[JLF 2023] The Paradoxes of India with Shashi Tharoor 

Even if he lives for 50 more years, the modern Gandhi's will always be the leaders of Congress

Long live Sir

So what's so extraordinary about English except that it's simple to use & like most European languages has Indian origins??!!

I couldn't agree more. English has a hideous syntax, gets all its fancy words from French, and has no identity really. It is so sad that Indians worship this language. It's fine if Indians want to learn English just like Germans and Persians do, fine, but Indians actually worship English. It's pathetic.@@rka-truthalwayswins5127

​@@rka-truthalwayswins5127shut up before you make a fool out of yourself 😂

@@sanamarathi9308 You already made a fool of yourself!! You sound like most Europeans who seem to have an Amnesia of history and love living in the stinking s*it of the historic lies they tell to themselves & the world!!

@@sanamarathi9308 Bla Bla ah

These societies unfortunately were created to belittle Bharat.

Overseas Indians are considered votrbank. For politicsl parties it is 😢not new phcnomenon .

Why point to one particular party all parties do that all the time

That would have then reduced the number of topics that were being discussed. Plus there's a time limit to these events. Reason why Dr. Tharoor himself pressed to get to the audience Q & A at the end.

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It was okay. The interviewer was slightly annoying and she's an intellectual light weight.

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What a wishful thinking after centuries of failed efforts! We couldn’t teach these ideals to Islamists and created Pakistan and Bangladesh.. I am certain caste in due course of time will disappear. Can we hope Muslim brotherhood and animosity towards Hindus will disappear?

With education and redistribution of income let us hope people will be equal

@@rakhimukerji7937 I think economic equality is quite unlikely but all people of both gender, children and other members of society need good healthy living, independence, kind heart, love, respect, recognition for their contributions and care in the society.

Nice way to allege your opinions. At least you aren't being abusive.

@varun2250, Hello, 'allege your opinion' ! How do you do ! I am very highly amused ! It seems - someone, who has lost the morale courage to speak directly, now finds it expedient to indulge in a soliloquy, instead - completely out of context ! How disgusting it looks ! Have I mentioned anyone, any religion, or any political party in my narrative, herein above ! It's a figment of imagination of someone's mind ! The answer is very much implicit in the narrative, itself ! What's absolutely required is - proper application of mind ! However, it's an altogether different issue, if someone feigns ignorance intentionally ! How right was the great Lao Tzu in his assessment in saying - "The truth is not always beautiful nor beautiful words the truth !" Let it be known that I don't hold a brief for anyone and the least of all, a political party ! May someone hold it for others ! To get optimum satisfaction as also to ascribe some semblance of authenticity to it, why don't someone put this question to one's own conscience ! Because, conscience never lies ; provided, ofcourse, someone has any !

@@amarendraborah6941 Fair enough. But it would be hypocritical if you won't hold yourself of these above statements that you expect of others. Not that I'm saying you currently don't hold yourself to these values. I just don't have a way of knowing it. Also, thank you for alleging your opinion and thank you for the word salad part of your comment that somehow got generated for stating my opinion.

@@varun2250 What a strange equation, indeed, it is - blaming someone else so as to coverup one's own shortcomings/undoing ! It's, infact, someone's meanness, narrow - mindedness, guilt - feeling, sheer frustration, pre - conceived/prejudiced mind, blurred vision, and negative mindset, which is speaking up now ! ..What a rare coincidence it is - someone becoming the complainant, lawyer and judge, rolled into one, sitting on judgement, and, deciding one's own fate, with a view to corner the glory, by hook or by crook, even by cursing the counterpart, so as to coverup one's own shortcomings/undoing, having no other recourse left with one ! How farcical and hypocritical it looks ! Why does someone is conspicuous in one's silence about the moot question ! Why does someone having second thought - when one's own conscience has come into question ! Has someone mortgaged one's own conscience somewhere else ! How right was someone in his assessment in saying - "No one can wear two faces, one for oneself and the other for the people, for long, without getting bewildered - as to which is the real one !" Let it be very loud and clear that my comment was meant for the channel operator, alone ; and certainly not for one's foot soldiers and cronies ! Does someone hold a brief for the channel operator ! Or does it require someone's prior permission to participate in its various programmes ! If so, I am quite oblivious of it ! Can someone take pains to share it with the viewers in this august forum itself for their knowledge and information anytime soon or in the immediiate future ! Is that understood ! Someone should better understand it ! I do hereby challenge someone to master the necessary courage/guts to come out of the veil of secrecy behind a pseudonym and reveal one's real face and true identity, without mincing any further word, and, without ever trying to dodge/deviate from giving a direct response ; and, share it with the viewers in this august forum itself for their knowledge and information anytime soon or in the immediiate future ; provided, ofcourse, someone is not otherwise a coward ! Is that understood ! Someone should better understand it ! How right was William Shakespeare in his assessment in saying - "Cowards die many times before their death ; but the valiants never taste of death but once !" In this backdrop, there's no perceptible cause for any euphoria or jubilation for a self - proclaimed victory, which was not to be ! Perhaps, GOD only can save such shameless creatures !

@@amarendraborah6941 Blaming and stating my objection that you hypothetically should he holding yourself to the same standard are two completely different things. Again, you seem to have a knack for word salad without saying much that contributes to the points the other person makes. Revel in it while it's worthwhile for you. Also too many assumptions, presumptions and putting words in the mouths of others. Not a good standard for an honest banter

It's an American audience, very improbable that they were a majority Hindu audience.

Who is derailing? Not sashi.

That's a tinge of Hindutava... Mr.Shashi is very right in his way he is answering to the questions put forward to him..

Define Patriotism

Sashimi tearoom please sit on the floor you will be called Patriotic

Trickle down economics was disproven decades ago. Keep up.

Tharoor says it’s completely wrong to think India was named so by British colonialism. The Greeks used this name 1000 years ago.India- the land beyond the river Indus , Sindhu.You’re a outright 2 rupee troll or an unabashed liar.

Umm ... what?

After listening to him, I will vote for modji..

North Korea... It's enforced Harmony all the Time.🤪 All contradictions are ironed out by the dear leader.

Yes but here the poor are even poorer. When you can't eat, it matters.

Why not both?

Because 'Indian', that is what this word connotes has nothing to do with our civilisation. Bhārata has been so warped that self-understanding is absolutely absent among Indians.@@Apparently.Me.

@@paulthomas281 But we are not a homogeneous society or culture, we are a union of many cultures and ethnicities. A general name does not give predominance any one culture.

Europe is not a homogenous civilisation either, but in Europe you don't find the same degrees of self-ignorance. Europeans are actually quite good at studying themselves, which Indians are incapable of. 'India' is a Mediterranean term for our continent. It has no place in our mental map.@@Apparently.Me.

So you dont belong to indus civilization

that's precisely why a very prominent BJP leader wrote a book on EVM tampering.

Why not make the EVMs auditable? Then no one needs to complain. It's very simple to do.

Just look at Turkey

​​@@anshuraj4277 There are some others... Hungary, Israel...

@@paulheydarian1281 Yes

Says someone without even a proper username. Adani's Salesman has become PM and bringing common man on streets to beg filling coffers of few business men.

​​@@finegentleman7820If indeed Adani's salesman has become the PM, then the opposition should have the ethical and moral courage to ensure that Adani does not get more business. Having said that ALL states where the opposition is in power are welcoming Adani to do business there. So what do we have here? Your logic falls apart here as the basis of the same is the hate of one person and his party. This is neither democratic nor has the temper to accept the opposite voice.

And now they have had their chance. Now let's have some OTHERS.

No need. Sai belongs to the jhomla and bhakt Sanghi audience. keep lit fest clean and constructive..

​@@supersaiyan_420thnk you

@@supersaiyan_420 .. you're only proving my point. You want to keep lit fests so that they suit your biases. Yet you couldn't come up with an intellectual counter and only resorted to name calling ... How expected of you...

​@@LetsbeHonest97that's the most genuine problem with today's self proclaimed liberal idiots....that they downgrade every other perspective that differs their ideology... making them promote the very evil they are opposing...

​@@supersaiyan_420very well said

Democracy needs to be protected between elections by institutions. This may not be true till bull dozer comes in front of your door and u know realise u have no money and time to go to court because ur poor.

In the real world you have to choose between the better of the two devils.

India that is Bharat i don't think we should call ourselves Hindustan

I hope Sadhguru guy is not politically important!

Also a big paradox: A man who left his wife the next morning can become PM. Why did he marry her and ruin her life? In those days it was not easy for a women to remarry. Why don't you mention this paradox too? Are you selective and biased?

Don't exaggerate - things were not really unmade and remade every 200 years

An average person lifestyle religion and food has remained same for 1000 years... invaders hardly made a dent on our culture

@@supersaiyan_420 Why are you lying ?

Yes Sir, and harboring terror groups.

Then why our epic is called Maha Bharatha . Why British called their Colonial company East India Company . Though India was a collection of nation states the great Indian empire was there not strictly in political entity but surely in cultural and spiritual circles

Next time give money. 😅

Sure

What bullshit!

Tell that to Rahul gandhi......family just wont step down

Either hate or like the BJP..one thing is for sure that they just don't step down when it comes to protecting National interests and it's foreign policy....This quality is enough to win any election....