Inside Modi's strategy to win the Indian election | The Story

India's PM Narendra Modi is favoured to win a third term as 970 million voters hit the polls in a six-week general election. Using an aggressive digital campaign, he’s doubling down on Hindu nationalism and promising more development. However, crackdowns on opposition and the press have intensified during his decade-long leadership, raising concerns about the future of India's secular democracy.
Guest: Philip Sherwell, Asia correspondent, The Sunday Times.
Host: Maveen Rana.
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  • @user-mw9bd2ey6s
    @user-mw9bd2ey6sАй бұрын

    Such a disappointing podcast. Maybe it shouldn’t be surprising, given how large, complicated and diverse a country India is, but it's always a bit disappointing just how badly we in the west misunderstand India.

  • @rizwanhussain645

    @rizwanhussain645

    Ай бұрын

    🇮🇳 is an majoritarian democracy!

  • @harshpatel7250
    @harshpatel7250Ай бұрын

    😂 UK should take care their island first

  • @IndroneelMukerji
    @IndroneelMukerjiАй бұрын

    All western media houses are purblind in their ‘opinion’ and narrative of India. The ordinary Indian, entirely ignored by the so called ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ , ‘liberal’ political parties and cynically exploited during past elections, unequivocally does not see Mr. Modi as autocratic, dictatorial, or corrupt. What is also ignored is the progress made for the ordinary Indian in the last ten years on access to drinking water, electricity, safe lavatories for women (yes, the socialist - secular - English speaking elite look at such development with utter contempt), public transportation infrastructure, a digital public welfare - social security framework and other similar work. Moreover, the underlying civilisation of India is Hindu, and successive, barbaric assaults by invaders over time has been exacerbated by the socio-economic - political subjugation of the population over a millennium. These are not subjects that the elites would like to air. India has turned its ship, and is now progressing on its own path - and those who profited immediately after the partition and transfer of power - hate it. Viscerally. And that visceral hate is what the western media hears.

  • @silverlineash
    @silverlineashАй бұрын

    This is what Modi doesn’t do: So socialism with other people’s money, or secularism with other people’s religion! Hence he is authentic - no authoritarian! He is democratic - not demoniac! He is visionary- not a puppet from missionaries!

  • @richardcory5024

    @richardcory5024

    Ай бұрын

    Mr. Modi, it is not right for you to pretend to be someone else so you can comment on KZread incognito!

  • @silverlineash

    @silverlineash

    Ай бұрын

    @@richardcory5024 what incognito?? so you are going to give your full name, dob, passport details and your NI number now - because you call yourself richardcory??? You are not even fit to be the dirt of his foot … he has 72% approval ratings consistently- tell me a UK politician Tory or Labour- even half of that rating right now!!!

  • @richardcory5024

    @richardcory5024

    Ай бұрын

    @@silverlineash Mr. Modi, don't get so irate! Concentrate on your election, even though you are bound to win it by a landslide!

  • @drbh6331

    @drbh6331

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@richardcory5024 modi will win don't cry

  • @richardcory5024

    @richardcory5024

    Ай бұрын

    @@drbh6331 Why did you make such an irrelevant and inappropriate comment? It is not a matter of crying in any way at all. Why do you say that? Do you think it adds weight to your otherwise specious comment?

  • @subhash06
    @subhash06Ай бұрын

    I have been to india for 3 weeks and i have not seen any of the issues mentioned

  • @srijandatta287

    @srijandatta287

    Ай бұрын

    Liars will lie. What you gonna do.

  • @HIMANSHU79879

    @HIMANSHU79879

    Ай бұрын

    in India nobody cares what these 10th rate cringe people say with sop about hindu tropes and so on

  • @mmsapollo
    @mmsapolloАй бұрын

    I first heard Pres Modi speak shortly after his election, and the 'vibe' I got was that this was where he was heading. So sad that the intention of democracy is being erroded world-wide when we are One World Family. Methinks much more could be accomplished thru cooperation than opposition😢

  • @vikasm4449
    @vikasm4449Ай бұрын

    The Last part was totally fake.

  • @veljishah5094
    @veljishah5094Ай бұрын

    Modi is bharat You will have to change Change

  • @RP027
    @RP027Ай бұрын

    So much lies and biased coverage...

  • @MoralScienceEducation
    @MoralScienceEducationАй бұрын

    Given India is the largest democracy in the world, it will be interesting to see how its human rights record will be elevated to become exemplary to the world🙏

  • @richardcory5024

    @richardcory5024

    Ай бұрын

    It will be interesting to see how it continues its current downward trajectory in human rights and what depths it can plumb.

  • @MoralScienceEducation

    @MoralScienceEducation

    Ай бұрын

    @@richardcory5024 Let us hope the wisdom of Vedanta, the science of Yoga and the will to live, shared by everyone, will come to our rescue🧘‍♀️😊🙏

  • @richardcory5024

    @richardcory5024

    Ай бұрын

    @@MoralScienceEducation What happens in India will not be merely the result of the inheritance and adherence to the values of its great civilisation. India can choose whether it wishes to become a land empire (ironically it was the British who laid the foundations of the potential for a land empire), in which case it will become authoritarian, or it can follow the British and American models and create a maritime empire, in which case it will value openness, trade and access.. Human rights will not prosper under the former (all the signs are that Muslims are in for a very hard time indeed if things continue as they are) but will thrive if India looks across the seas and embraces trade with all nations. The choice is a stark one. Modi is not taking India in the right direction, unfortunately.

  • @RR-pc7yv

    @RR-pc7yv

    Ай бұрын

    ​​@@richardcory5024 You're dead wrong about India and ill-informed. Sad to see so many ignorant Westerners falling for this fake narrative. Do you even know how much appeasement of Muslims PM Modi and his party have engaged in, which gets criticised by their own supporters. Please don't fall for such narratives and study India's history and socio-politics from an Indian POV too. India is progressing and although slowly but old wrong-doings are getting corrected..

  • @RR-pc7yv

    @RR-pc7yv

    Ай бұрын

    ​​@@richardcory5024 Being an empire, is a fantasy which is impossible in this age of nation-states. Also India is India. India as a nation is very ancient whose foundations predate British period..

  • @maureenstarr5744
    @maureenstarr5744Ай бұрын

    I was India and there were plenty of people that did not approve of him

  • @carolthomas8528

    @carolthomas8528

    Ай бұрын

    It’s called politics!

  • @dmib55555

    @dmib55555

    Ай бұрын

    @@carolthomas8528 No one said it isn't.

  • @silverlineash

    @silverlineash

    Ай бұрын

    You probably only saw the looters from the Lutyens colony

  • @rickfresher

    @rickfresher

    Ай бұрын

    and there are lot of people i mean a lot who do approve him and like him a lot

  • @amalkrishnats8352

    @amalkrishnats8352

    Ай бұрын

    Exactly, it is true that he is liked by a lot of people. But his image is indeed a bit too much boosted by PR work and all. There are lot and lot of people who doubt his intentions are mere for votes only and not for the love of any culture, religion. His recent open hate speech against a community for sure has opened some eyes even within their party, I hope!!

  • @srijandatta287
    @srijandatta287Ай бұрын

    What a waste of time. Is this journalism or propaganda? No nuance!!

  • @BRODI-vt5hy
    @BRODI-vt5hyАй бұрын

    Mal Nesetu needs to be binned the audio is trash

  • @HIMANSHU79879
    @HIMANSHU79879Ай бұрын

    India does not and should not aspire to adhere to "western values" assuming that there is a standard definition of that term that can capture all the complexity of coastal US, southern US, Canada, UK, Germany, France and Italy, not to mention the smaller western nations and cultures. India is a civilisational state that has its own system of values - as a key example Indians of all religious persuasions will agree that taking care of parents and elderly is the adult children's responsibility and not that of the State. This is so deeply ingrained as to constitute a fundamental value system of its own and that value system in turn drives economics - as it properly must, which is another point of departure from the "economistic" way of thinking that reduces all human relations to economics. Mahatma Gandhi said we must balance "Rights" in the Western sense with "Duties". That notion of Duty is deeply ingrained in our civilisation, duty to our parents and elders, duty to our teachers, duty to broader society, duty to mother nature and so on. This is not some old-fashioned thinking that will disappear with "modernity". It is a deeply relevant perspective the West can usefully learn from.

  • @manoharchandrashekar2085
    @manoharchandrashekar2085Ай бұрын

    U don't know anything about the facts tgis is nonsense

  • @mayerrathore8132
    @mayerrathore8132Ай бұрын

    India have the same policy as Israel what is why modi supports Israel

  • @piyushkumar7063
    @piyushkumar706323 күн бұрын

    Only modi

  • @kakatiyawritingsvisuals7927
    @kakatiyawritingsvisuals7927Ай бұрын

    Modi 3.0

  • @rizwanhussain645
    @rizwanhussain645Ай бұрын

    Modi is the quintessential Mandirchaap!

  • @silverlineash

    @silverlineash

    Ай бұрын

    You are quintessentially a dargah chap!!

  • @rickfresher

    @rickfresher

    Ай бұрын

    olle oh uber

  • @aadityaalok2064

    @aadityaalok2064

    Ай бұрын

    Madarsachap abdul... Ja ke puncture bna😂😂

  • @ishowsports008

    @ishowsports008

    Ай бұрын

    Atleast he never took a 6 year old kid to bed like your Prophet Muhammad.

  • @PankajKumar-ip3xc

    @PankajKumar-ip3xc

    Ай бұрын

    Much better then being a raand ka baccha Mohamad followers 🤣

  • @techups3082
    @techups3082Ай бұрын

    so many sensitive modi fans in comments. proving "cult" comments

  • @hsuyaarchives2526

    @hsuyaarchives2526

    Ай бұрын

    yes as islamist do for their cult.

  • @techups3082

    @techups3082

    Ай бұрын

    @@hsuyaarchives2526 lol thanks for proving my point LOVE

  • @hsuyaarchives2526

    @hsuyaarchives2526

    Ай бұрын

    @@techups3082 no the credit goes to you my friend, you can make any conclusion from any statement. Of course you hear what you intend and I say what I intend.

  • @techups3082

    @techups3082

    Ай бұрын

    @@hsuyaarchives2526 lol sheep. miss me with the ats

  • @yeshua64
    @yeshua64Ай бұрын

    Fighting Islam is essential to his victory.

  • @harshmishra2075
    @harshmishra2075Ай бұрын

    Keep crying 😂😂

  • @TCCTeam-jj9rq
    @TCCTeam-jj9rqАй бұрын

    You dare to call it a controversial temple! that is a proof that we are tolerant, and the world is taking advantages of us. I ask you, do you dare to call Mecca Madina a controversial mosque? Everyone makes fun of our religious beliefs. Temples were broken and Hindus were converted. Most muslims in India are converted forcefully, read our history. Do you support this conversion? And christian conversion is on since decades. You christians believe Jesus is the only way to salvation. Muslims believe Mohammad and Koran are the only way to salvation. But we the Hindus, are far more tolerant than you. we accept every religion, and DO NOT believe in conversion. we believe that your "duty" towards mankind is your foremost religion, and you should only follow your own religion, not ours, or anyone else's. Do you think such a person is an extremist? In fact channels like yours are unknowingly supporting extremism. For us Ayodhya Ram Mandir is far more than Mecca Madina is for Muslims (And if your intellect tell you that this is just a false belief, ask yourself how tolerant you are). But this is the pain of Hindus, you call it controversial. This "controversial" Ayodhya and Shri Ram and his character guide every moment of our lives. Countless people sacrificed their lives to get back our temple which was broken 500 years ago. And RSS and Modi are born out of this and many such pains. Our country was big, now broken into religions and castes and regions, because of races like yours, and foreign invasions, and it is still facing attacks from all sides. Western Media cries, because India is awakening. It is rising for the first time in the history. India is synonymous to Hindu (ask ChatGPT how) and this is OUR country. How much do you respect Indians in your countries, the world knows, and every indian knows. So we defend our self respect by claiming our rights! Also read @IndroneelMukerji's comments. They will also give you some insight on the Hindu viewpoint.

  • @dmib55555
    @dmib55555Ай бұрын

    Modi sounds like a bit of a rascal to me...

  • @rizwanhussain645

    @rizwanhussain645

    Ай бұрын

    That is putting it mildly.

  • @silverlineash

    @silverlineash

    Ай бұрын

    This narrative spinning is to fool public perception of what they want ppl to believe! The reality is diabolically different from the narrative that is set up by The times here!!! Modi has given india an incorruptible government with prosperity everywhere whereas for the past 70 years- we only ever saw corruption and brokering agents, land mafias!!

  • @srijandatta287

    @srijandatta287

    Ай бұрын

    That's how you understand its propaganda. Making up your mind with a single video??

  • @HIMANSHU79879

    @HIMANSHU79879

    Ай бұрын

    yeah he is radical about India and its development about India culture , about india right ful position in the world and so do his supporter who vote him which 22 crore or 39% in 2019 general election

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