are just one Election result away from blowing up our economy as the opposition in India can quite effortlessly lead us down a spiral into a dark future. The examples cited of Argentina, Brazil and South Africa in your video are quite apt but you missed out on the example of Venezuela. Its downfall can easily be mimicked by India as the ingredients that were present in Venezuela are also present in our country. The Maduro regime and Hugo Chavez in Venezuela explicitly stated that they will not enact socialism, but once in power did the exact opposite that led to V's current situation where there is mass starvation, poverty and inflation even after it being a high oil rich country. Just a glance through the opposition's(particularly the INC) manifesto is enough to scare the living daylights out of any sensible being interested in economic affairs. Their only USP is to divide the Hindu vote to carry out their massive social engineering and bring about their communist utopia. What pains me is that the Janta clearly hasn't learnt any of the 40 years of Nehruvian Socialist Sh*thole phase of this country where everyone of our peers like Korea, China, Singapore etc raced ahead to become rich while we were stuck redistributing poverty.
But if this is what the Janta(which is called a 'God' in the democracy of India) wants then this what we will get. Ultimately a people get the leaders it deserves. "Yatha Praja, Tatha Raja"
Firstly what you are missing is this geography (south asia), natural due to its continuity, was ruled by many major dynasties historical as a single political unit. Plus we have what we call Sanskrit and Persian cultural sphere which unite the thought across India. India may be diverse but that doesn't mean we don't have any binding causes. India is less diverse than Europe and more diverse than China.
I've said this for a while. India has rarely ever been a united country through it's history. The only thing that united us was spite towards the British, rather than a true, healthy desire for unity
Thanks Akshar - I found this video interesting and illuminating. As the old adage goes - "anything you say about India is true, and so is its complete opposite" so many realities and complexities coexist in India, we won't be landing on answer anytime soon!
Congress will lead India to division and poverty, the BJP will lead it to unity and prosperity. India needs to take a page out of America's book and liberalize its economy. Bureaucracy and corruption (and lack of civic duty in the population, but that's another conversation) are holding India back from its rightful place as leader of the civilized world.
I was such shocked with the result of 4 June,that i was watching videos of Jayant bhandari 😂😂and now urs.... Diversity is the biggest curse on India, Tribalism of caste groups, socialism,anti corporate mindset but need jobs.Even Ayodhya was also after so much development and 1 crore+tourist...no vote for railway station/airport/highway/expressway....I am an Indian and telling u that my country has zero morality, zero love for development, zero vision....Thank u for the video. Subscribing u
@@TheEmissaryCo he is bit harsh ,i dont agree with 50% what he said...he taked about morality integrity tribalism of indians caste,reservation etc which i agreed.
@@sourabhjain55 Abe ghonchu what MuH vikaas are you talking about ? Vikasss with leaking temple roofs ? Vikasss with people getting their lands taken away without being given any compensation in return
I see. You are a bhakt. Ayodhya voted right. BJP would have lost if not for ED,CBI, EC etc. I am enjoying Modi pissing his pants seeing Rahul as LoP 😂😂😂 See the ground report in Ayodhya. Maybe one day when your house will be broken by bulldozers then you will understand
I don't agree with your 'Izzatism' concept. Being from a rural part of India, I think people rebel against the BJP government not because their 'izzat' (honor) is being harmed, but because their livelihoods are being destroyed. They see hope for a better life and livelihood being taken away by the BJP government. This is my opinion.
I think you're very hopeful about young urban Indians.. they feel it's cool to be on the "Left".. they don't remember the UPA era. And they don't see/realise how bad UPA was for India. All of them think BJP is bad for India becuse that's what the West and the "cool", "unbiased", "neutral" "intellectuals" of India tell them! Here's hoping they'll see through the bs but after seeing this time's result I don't really have much hope from young, urban Indians.. PS: I'm a young urban Indian
Congress hasn't repeated a single state govt for years . The young generation should get a taste of what great Congress govts feel like obnoxious commie social control bills , no lgbt rights as to appease mullahs and fathers , repeated power cuts , water Mafia, land mafia, IAS Babu corruption, local MLA corruption, mp corruption, drowning foreign investment . They should see it once what congis do
@@srishtichaudhary3580technically they didn't.... Many of them were uninformed first time voters back then ,with very less knowledge about politics and current affairs as media back then was skeletal, not as developed and thriving as today .
I see India's independence in 1947 unique in the manner that India not just freed itself of British Raj but also pulled itself out from the Persianate cultural sphere that it got sucked in under the Islamicate rule (Pakistan and Bangladesh carry that culture instead). But, it is a harsh reality when we see the exact same problems today that we saw in Pre-Islamic Indian society - behaving like crabs, where we hate ourselves, we feel jealous and disgust at one-another and cannot see each other succeed unless we have a share in it. We don't truly associate with our past and yet we also don't want to let go of something from that past, perhaps it's the seemingly noble values. It is a frustrating mental scenario Indian Hindus are going through, as they realize that Hinduism has now effectively become a folk or tribal religion with perhaps some potential, but no immediate practicality in bringing people together. Perhaps we are in need of another Adi Shankaracharya-like figure who can truly map the whole of this country and bring a collective cultural consciousness again. Or perhaps another foreign invasion. But this Hindu nationalism rhetoric isn't working in my opinion, at all.
Sir you should make a video on the horrible Cast system in Buddheism that sadly 99%of Hindus still don't know!,that video is needed specially for all the Neo Buddheists in Bharat who only wants to blame and disrespect Hinduism,just because our modern day Hindus have a dangerous virus on them named Sickulerism that's why they mostly talk about Islam only but I strongly belive that Buddheism should also be exposed!🙏🕉️
The so called neo Buddhists that you mentioned are the same people who converted to Buddhism because they and their generations have faced horrible oppression and atrocities. So, it’s pretty natural for them to badmouth the so called upper caste Savarna Hindus whose ancestors (and even some from the present generation) who inflicted so much pain on them. Secularism has not caused this problem. Casteism and egos of the so called upper caste Brahmins and Kshatriyas is the reason
@@yashsiriah21 You are guarantee a Neo Budhist only!,Cast system was never a part of Hinduism it was actually implanted by the British in Hinduism if you don't belive then just watch Neeraj Atri sir videos on that topic for more informations,and when are you going to take about the horrible Cast system in Buddheism I haven't seen a single Neo Buddheists taking about that?,why is there so much Hypocricy and one- Sidedness of Neo Buddheists like you?!
@@yashsiriah21 Simple because Neo Buddheists are just propaganda spreader and completely a missionary religion!,they intentionally lies and spreads mis-informations against Hinduism just to concept vulnerable Hindus into Buddheism!
Truly appreciate your analysis. We have so much people , talent and capability to be an asset to this world but our systems of today have gone corrupt and full of chaos. When opposition solely exist to degrade all that is introduced by the ruling party and hardly ever works together to co-operate and bring in actual development, we realise how democracy lags behind making strong decisions. And ofcourse there is the need to please every community when a reform is introduced. Indian diversity is beautiful and rich with culture but its fading as people fight over religion,caste and what not. Every indian should keep their religion apart and identify as patriots first. Then actually work together to bring in change. Seems like a daydream, though.
I'd rather choose China. At least I can have what I need in the nick of time, not to mention government services are efficient. India meanwhile is not for beginners.
@@choysakanto6792 "govt services are efficient" as long as the local communist party leader doesnt have a grudge to your family. " I would say their better infrastructure and economy are the bigger plus points.
@@oadka why would the party leader hold grudge against his constituents? It's not like they're going to last a lifetime there anyway, since they are rotated and reassigned into different areas on a case to case basis. And one can tell that they're generally happier and more fulfilled than those living in third world crapholes.
@@oadka why would they hold grudge? It's not like they're going to last a lifetime there anyway given their system of routine rotation and reassignment to other areas. And one can tell they're generally happy and more fulfilled than those living in India.
I'd be cautious to interpret 2024 results just thru the lens of caste and diversity. BJP themselves made tactical error in campaigning particularly in candidates selection and GOTV.
The "unscrupulous amount of freebies" promised by opposition parties, for which the BJP offered nothing substantial in return, costed Modi a few seats (a possible majority on their own). A few other issues include rural distress and the Agnipath scheme..
*I hope and I believe that Younger generations in India will have very minimal identification with caste/jati as there is no relevance of a caste today. I see it happening in Urban areas. I've not been to rural areas but YES....* *URBANISATION WILL HELP INDIA UNITE AND BRING PEOPLE UNDER A SINGLE IDENTITY.*
Hmmmm , im here to see your comment section , not because i love commenting , but because i m here to see wether IT cell has found this video or not. Im sure your channel is underrated but after this video , forget that , you have chosen a right content.....
Read your whole article about this and what a piece. You provide such indept analysis. After a long time found a platform and creator who talks so indepth about indias political cultural and societal dynamics with covering so many subtleties that too after living outside. Excited for more of ur stuff on ur platform and yt channel. Even added ur platform on home page.
Reforms, reforms, reforms are the solution of India's woes. However for that to happen in a democracy, consensus and patience has to be built up (unlike the Farm Laws).
I literally speak 5 Languages on a daily basis that too in the largest and most developed city in India (Mumbai). Every grp wants to preserve and spread their culture, language and traditions.
Bold video, Akshar. You just said some things that not a lot of other Indian political commentators would even think about. Good stuff. You can probably expand on parts of this video and make a series of videos.
I aggree on almost all points Except the point about Defence Reforms. The main Problem with defence forces is not a Qualitative issue, rather an issue of Modernisation which is very Sluggish due to all the red tape involved in procurement processes. Take for example the MRFA Tender, where they couldnt even decide on a Fighter playform in 21 years. This leads to Governments sanctioning emergency procurements which is just a simple way of legalising acts of Corruption, Like the General staff decides to procure a Foreign gun platform when comparable Platforms are available at home. Secondly, I dont think that Indian Military per se is having a bad time, we have seen far worse times in 90s and 80s. And Recent Examples such as Ukraine Teaches us that No matter how Advanced Technology you have, warfare always takes toll on manpower. So you need well trained forces in big no. ESPECIALLY If you aim to defend against China. And Agnipath messes that up entirely. You have a slashed manpower with way less training and exposure and are NOT REGGIMENTED(The scheme puts an end to Regimentation). Regiment system has worked very well in the past, no indication that it wont any further. If something isnt broken, dont fix it. But slashing down manpower can prove to be an enormous blunder. TOS may work for smaller countries with low population like Israel but not India. In Recent Jammu attacks , the Security lapse happened because the Units were streched too thin to provide any any necessary coverage and are still struggling with low troop strength. The need of the hour is a well trained Bureaucracy that understands Defence and a strong Defence Minister who can stare the Generals into taking indegenous options.
Salute to ur research and knowledge about India and its rich old vedic culture vs new caste and pride based mess. I always imagine to come a leader that can reform and unite India. Jai Hind.
😂😂❤❤ brother believe me you are a way better than Dhruv Rathee but you are not a very good influencer as you do not dash and criticize Hindu fanaticism otherwise if you would have done that and call Narendra Modi a dictator then you would have 22 million subscribers and brand endorsements and many more and your name will be coming in newspapers Frontline button fortunately you are doing things for the Hindus for the Indian people that's why no one is going to pay attention to you and video such as like this this are not going to be in the recommendation system of TH-cam
Dhruv Rathee is an important figure in the political scene of India, Hindu fanaticism is real and threatening, Modi is a dictator, a real India knows that
Hindu religion is ever reforming.. it'll continue to evolve.. To reform India.. Indian Islam needs to be a thing! Muslims still haven't integrated into the country's culture!
India's population is 1.48 billion, while the total population of Europe, with more than 45 countries, is about 740 million. China is a highly homogeneous country with 90% Han Chinese population and 80% of the population speaks the same language, Mandarin. The most spoken language in India is Hindi, spoken by only 48% of the population, and this includes dialects like Bhojpuri. Standard Hindi is spoken by only 27% of the population. India is subcontinent functioning as a country.
Amazing when you think about it that way
All 4 corners of India as well as central India are wildly different in almost all aspects of their lives.
We have forcefully brought these wildly different people and made them stay together as 1.
Every state is the size of a European country.
One reason why India hasn't progressed as much is because of totally different people forced to work together as 1 when that is far from the case.
China is almost homogenous now but it was due to the forced assimilation policies of the long lines of emperors in China's history. China was made of many warring states with their own language, culture and traditions. First emperor Shi Huangdi went on a bloody forced assimilation process. He forced one language one system with brute force and conquered almost all of present day China. Which is why China is the world's oldest and longest lasting empire. The current communist leaders are not unlike the emperors of the past. They are continuing the policies of the past.
No bro you are wrong china is Also diverse but China goverment delibrately start the hanisation of whole china.
Infact now they are hanising the Muslim population of china they have order that Mosque would be in certain chinese artitechure.
A correction please India is a subcontinent knit as a cultural land and divided in Muslim and non-Muslim parts . Non-moslim part known as Bharat, houses almost a muslim population bigger than islamic Pakistan. Non-Moslem Bharat in coming two-three decades may be overtaken by sharpely increasing Moslems' population and may become a new Pakistan , the end of age old humanity, liberalism, freedom of thought, speech ,belief and friendship with the entire world.
Someone asked me how diverse is India. I simply said, in 10km radius from my location, you’ll find 10 different languages, 10 different looking people, 10 different traditions and cultures, 10 different food habit.
Similar to Indonesia. I think this can be quite mind-blogging for someone raised in a relatively homogenous area/country. I once heard a friend say that, "Naturally, each major island of Indonesia should've been their own countries as that would make more sense culturally." This was said in the context of us discussing about the cultural conflicts and a few major disputes/wars that resulted from them.
@rajasimanta no don't LIE BRO
Really 10 km bro. I would say 500 m.
call it whatever we are in a shithole, by that I mean all south asian countries
One thing is always the same, Chubbyness
Christains and Muslim societies can advance rapidly because its easy for them to organise an entire population under a Pope, Caliph, or Imam, and have a consensus over what they want to do. But the same cant happen in Hinduism because Hinduism is not a single organised religion with a strict code of law, its a set of many religions and beliefs co existing, One community will say its bad to do animal sacrifice, another won't see any issue with it, the only factor binding them is that they all come from the same vedic roots and are under the Dharmic fold under which they organise when needed.
Umm
Pakistan
@@karumotoart5040Yes, any Islamic country can develop and advance including Pakistan. The only thing holding them back are their own political leaders, maulvis, and imams, who preach that education and science are creations of satan to distract Muslims. They do this because its easy to hold power over a weak and dumb society, and so they spread hate, and focus more on converting others to gain more power. The real enemies of Islam are Muslim leaders, preachers, and influencers themselves.
@@karumotoart5040As a matter of fact, compared to the standards of middle ages Muslim societies before the fall of the Abbasid Empire were very tolerant, scientifically driven, and advanced in all fields, that's why it's called the "Golden age of Islam". After the fall of Baghdad due to the Mongols Islam and Muslims became so highly regressive that we are seeing its effects till today.
@HDB41 I do remember reading something on those lines. When I think about it, you have countries like pak and Iran and then you also have uae, qatar. What explains this diversity in outcomes in all these countries?
@@karumotoart5040The diversity in outcome is solely due to leadership, and government structure, all these successful Islamic countries like Saudi, Qatar, or UAE, has monarchy, whose kings are prudent, while Iran and Pakistan tried democracy, and whenever Muslims are given democracy they always elect some regressive religious leader and these leaders ban education and science because they think it's a creation of Satan, and so keeping the population weak and dumb helps them in keeping their power at the cost of the general public.
We are diverse, not divided.
"All Indians are my brothers and sisters" are not just words for me. They are my true feelings.
long live Delusions, as if Muslims wouldn't reform whole India asap their population equals others
Not really brrroo....
Don't turn a blind eye to existing problems in real life. TN, Christian converted north east, k stani Punjab and a lot of internal political and religious conflicts in all states....
@@unni.m1959 leave Northeast alone, in northeast ppl have never Ever been hindu and in Northeast ppl don't make war about religion.
@@tuterruyi5178 they've never been hindu...! Really ? It could be true for nagaland and arunachal states, but Assam, Manipur had high flying hindu history fyi. Either you are misinformed or your are talking with some vested interest. Now, let's leave h alone, they've never been Christian also. So mass conv is definitely not a religious move , rather a political one. Just like in TN, AP and telengana where trd rated cheap convs call for a seperate country. I don't whether you know or not but, there was a silent covert mission to break off northeast states and parts of bd and Myanmar to create a new ✝️ country with funds from mainly US. all three countries worked together on this. and it was discussed in bd parliament. India/ bee jey pee can't because of Manipur. Thats why it went unnoticed.
@@unni.m1959 if you are more interested in hating and sticking butt to others then let me tell if we were not converted no hindu nor Christian would be here, even I who still follow my old tribal religion have no hates to them but YOU who don't know nothing about us speaking like you know everything is making you quite dumb.
I am not Indian but i have Indian ancestors and i have been to India only once.. during 10 days i travelled hundreds of miles througout the land by car and by plane..it was really an unbelievable experience..it was like travelling through different countries altogether..from Delhi to Punjab via Agra then to Jaipur and finally to Mumbai before going to back to Delhi...one thing that helps very much is knowledge of Hindi language which i learnt at school..and by watching Hindi movies...because in all different places people also speak Hindi even if they their own regional mothertongue.. i could understand why India is without any discission the most complex country and most difficult to administer in the world..
Is Hindi spoken by everyone ?
People like this r trying to use academics to tear it apart with these baseless theories from within and without. Diversity has always been their strength. Until u mix a group that believes u r not acceptable as u r but they can help change it; all u gotta do is surrender to their ideas/book. Then there’s no chance. Up until that point, u can live together. Doesn’t mean there’ll always b pewce. Even families never live in complete peace. But they love and value each other
No south Indian prefer English more than hindi
Are u from which country?
Are you ashamed to say you're a foreign born Indian?
Finally someone said it.
Too much diversity and happy politics to Celebrate it will ultimately hamper any major reforms.
Needs a balance 🧘🏽♂️
Well the latter option is homogeneity but India cannot embrace being homogeneous because we're diverse our survival as a country depends on gujaratis and tamils working together, and it takes respect to do so
That sounds as ridiculous as it is.
Well, let's build a time machine and prevent homosapiens and neanderthals from ever merging in India
@@TheEmissaryCoBrahminism don't let us balance ⚖️ they divide and create
India is not a single country - its a continent pretending to be a country. Bharata varsha literally means the continent of Bharata. India always had 100s of countries within itself.
Jai Bharat
Don't fall for this "India is not a single country" logic... United we stand, divided we fall just like how we have fallen twice.. once to Muslims and second to east india company.
BharatVarsha means Country of India...Bharat khand means continent of India.
I mean, it is a continent and a country.
@@Ādi_Varāh Not really as per Puranas Varsha is a geographical land mass that has certain number of mountain ranges and ocean on 2 or more sides. And there are 7-9 such Varshas in the world. So that clearly shows they were thinking of it as a continent.
Kaliyuga and its effects
Either way
I cannot disagree if someone says god himself saved India ( divine intervention) because India is so diverse,it should've been broken into multiple small kingdomes some 64 years ago,but somehow it didn't and it's growing VERY rapidly
Technically, it did break apart in 1947 thanks to the sweeping demographic changes on the western and eastern flanks of the Indian Subcontinent 1,200 years ago.
@@gtmashok Yeah,but I mean,we still exist don't we? All those centuries of brutal foreign invasions and we,our culture,our religion, still manages to exist
@NobleDorito8698 apart from Muslims most of the Indians practice Hinduism ( many sects of Hinduism) is what keeps the country united. I don't think the country would eventually be divided due to foreign influences and overseas Indians returning with their corrupted valurs.
God saved India. That God was Mahatma Gandhi to be precise.
@@shimankumaheshwari6904 Mahatama Gandhi? My foot🤣👌 Go and get yourself educated about the Ideological subversion of India. And don't forget that if it wasn't for Patel,then the whole of Punjab and Kashmir would've been Pakistan today. Not to mention those princely states who would've never accepted Gandhian diplomacy
Bhārat is diverse and united because our concept is not ‘Unity in Diversity’ but ‘Diversity in Unity’
Yes. These westerners coming from homogeneous societies will never understand this.
Muh unity. Indian cope
Pissy enough?@@Zzmaster_-mj2xv
Exactly
Yea like abdul will know about unity@@Zzmaster_-mj2xv
Your video explains the Indian political dilemma better than some Indian political scientists. Great work.
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His video explains typical western view
Yes
@@TheEmissaryCoif you don't understand, urban population has mostly upper caste people in high paying jobs.
@@lostrelicsf2p756 Blame lower castes for not migrating and leaving villages behind...
Ambedkar himself called Villages as the centre of all ignorance and malpractices
Not only is our strong society too diverse but at a mean level, the quality of our human capital is very low. This means that being democracy and freedom hasn't lead to enough of us leveraging it for entrepreneurship and innovation but hold the state hostage and demand freebies and appeasement.
Luckily I think human capital of india is only rising now!
Yesss. Indians have become too comfortable with entitlement.
Bruh we are 78 years old (independent India) + of you talk about globalisation it was only done in 1991. Dont expect miracle to happened in 30 years of economic freedom.
@@HariPrasad-mn5vu Looking at China which opened its economy around the same time, we can already see how immense of an economical power they are now. They have a much better distributed money among their billionaires, we may have few big corporations (and very very few of which are global) and 2 some of the richest people in the world, but they on the other hand have several global scale companies and if not some of the richest, yet a lot of very rich billionaires. And the issue is how for off India is from China, if it was 50% difference, then it would be acceptable, but it is almost 9 times the difference which is insane considering how both countries were almost exactly same at around 1991, especially in terms of GDP per capita.
@@adviththegreat5610 we will have to accept the the work that China has done and it's achivement. But now is out time. I don't know if diffrent races and customs slows down the progress of our county but we will ahev to make sure that this doesn't became a problem for our own growth
It's a trade off, Between letting everyone be the way they are and advance slowly, or imposing one thing over everyone and advance rapidly. India is diverse, in terms of race, religion, caste, creed, language and many more. It isn't like France or China where the majority of people look the same, speak the same, follow the same set of beliefs which makes it easier for them to advance and get a consensus since there isn't much friction between thousands of communities.
yes definitely a double edged sword. Honestly it just doesn't feel right to think India's diversity will reduce! Makes one sad.
Truly double edged sword.. Its makes it difficult to progress as well regress. If a single authority can't control and dictate us to betterment easily it also means that due to these diversity, a single authority can't control and dictate everyone to mischievous and malicious intent.
Advancing slowly is fine n all, but we don't have too much time in our hands. The demographic dividend we have now will end in two decades.
If we don't take drastic steps, the train will be gone, forever.
@@TheEmissaryCo brother why did you used "foolish bravery" for Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji's reforms 🤔❓❓
@@DevRajIES1999 brave to do reforms. Foolish because it lost him elections
Imho, India will always need a more federal govt structure, where states can have more say about their governance, India is too large & diverse to be controlled from delhi and not every state is the same, some are industralized and others are not. Cause while I don't like to admit it, India has never been united as a whole, and when it will we would have long passed the time to benefit from our population dividend. We've always been more like europe as a continent and the only times we've been united is when under a dictatorship.
More power should be given to municipal rather than state gov’s imo
@@TheEmissaryCo True, actually if I'm not wrong congress actually wrote in its manifesto to convert cities into mayoralties whether it would actually do it or not is up for debate, bjp or others should add it to their manifesto as most of the mlas or mps are from rural areas and don't really give a F about cities and are there just to earn money.
Agreed, India never was united truly, because we've to much differences within. I'm from the northeast so I'll only speak for it. The northeast is the most economically, industrially, educational, developmentally backward region, since it's merging with India. It's also the most conflict prone region given its geography and it's history of how it truly came to join India. The Indian union have ignored, neglected NE for the longest time, hampering our development in many ways, we aren't visible until it's some resources, geographical interest, as we have international borders too. I could write more but I'm tired. Anyways, I don't like the current India, as a citizen from a minor community, religion, a small state
@@lly_09 whether you kiek Or not india is 1 country and those who ignored North East are congress even now congress bring politics into serious issues north east bengal tamil nadu whenever BJP try to do any good congress intervene create instability to a already senstive areas make it political play the blame game basically time waste congress tring since day 1 to break aprat india literally and they have western and chinese support north east is part of india forever be with India so all those bad things you see happening in north east because of congress and western Chinese attempt to destroy India that's it never go hating on india as a whole for the faults of congress western Chinese
@@lly_09 I understand man, union govts ignore ne cause it doesn't have much seats and the terrain is very difficult to reach and develop. India would be much better off being like Europe but foreign policy and defence policy stays with centre. I hope things change for you guys, there have been recent developments but ne is still largely ignored.
Constructive criticism...how rare, almost extinct. Appreciated brother✌️🇮🇳
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@@sauron2000000 hasis na gadha ... extreme diversity is a problem
That's like saying, the World's diversity holds the world back.
India is doing well for its diversity.
All we need is uniform development away from a few mega cities, by encouraging more regional cities. Historically, regional cities were quite prosperous. Only after British era, regional cities lost their importance to the British created metros and socialism screwed us in multiple ways.
Indian diversity is good. But too much emphasis on it at the expense of unity is issue imo
But the world doesn't act as a single unit like india, my friend.
We need to develop SEZ and new cities
If only each state govt in India could function properly and bring prosperity along with economic growth that would lift the country as a whole..unfortunately there is no uniformity..
It's a failed experiment of building a nation from too diverse backgrounds. Now it's becoming a dictatorship, perhaps totalitarian
India is most Diverse country in the World,
Every region, state, city has its own culture. that why we say “Unity in Diversity”
1) Geographical
2) languages
3) Facial Features & skin complexion varies according to region (north, south, east, west, north-east)
4) Food
5) traditional Clothes & Jewellery of each state is different
6) traditional Temples & Home architecture
7) traditional Dance forms
8) traditional Music
9) traditional Art forms
10) Festivals
11) Greetings
12) wedding
We've been taught too much "Unity in Diversity" instead of "Unity & Diversity". Its a false notion that, "We're united because we have Diversity", rather it should've been, We're United despite our Diversity".
Lets look at it this way, we're Diverse because we're Free, we're Free because we're United as one to protect each other's Freedom. To summarise, we should be United no matter what, the Diversity is just a happy by product we can happily enjoy & cherish, only if we're United, period.
Yes - diversity lies peacefully under the shade of unity, not the other way around
too much diversity its like a clash of cultures who dont like each other
needs a healing balm
We Hindus don't hate each other's culture. Neither Jain's, Sikhs and baudhs.
Kattarwadis say otherwise@@crazy_for_kpop562
True as well as the politicians playing there caste politics to gain votes from the lower caste are not helping either they are putting hatred in minds of young people. I 100% agree with the seat reservations and special help for the backward classes but at the same time the politicians use it as a tool to gain votes and put one caste against another
Nah this diversity was existing even before muslims and British came.
Culture was never an issue for clash in India.
Only religion is the reason for the clashes in India.
Yeah there might be some exceptions
Indian society is back not coz of it's diversity coz at the end we all are same in a way but it is back coz of corrupt politicians.
It's just democracy is not made for such a huge country it needs a patriotic permanent leader.
Bharat ( India) was at it's peak as akhand bharat at the time of king maurya, ashoka and gupta.
The people choose their representatives. Therefore, it is impossible to hold politicians repeatedly responsible for lack of development or backwardness if the people electing them are the ones who do so repeatedly.
Bharat was whatever before centuries ago, and during those ancient times, the whole of northeast wasn't present, stop including us in the history that we never were in there.
@@lly_09if you get converted for some money that's not our problem bcoz North East was always Bharat
@@lly_09 North East was ruled by many dynasties and tribals. The most prominent of them was the Ahom dynasty which ruled from 1228 to 1826. Almost 6 centuries. And most of the rulers and general population converted to Hinduism ( Sanatani ) and the North East also had many trade with the other parts of India too and some major parts of North East was under the Gupta Empire and Nanda Empire for centuries.
Hence, your claim is invalid and thus I also believe that you ain't even an Indian to begin with. So, first get some knowledge and then speak!
@@shobhitdagur1086 he isn't wrong... other than Assam and tripura ...
Arunachal,meghalaya and other NE states weren't part of India
Hundred percent agreed. There are so many diverse groups here.
People generally talk about the positives of diversity in terms of architecture, cuisine, religious events and languages.
But they forget that almost always these groups have different versions of development and interests. Often these interests are opposite to each other.
Even if your decision is rational and suited for the growth of the nation as a whole, some group will find it abhorrent.
When protests happen, they will be portrayed as failure of the government. Not every leader is willing to take that risk.
And that lack of risk taking appetite is holding us back severely.
Yes there’s def a dark side!
Diversity is great until u mix in a group that doesn’t accept u but wants to live amongst u anyways. UP UNTIL THAT POINT it’s a great strength. But then d removal of that group is d solution, not dismantling everything for that lack in that one group.
As a travel vlogger who frequently travels abroad, I had a lot of similar thoughts on my country , like weakness of it's diversity, selfish opposition, but I am amazed to see your understanding of India. brilliant video. thanks for making this.
Thanks for sharing!
Indian people are holding India back
For a country like india, We need strict leaders who proudly support the indic values and cultures, which are followed by almost 88% of the people.
what are the indic values and culture?
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Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. These are easy target to convert so people want us and our diverse cultures to be vanished and impose their monotheism on us.
@@crazy_for_kpop562 India belongs to the muslims and christians as much as it does to the hindus, sikhs, jains and buddhists. I don't see muslims attacking hindu temples but I've seen hindus attack mosques and churches. It's clear who is enforcing on whom.
And based on what are you getting that 88% number?
@@humanoid9787 he is basically advocating a Clerical Theocracy, the same narrative which miserably failed in these elections
Never lose your indianess brother. Our Great Motherland needs people like you.
Great video 👍
Thanks a ton
Another point to be noted as someone who works at a research institute, is that the quality of education is terrible. Eventually they need to focus on providing quality education that is APPLICABLE. Most of the undergrads I see here have talent but it gets sapped away during their degree.
We in the west are now saying the same about our own education systems. I’m a 76 year old Canadian. I remember growing up and Canada was in the top 3 places for education. Now we don’t even make the top 10. Wokeism / extreme lefties have degraded our education.
to me this video is a perfectly summed up time capsule. keep on keeping on brother. cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Truly it is something else to rule India it's not like a normal society.
It's truly amazing how things evolve here. Soo many pieces influencing each other you never know how things will turn out
India is a miracle!
Such an accurate and on point description about India from probably someone who isn't Indian is super rare but you literally nailed it not just discussed the ground reality in full depth but also covered the on going political scenario perfectly. You earned my respect hope more such quality informative videos further.
Haha I am Indian-American but yes not born or raised in India
@@TheEmissaryCo lucky you
As an indian 1:04 this dude is indian by heart and that is what being indian means
I have no hope in India's future, just gonna enjoy whatever i get. I never vote, will never vote. Just gonna try to stay alive. Your insights are really good, especially internet part, i was thinking about it to myself.
what about your future generation?
India is slow, not without a future
Finally someone understanding how sinister Indian opposition actually is.., they want to bring india back in time.
Insane research work man! Such an interesting way to showcase Indian political history and outlook.. hope that people will appreciate this channel even more ❤
Thanks Arpit!
This the most accurate description of India in the shortest possible video.
thanks a lot!
I am an Indian and have studied history. Its rare to witness an american having this much understanding about indian society and politics. I want to know which sources an american in general follow to know about india and its society. Note: you should study about caste and its implications then you will know why reforms in india are tough much better. Its most repressive system humankind has ever invented.@@TheEmissaryCo
@@nishantkumar1511you should watch his video on Jatitva
Everything this young man said is applicable to West Africa. Particularly Nigeria, Ghana, and Liberia.
Very interesting!
Nigeria and Brazil are two other places exactly like India - so much potential, yet likely, will all go to waste.
The Nigerian economy is like that of pakistan, its on a race to 0
It's crazy to think what India would've achieved if Caste did not exist, or wasn't such a core part of Indian Identity that politics form around it, of course past discrimination cannot be justified, but Even Ambedkar wanted the caste system to End, Same as Savarkar who was against caste.
The problem is that we have a 70% population who are good for nothing no caste just imagine if we had only the 20 crore "good people" we would have been leaps ahead usa
Both were idiot
🤡 cast is Portuguese word not indian.
@enhaa784 it's a Portuguese word to describe an Indian system that was already existent.
Dowry is an English word, will u clowns claim that Dowry was introduced by the British? 🤡
@@MARKCRASTOCaste isn't Indian. India had two different systems - Jāti (communal identity based on birth), Varna (labour based division). British clubbed them together, slapped a portugese word, broke the inherent fluidity and left us with the extremely unhealthy pickle of caste
A very good example is the Dogra Jāti - classified as Brahmins in Himachal Pradesh and as Kshatriyas in J&K. Same Jāti, different Varna clubbed as different caste. Why? How?
India is not Gay enough😂😂😂
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This is problem with Indians : Just don't bother to focus on the actual topic.
Well that's not true...
@@The_Indian_Politician how
😂 bruh!
India is a continent with many countries that fight within itself some day maratha vs OBC,or someday Maharashtra vs Gujarat 😂😂 It's a mess, caste fight, religion fight,north south fight karnataka vs TN fight, Maharashtra vs Karnataka fight😂😂 entire india is fighting ans everyone suffers...thats why our happiness index will always be less than even ukraine or Pakistan irrespective of development.
Democracy offers a valve to vent out frustrations. Otherwise a country like India where per capita GDP is less than 3000 USD would have been under a Civil strife (Ex. Kenya).
@@parvadhami980 I am personally against a democracy for india atleast, considering its past 1000 years history, diversity etc.I am a firm believer of a homogeneous society and a Chinese way of governance, where citizens focus only on economic output and their family and nothing else
@@parvadhami980 a country were today also stones are mixed in govt ration shops and dal has more water in govt school, that's not a democracy I want...
@@parvadhami980 The energy that people are putting in frustration, fighting in Instagram comment twitter ground level stupidity etc the energy should be used for prosperity for the country.
Need to start tilting towards unity rather than diversity!
this video needs to go viral in all languages of india
The lack of an effective opposition party is a big problem for Indian democracy. The Congress Party is useless, with no leadership. Other than the Congress Party India has only regional parties with nothing in common other than opposing the BJP. It is amazing how India is holding together as one country. Diversity is enormous. The south India is totally different from the north. People in Tamil Nadu are all anti-Hindi and the governing party ( DMK) is anti-Hindu even though most Tamilians are religious Hindus. India is a very complex country. Indian unity comes mostly from common Hindu culture
There is nothing else uniting this extremely diverse country.
There is opposition. Congress stands strong. Bharat jodo yatra proved that. Twice. Stop watching Godi media. Modi is wetting his pants seeing Rahul as LoP 😂😂
you should be little more open minded don't just tell tamilians are anti hindu and anti north. they just don't like IMPOSITION of hindi.
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The Congress Party tried to impose Hindi on Tamilians in the 1960s. After that it was never attempted by the Congress, BJP or anyone else. But Tamilians still carry on the fear . Forget Hindi, even Sanskrit a classical Indian language has problems in Tamil Nadu. While many foreigners are interested in learning Sanskrit, Tamilians have only hatred towards Sanskrit.
@@cpadman5800 learning Sanskrit is not much of use since it not even used in North India it is not in use
But then too rest of South States have accepted hindi
As second language
But as North Indians value Hindi (not all ,I am speaking of Central area),
South Indians also value
their language
And I don't blame them
If you know
Tamil is older than Sanskrit
(Debatable)
Due to some evidences
The earliest form of language earlier than Sanskrit which is still in use is a matter of pride
Sanskrit which originated in North seems alien to tamilians due
To differences in indo Europeans language in Devanagari script
And Dravidian scripts
Therefore they cannot accept Hindi
Why do they accept English is because it is a international language
They cannot ignore it
It is so pervasive they cannot avoid.
But I guess forcing just south to adapt to North seems unfair
@@starship_01 re you so blind to how useless rahul is in terms of leadership? He is good at talking back the bjp, but not a good leader. Which do you think is more important to be a leader?
Positively surprised at how good this analysis was
thanks a lot!
As long as the Hindi heartland holds together India will survive.... India is an empire and strong identitarian non Hindi nationalities are faring better than Hindi heartland so any need for revolution or secessionism doesn't sway people... Like in Tamil Nadu(a leading anti Hindi bastion) got strong economy and Tamil Nadu will be well off within the Indian empire rather than a separate nation...
As extreme hunger, poverty and unemployment are the core causes for any revolution and Tamil Nadu doesn't get any now, it remains within India...
Tamil Nadu is already a nation, not a country. Know the difference first.
I work in economic development for one of the Southern states of India. This is an incredible video! You've earned a new subscriber. Looking forward to more from you.
Awesome, thank you so much 😊!!
( refering the book "Diversity and Complexity" by Scott E. Page)
More diversity in society means
1) more resilient socially ,
2) socially with more potential
3) less momentum
4) more short term ineffectively and cost
5) more short term uncertainty
Indian growth ( refering the book "India's New Economic Policy: A Critical Analysis" by Waquar Ahmed, Amitabh Kundu, and Richard Peet)
tier 1 city in india : growth is led by service and knowledge economy
tier 2 city in india : growth is led by manufacturing
tier 3 city in india : growth is led by construction
Rural India has not seen growth ; the cost of electricity and health care is rising faster than wages.
Rural India has the highest educated youth unemployment .
Investment in rural energy and health care is needed to spark the growth in indian manufacturing ,
In the current state of Geopolitics and climate change fail to the spark we expect to see from manufacturing and Agricultural exports .
The recent growth in urban consumption is not strong and sustainable enough to create the spark in manufacturing
Mentioning a few young leaders and companies that are making an impact in rural health care.
young leaders:
Dr. Radhika Batra
Age: 29
Initiative: Founder of Every Infant Matters
Arjun Deshpande
Age: 21
Initiative: Founder of Generic Aadhaar
Pratik Gandhi
Age: 27
Initiative: Co-founder of HealthConnect Digital
Companies :
Biocon Limited
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Cipla Limited
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited
Problem is not diversity, problem is the abrahamic religions.
America and Germany got wealthy because of the Protestant Christian work ethic.
Israel got wealthy because of the Jewish work ethic and the practice of educating people since tender childhood.
Turkey is a technological juggernaut and it's a Muslim-majority country. Egypt is also an industrial juggernaut with its many factories located in the Nile Delta and it is also a Muslim country.
Abrahamic religions aren't the problem. The problem is Indian diversity.
@@choysakanto6792 those countries were involved in colonialism.
so the credit of their development goes to others
@@AbhinandanABS Germany was destroyed by 1945, and its eastern third stagnated due to communism, but now it is the richest country in Europe.
Israel is tiny, mostly deserts and rocky hills, and surrounded by enemies, yet boasts the highest HDI in the Middle East. It got rich by exporting hi-tech products such as semiconductors and electronics.
Turkey is one of the poorest nations in the world by the time of its independence in 1921, and it remained so for the next 40-50 years. Now it is one of the richest in southeastern Europe and the Middle East.
All of them don't have colonies.
I agree on each n every point that you made. This guy is truer to India's success than some German shepherd
Enshrining caste, reservation directly into constitution of India was the second largest disaster the law maker did while making the constitution, first was not making Bharat a Hindu Rashta.
Inventing and eventually abusing the caste system was the biggest tragedy & travesty of the South Asian sub-continent, past & present. Let's not forget that Brahmins still treasure their "sacred" thread.
No one invented caste system,it precedes hinduism, Hinduism is new caste is old.
Hindu Rashtra means for the Hindus only, but the country has too much diversity for it, why should the smaller communities and other religions give up their own to fulfill your hindu superiority complex? If you think it should've been a Hindu Rashtra, then free the states who have different religions, culture, tradition aka northeast and some more other states
@@lly_09Then why are Bangladesh , Pakistan Islamic states who have state religion islam? Don't non-muslims live there as well? How can they able to live in there despite those countries have one state religion? Even Several European countries have one state religion. Tell me how can non-muslim live in Bangladesh, Pakistan even they have islam as state religion? And also in Europe? A lot of muslim and christian dominated countries have one state religion? What about that? Why didn't they give land/state free from those countries?
@@lly_09Did Bangladesh, Pakistan free their non-muslims any land/state after having islam as a state religion? Have you demanded that? They have also core people from non-muslim backgrounds as well. So huge diversity is also there as well. Why haven't you raised muslim superiority complex in that regard? Because they are muslims & christians, sothey can have superiority complex on other communities as well!? So superiority complex term is for hindus? Not muslims or christians? A lot of muslim & christian dominated countries have state religion and you aren't questioning them for superiority complex? So it only applies for India and hindus!?
honestly I wish agriculture reforms passed. so angry with these insane mobs protesting about it and the govt being soft on them.
Consensus is the key to reform especially when you have a demography that is 50% of the country. Unfortunately the Arrogance of the BJP Government raised many questions regarding the laws.
Dude in india most of the farmers are illeltrate it's not America so it's very likely that big corporates is gonna misuse them and will not give them their due if bjp wants to implement farm laws they first start to educate farmers on farming and make them aware about buisness so they can negotiate
@@ashnaagarwal4825 dont agree, the farm laws were partly to create a more free market and only one of them had to do with corporations. they shouldn't have repealed completely
@@ashnaagarwal4825 I think it should be done in a more cautious manner but honestly its going to be painful either way, reforms are never easy to implement
Protest only happened in haryana and punjab there was no protest outside of these two states
You brought tears to my eyes my great-grandfather was a freedom fighter my grandfather met many freedom fighters in his childhood he always said to me this is the not India they vision, as a Bengali person from West Bengal it breaks my heart whenever I go online and see southern people act like they are some superior Bing they reject the union of India if it's up to them they will build a deferent nation without a second thought how congress ignored North East from the beginning of independence at least BJP is trying to bring them in mainstream and Kashmir was a different nation for long time until abrogation of article 370 Congress ruled India almost 60 years out of independence 75 years and they never try to fly the only barely floated and people still believes Congress is good for the India it's proves how dumb we India's are 😔😔😔
Diversity will not only slow you down, it will kill you.
India has over 883 documented languages with multiple dialects. Some estimations say, it has around 1400 languages.
Finally, a rational angle to the looming discourse on the maladies of Indian society which are many.
This wasn't a ranty episode but a message those concerned with India's development need to hear.
Before one has a chance to solve a problem, one needs to first accept it exists and ask the right questions.
The Hydra analogy fits the Indian societal malaise well. One can't change a nation with massive population pools operating on a religiously retarded mindset, drowning in ignorance and superstition. To even broach this conversation with a fellow Indian, one has to pierce through layers of denial, delusion, and cope. Modern world has been engineered by rational minds and countries like India are functioning at the bottom-rung of that global order.
India is in a dire need for cultural reinvention. Every generation has to have conversations and confront issues that their predecessors have ignored and neglected. Culture goes beyond costumed role-play. How you dress, what folk songs you dance to, and what deities you grovel at has no impact on what feeds you. But what you produce and offer to the economy does. As was perfectly posited at the end of the video, the cult of the village must be supplanted by the creed of the polis!
Thanks 🙏🏽
This video is actually great and addresses the heart of the problem. Most of the other videos out their don't even study enough about the actual situation and problems, which just infuriates me.
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Nehru's socio-economic policies are responsible for many problems India is facing today. China rejected the socialist economic policies in the early 60s itself and focused on industrialisation while India stuck to it until 1990s.
You are able to live and write this comment only because nehru made some great desicion yes of course not liberalising India earlier was congress biggest demerit but still calling nehru India's biggest mistake is wrong at so many levels he made many great desicion because of which our country is together and evolving modi has lead India to massive economic depression because of which it is difficult to recover from it now
@@ashnaagarwal4825 Nehru did everything to Islamise India...
@@satishmaurya3404 seriously man go and read about him instead of believing 2 watsapp forwards
I've been to India twice (for work) and it was great to be able to get by with English. You don't feel as much of a stranger as you would if you didn't. Getting outside of Bangalore to Mysore and seeing the countryside was great, too.
True, diversity actually hampers development a lot, too many identities means too many points of disagreements and too many people dissatisfied with changes and reforms.
What an amazing comprehensive video of prevalent yet unspoken topics.
You truly worked hard on this video and I can see it… keep more of these coming!
Wow, thank you!
Diversity when propagated too much leads to a chaos like india. In india people take it as an offence if told to let go off their regionalism a little. This has been cultivated by regional parties especially in South of India since ages. People harass other people from different states for their language supremacy and whatever. This is further amplified by the media run by the various parties to act as their mouthpieces. After all this people are told to celebrate this "diversity" 😅😅😅. WTF. India will not grow to become a powerful nation. A nation being systematically weakened from inside is bound to be broken. It will happen, not now,but later.
It will never happen even if they have difference they still care ,love and depends on each other.
Just like bio diversity ìs dependent on its each components. 😊
@@Hiromi_SUgata Good theory. Lol
Yes it’s used in malicious ways
@@Hiromi_SUgataIt's not pratical in the long run. India will going to be broken apart into several countries in the days coming.
As a south indian who speaks Hindi I see north indians be much more ignorant to us than we are to them. Both sides need to try and bridge the gap - the best way to do so is for more south indians to speak hindi
I agree with some of the points and see the efforts put into the video including the artwork.
I, however, don't agree that "freebies" are bad and I say this as a salaried individual who sees 20-25% of her income vanish in the form of direct taxes. It is only when people are fed 2 square meals and are able to manage their health and those who are dependent on them, can they think of steps towards progress. Otherwise everyone's just in survival mode.
UK, Germany etc also have freebies in the form of a robust Healthcare system or free education.
Reservation and freebies ought to be monitored to reach the people it was intended for. They definitely must not be done away with altogether.
I also see a lot of anecdotal story telling being passed off as facts. "Izzatism" is not a real thing folks
The only reason India even exists as a nation state is because a British corporation was able to play various elements within the subcontinent against each other for just over a century and for less than a century, it was governed by the British Crown itself.
It was, ironically enough, British Indophiles who imagined a future India, as being the one state that it currently is.
Had Pakistan not existed, there is a good chance the entire experiment called the Indian Republic would have torn itself apart within a 30 yr period maximum - because there would be no enemy to keep the patriot juices going.
This is also why India is centrally governed - because New Delhi is rightly paranoid of a federal republic where states get a bit too "free" to do their own thing.
ur video is much much better than many political scientist, as an indian coming from rural background, i totally endorse ur views that the diversity of india is a major problem for india.
From wiki:
“From the 1st century CE to the start of British colonization in India in the 17th century, India's GDP varied between 25% and 35% of the world's total GDP,[13] more than all of Europe combined.[6] It dropped to 2% by the time Britain departed India in 1947.[14]“
I don’t think it would be too much of a leap to assume that India was also highly diverse during the era when it produced nearly a 3rd of the world’s GDP.
The west robbed one of the most consistently wealthy regions of the world, then had the nerve to tell it (IMF) how to become rich again. Amazing.
That GDP calculation is nonsense.
People like to harp about Indias past glories and blame British for all the modern problems.
Eg:, countries that were devastated by WW2 rebounded. So what excuse do you have?
@@RnR1001 several years of war (plus US financial support for Germany & Japan afterwards) vs nearly a century of subjugation…
Also, why do you dispute the GDP stat?
@thefinancialanalyst31 what has India done after becoming free? It is one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
Coming back to GDP, I want ask which GDP are we talking about? India was not even unified back then. Some kingdoms would have been considerably richer. Also people were still slaves. Modern Hindu Supremacist belive that India was a utopia back then.
Man you have just encapsulated and captured my emotions and assessments after 4th June. I have been slightly disillusioned as well even though Mr Modi has come back for a third term. But I can easily see that this jubilation is transient because we are just one Election result away from blowing up our economy as the opposition in India can quite effortlessly lead us down a spiral into a dark future. The examples cited of Argentina, Brazil and South Africa in your video are quite apt but you missed out on the example of Venezuela.
Its downfall can easily be mimicked by India as the ingredients that were present in Venezuela are also present in our country. The Maduro regime and Hugo Chavez in Venezuela explicitly stated that they will not enact socialism, but once in power did the exact opposite that led to V's current situation where there is mass starvation, poverty and inflation even after it being a high oil rich country.
Just a glance through the opposition's(particularly the INC) manifesto is enough to scare the living daylights out of any sensible being interested in economic affairs. Their only USP is to divide the Hindu vote to carry out their massive social engineering and bring about their communist utopia.
What pains me is that the Janta clearly hasn't learnt any of the 40 years of Nehruvian Socialist Sh*thole phase of this country where everyone of our peers like Korea, China, Singapore etc raced ahead to become rich while we were stuck redistributing poverty.
But if this is what the Janta(which is called a 'God' in the democracy of India) wants then this what we will get. Ultimately a people get the leaders it deserves.
"Yatha Praja, Tatha Raja"
Opp is crazy. No other choice but development!
Thats true as an indian. Diversity doesnt work and it didnt worked here much
This is a most honest unbiased assessment. Great job you got a subscription
Much appreciated!
muslims hold back india's growth......
Actually... nationalism and separatist movements is high in India
Firstly what you are missing is this geography (south asia), natural due to its continuity, was ruled by many major dynasties historical as a single political unit. Plus we have what we call Sanskrit and Persian cultural sphere which unite the thought across India. India may be diverse but that doesn't mean we don't have any binding causes. India is less diverse than Europe and more diverse than China.
Quality video. You deserve more subscribers. As an African, i see the same diversity problem in subsahara Africa.
What do you mean
Finally a westerner speaking truth
I am Indian-American so would I count as a westerner 🤔
I've said this for a while. India has rarely ever been a united country through it's history. The only thing that united us was spite towards the British, rather than a true, healthy desire for unity
That African guy video is awesome just that along deserves a like and subscribe for this guy
Name Sammy? Which TH-camr?
Thanks Akshar - I found this video interesting and illuminating. As the old adage goes - "anything you say about India is true, and so is its complete opposite" so many realities and complexities coexist in India, we won't be landing on answer anytime soon!
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Congress will lead India to division and poverty, the BJP will lead it to unity and prosperity. India needs to take a page out of America's book and liberalize its economy. Bureaucracy and corruption (and lack of civic duty in the population, but that's another conversation) are holding India back from its rightful place as leader of the civilized world.
Need to liberalize ASAP!
This video is ahead of its time
This channel will shine if the people of our country look with open eyes and free mind!
Thx 🙏🏽
I was such shocked with the result of 4 June,that i was watching videos of Jayant bhandari 😂😂and now urs.... Diversity is the biggest curse on India, Tribalism of caste groups, socialism,anti corporate mindset but need jobs.Even Ayodhya was also after so much development and 1 crore+tourist...no vote for railway station/airport/highway/expressway....I am an Indian and telling u that my country has zero morality, zero love for development, zero vision....Thank u for the video. Subscribing u
Thanks for watching. Sorry you watched Jayant 😜
@@TheEmissaryCo he is bit harsh ,i dont agree with 50% what he said...he taked about morality integrity tribalism of indians caste,reservation etc which i agreed.
@@sourabhjain55 Abe ghonchu what MuH vikaas are you talking about ?
Vikasss with leaking temple roofs ?
Vikasss with people getting their lands taken away without being given any compensation in return
I see. You are a bhakt. Ayodhya voted right. BJP would have lost if not for ED,CBI, EC etc. I am enjoying Modi pissing his pants seeing Rahul as LoP 😂😂😂
See the ground report in Ayodhya. Maybe one day when your house will be broken by bulldozers then you will understand
Thank you . This is the thing which is actually the strength of India.
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As a proud Indian and Sanatani, you speak genuine words of reason that our society needs right now.
I don't agree with your 'Izzatism' concept. Being from a rural part of India, I think people rebel against the BJP government not because their 'izzat' (honor) is being harmed, but because their livelihoods are being destroyed. They see hope for a better life and livelihood being taken away by the BJP government. This is my opinion.
Hahahah rural always vote on caste.... bjp gave free wheat,houses,and others its not on it...its simple caste thats why buhar can fck off
"livelihood being taken away" - could you explain further.
Akshar ! As usual amazing content !
I feel just 5% of specialised Indians can uplift the country
9-10% can bring happiness to the globe !
Yes a determined minority can work wonders simply due to scale! And thanks 😊
@@TheEmissaryCo Absolutely ! And we have to catch those future specialised bunch young !
Just keep bringing these messages !! Thank you !
I think you're very hopeful about young urban Indians.. they feel it's cool to be on the "Left".. they don't remember the UPA era. And they don't see/realise how bad UPA was for India. All of them think BJP is bad for India becuse that's what the West and the "cool", "unbiased", "neutral" "intellectuals" of India tell them! Here's hoping they'll see through the bs but after seeing this time's result I don't really have much hope from young, urban Indians..
PS: I'm a young urban Indian
Congress hasn't repeated a single state govt for years . The young generation should get a taste of what great Congress govts feel like obnoxious commie social control bills , no lgbt rights as to appease mullahs and fathers , repeated power cuts , water Mafia, land mafia, IAS Babu corruption, local MLA corruption, mp corruption, drowning foreign investment . They should see it once what congis do
let's see how it goes!
@@jyotiradityachoudhury7987 You're absolutely right they should get a taste of the medicine! They'll be reminded why they voted UPA out of power 😅
@@srishtichaudhary3580technically they didn't.... Many of them were uninformed first time voters back then ,with very less knowledge about politics and current affairs as media back then was skeletal, not as developed and thriving as today .
@@MrAgolikeri that's true
Another phenomenal video. Your work is truly nuanced and exemplary.
Wow, thank you!
I see India's independence in 1947 unique in the manner that India not just freed itself of British Raj but also pulled itself out from the Persianate cultural sphere that it got sucked in under the Islamicate rule (Pakistan and Bangladesh carry that culture instead). But, it is a harsh reality when we see the exact same problems today that we saw in Pre-Islamic Indian society - behaving like crabs, where we hate ourselves, we feel jealous and disgust at one-another and cannot see each other succeed unless we have a share in it. We don't truly associate with our past and yet we also don't want to let go of something from that past, perhaps it's the seemingly noble values.
It is a frustrating mental scenario Indian Hindus are going through, as they realize that Hinduism has now effectively become a folk or tribal religion with perhaps some potential, but no immediate practicality in bringing people together. Perhaps we are in need of another Adi Shankaracharya-like figure who can truly map the whole of this country and bring a collective cultural consciousness again. Or perhaps another foreign invasion. But this Hindu nationalism rhetoric isn't working in my opinion, at all.
Sir you should make a video on the horrible Cast system in Buddheism that sadly 99%of Hindus still don't know!,that video is needed specially for all the Neo Buddheists in Bharat who only wants to blame and disrespect Hinduism,just because our modern day Hindus have a dangerous virus on them named Sickulerism that's why they mostly talk about Islam only but I strongly belive that Buddheism should also be exposed!🙏🕉️
Hinduism along with all religions are dumb
The so called neo Buddhists that you mentioned are the same people who converted to Buddhism because they and their generations have faced horrible oppression and atrocities. So, it’s pretty natural for them to badmouth the so called upper caste Savarna Hindus whose ancestors (and even some from the present generation) who inflicted so much pain on them. Secularism has not caused this problem. Casteism and egos of the so called upper caste Brahmins and Kshatriyas is the reason
@@yashsiriah21 You are guarantee a Neo Budhist only!,Cast system was never a part of Hinduism it was actually implanted by the British in Hinduism if you don't belive then just watch Neeraj Atri sir videos on that topic for more informations,and when are you going to take about the horrible Cast system in Buddheism I haven't seen a single Neo Buddheists taking about that?,why is there so much Hypocricy and one- Sidedness of Neo Buddheists like you?!
@@yashsiriah21 Simple because Neo Buddheists are just propaganda spreader and completely a missionary religion!,they intentionally lies and spreads mis-informations against Hinduism just to concept vulnerable Hindus into Buddheism!
@@yashsiriah21"Itna sannata kyu hai bhai?!",ab aur koi jawab kyu nahi mil raha hai?!😂😂😂😂
Truly appreciate your analysis. We have so much people , talent and capability to be an asset to this world but our systems of today have gone corrupt and full of chaos. When opposition solely exist to degrade all that is introduced by the ruling party and hardly ever works together to co-operate and bring in actual development, we realise how democracy lags behind making strong decisions. And ofcourse there is the need to please every community when a reform is introduced.
Indian diversity is beautiful and rich with culture but its fading as people fight over religion,caste and what not. Every indian should keep their religion apart and identify as patriots first. Then actually work together to bring in change. Seems like a daydream, though.
Are the Chinese happy people? Given a choice, where would you live - India or China?
I'd rather choose China.
At least I can have what I need in the nick of time, not to mention government services are efficient.
India meanwhile is not for beginners.
@@choysakanto6792 "govt services are efficient" as long as the local communist party leader doesnt have a grudge to your family. "
I would say their better infrastructure and economy are the bigger plus points.
@@oadka why would the party leader hold grudge against his constituents? It's not like they're going to last a lifetime there anyway, since they are rotated and reassigned into different areas on a case to case basis. And one can tell that they're generally happier and more fulfilled than those living in third world crapholes.
@@oadka why would they hold grudge? It's not like they're going to last a lifetime there anyway given their system of routine rotation and reassignment to other areas. And one can tell they're generally happy and more fulfilled than those living in India.
White men are going to china, Japan the Filipines in hoards. I noticed that its usually more so white women who are interested in India.
great video 🔥🔥..loved it!!
I'd be cautious to interpret 2024 results just thru the lens of caste and diversity. BJP themselves made tactical error in campaigning particularly in candidates selection and GOTV.
What went wrong really with BJP according ...every in international forum was heaping praise on India's economic progress and reforms..
The "unscrupulous amount of freebies" promised by opposition parties, for which the BJP offered nothing substantial in return, costed Modi a few seats (a possible majority on their own).
A few other issues include rural distress and the Agnipath scheme..
*I hope and I believe that Younger generations in India will have very minimal identification with caste/jati as there is no relevance of a caste today. I see it happening in Urban areas. I've not been to rural areas but YES....*
*URBANISATION WILL HELP INDIA UNITE AND BRING PEOPLE UNDER A SINGLE IDENTITY.*
Hmmmm , im here to see your comment section , not because i love commenting , but because i m here to see wether IT cell has found this video or not. Im sure your channel is underrated but after this video , forget that , you have chosen a right content.....
I am the IT Cell 😎
@@TheEmissaryCo😱😱😱
Read your whole article about this and what a piece. You provide such indept analysis. After a long time found a platform and creator who talks so indepth about indias political cultural and societal dynamics with covering so many subtleties that too after living outside. Excited for more of ur stuff on ur platform and yt channel. Even added ur platform on home page.
omg thank you so much!!
Reforms, reforms, reforms are the solution of India's woes.
However for that to happen in a democracy, consensus and patience has to be built up (unlike the Farm Laws).
Yessir!
I literally speak 5 Languages on a daily basis that too in the largest and most developed city in India (Mumbai).
Every grp wants to preserve and spread their culture, language and traditions.
Bold video, Akshar.
You just said some things that not a lot of other Indian political commentators would even think about.
Good stuff. You can probably expand on parts of this video and make a series of videos.
Thanks! Yes definitely a lot of places to branch out
That's what makes India unique.
I aggree on almost all points Except the point about Defence Reforms. The main Problem with defence forces is not a Qualitative issue, rather an issue of Modernisation which is very Sluggish due to all the red tape involved in procurement processes. Take for example the MRFA Tender, where they couldnt even decide on a Fighter playform in 21 years. This leads to Governments sanctioning emergency procurements which is just a simple way of legalising acts of Corruption, Like the General staff decides to procure a Foreign gun platform when comparable Platforms are available at home.
Secondly, I dont think that Indian Military per se is having a bad time, we have seen far worse times in 90s and 80s. And Recent Examples such as Ukraine Teaches us that No matter how Advanced Technology you have, warfare always takes toll on manpower. So you need well trained forces in big no. ESPECIALLY If you aim to defend against China. And Agnipath messes that up entirely. You have a slashed manpower with way less training and exposure and are NOT REGGIMENTED(The scheme puts an end to Regimentation). Regiment system has worked very well in the past, no indication that it wont any further. If something isnt broken, dont fix it. But slashing down manpower can prove to be an enormous blunder. TOS may work for smaller countries with low population like Israel but not India. In Recent Jammu attacks , the Security lapse happened because the Units were streched too thin to provide any any necessary coverage and are still struggling with low troop strength.
The need of the hour is a well trained Bureaucracy that understands Defence and a strong Defence Minister who can stare the Generals into taking indegenous options.
Good points!
Salute to ur research and knowledge about India and its rich old vedic culture vs new caste and pride based mess.
I always imagine to come a leader that can reform and unite India.
Jai Hind.
😂😂❤❤ brother believe me you are a way better than Dhruv Rathee but you are not a very good influencer as you do not dash and criticize Hindu fanaticism otherwise if you would have done that and call Narendra Modi a dictator then you would have 22 million subscribers and brand endorsements and many more and your name will be coming in newspapers Frontline button fortunately you are doing things for the Hindus for the Indian people that's why no one is going to pay attention to you and video such as like this this are not going to be in the recommendation system of TH-cam
haha I just need to keep posting!
Absolutely right brother 💯
Dhruv Rathee is an important figure in the political scene of India, Hindu fanaticism is real and threatening, Modi is a dictator, a real India knows that
Spot on!
Thx 😄
To reform India first you must reform the HIndu religion.
Hindu religion is ever reforming.. it'll continue to evolve..
To reform India.. Indian Islam needs to be a thing! Muslims still haven't integrated into the country's culture!
I hope people like you can come back and live in India!! We need people like you here and not in the US.