EP-61 | India’s Rising Soft Power with leading American Sociologist Professor Salvatore Babones

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Professor Salvatore Babones is an American sociologist, academician and higher education commentator who is currently an associate professor at the University of Sydney and an adjunct scholar at the Centre for Independent Studies. He has authored over a dozen books and academic articles and writes about Asia’s role in the global political economy with special focus on China and India. Babones criticized democracy indices for downgrading India’s ranking under the Modi government in 2022, which won him followers among Indian conservatives, while liberals grew suspicious of him. Babones is also a social media buff and has a huge fan following in India. In this edition of Podcast with Smita Prakash shot in February 2023, Babones talks about western biases against India and how a handful of intellectuals vilify India on the global stage in connivance with western media outlets. He also talks about Islamophobia in Indian politics, the RSS, and New India.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:30 - Experiences from India
11:54 - Agricultural Sector & Make in India
20:00 - India Under Modi & RSS
31:00 - Right-Wing Politics & Democracy Indices 2022
44:49 - Western Media Biases
55:13 - On Research and Academics
1:09:27- India's Role in QUAD and ASEAN
1:14:01- India leading G20
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@gani999 Жыл бұрын

He is 100% right when he says that a handful of Indian intellectuals are responsible for India's poor reputation in the west. It is about time the Lutyens Delhi crowd is challenged by unbiased indian intellectuals who can tell the world the truth.

@vaniganapathi830 Жыл бұрын

But will Western media give platform for our Indic voices? That Mr.Babones will conveniently not talk about. Remember NYT gave an ad for recruitment of Indians who have Anti India stand for their news paper. They are that much thick skinned to give out such recruitment criteria openly and no one will call out their biases. This man also is good at turning Indians against Indians and he try to say that the Western media outlets are innocent.

@kuldeepgaurav1419 Жыл бұрын

That's not exactly correct. The west actively seeks out those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning. Infact they even groom them! Do you know what Harvard does? Where did the current CJI learned his wokeism from?

@MaTara01 Жыл бұрын

@@vaniganapathi830 Thanks to Prof. Babones, many Indian or Indian origin media personalities, like Fareed Zakaria and Western media outlets are writing slightly positive articles about India, these days. The shift is negligible, but it is there. And I am sorry to say that I expect Indian intellectuals and opinion - makers, especially, JNU professors and others who are paid by the Indian taxpayers, to not peddle blatant lies and run India down at home and abroad, just because it suits their personal agendas.

@pardeeptandon Жыл бұрын

Today Lutyens Delhi is dominated by the Sanghi crowd.

@gani999 Жыл бұрын

@@vaniganapathi830 The leftist anti-Indian crowd have diligently worked on their English language skills for long. So they get hired more easily by western media agencies. Barring a few in South India, expressing views in the English language to cater to an international audience was never a priority for Indian nationalists. However, that is changing really fast. Hopefully, we will see better and more articulate speakers and thinkers writing the unbiased truth about India in the times to come.

@santhithomas4623 Жыл бұрын

I am an Indian Christan from South India. We are Christians in India - Thomas Christians of Oriental Orthodox Group - from AD 52. All our sister churches in the middle east are no more. We are here - after 2000 years. I am a Proud Indian. BJP is a Blessing for India.

@induchopra3014 Жыл бұрын

Christianity has vanished in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh not a word of criticism on that. World ignores that. Where have the Christians of these countries disappeared? Noone is intrested. India has Christians, they are happy. Still only india is targeted.

@GirishVenkatachalam 11 ай бұрын

Why don't you dump xtianity bro? Tamil xtians are most backward in all of India. I love in Tirunelveli

@RajDas-ob4mp 11 ай бұрын

Nice are you blind to the fact of churches being attacked and burnt in India mainly in the northern states.Or are you lying to make sure the RSSBJP won’t attack you. The RSS is a anti Christian and Muslim and Dalit organization..

@GauravMittal_GM 10 ай бұрын

We are proud of our Christian brothers ❤

@mikeagate 10 ай бұрын

One final step remains: Ghar wapsi. As a matter of interest were you never curious how you look Indian, talk Indian, eat Indian and yet are a Christian? I guess the saving grace is that your not a converted Muslim!

@AdityaKadamMechanical Жыл бұрын

Right wing of West is conservative Christian lead that is not a liberal religion but Indian right wing is Hindu culture lead that is libral in it's core values🇮🇳🚩

@PrashantKumar-bb1so Жыл бұрын

Rightly said bro

@snow-rm3jx Жыл бұрын

Bullshit

@ankugreat5373 Жыл бұрын

Yup my LGBTQ frnds supports BJP. Literally all of them. Even many atheists.

@thepalebluedot4171 Жыл бұрын

Indian Raitha Right Vs Indian Pure Traditionalists Right is what you see in India... (One is Right, whereas the other is Far Right) For example, people like : Arnab Goswami of Republic Channel V/s Pramod Muthalik chief of the Rashtriya Hindu Sena, the parent organisation of the Sri Ram Sene. Raithas like Goswamy supports the LGBTQ rights in India whereas, Traditionalists like Muthalik disowns and sharply objects to the rights of the LGBTQ community in India.

@ashishchauhan4042 Жыл бұрын

Apt description.👏

@J.M.254 Жыл бұрын

Dr. Babones is right when he says, Congress has neglected the growth of India, for decades. The BJP has developed that growth in the last ten years only and that tells alot about a party that wants to move forward. He is also right, when he says that, government should remove unneccessary red tape from the agriculture sector. Red Tape in India has blocked much progress throughout the decades.

@archit2894 Жыл бұрын

Yupp

@sheelav2667 Жыл бұрын

You are right about neglect by Congress. Red tape is a 70 year chronic disease. The BJP should be given one more term at the least to change the scenario.

@joyaroy8532 Жыл бұрын

J. Michael, who are you fooling? No matter how much we may now criticize Nehru's policy of big dams based on the USA's Tennessee Valley Corporation, or the unwanted fallout of the US-led Green Revolution of the 60s, we have to acknowledge that Nehru's foresight helped India stop importing foodgrains, even as his good relations with USSR helped India build its state-run steel industry, hydel power, and nuclear power plants. And it was a Congress government at the Center that pushed thru the 73rd and 74th Amendments that created a third tier of governance at village, block and district levels. An earlier Congress government made participative district level planning a core strategy of its Planning Commission - which led to the Commission itself being abolished by the Modi government. This good professor should see some films that have been made on India's "Final Solution" to its "Muslim problem." Indoctrination by the RSS has helped communal Hindu formations run bloody pogroms against Muslims where the police stand by and do nothing. Christian churches and their priests and nuns have also been targeted for abuse and often torture, but tend to keep quiet about incidents as they work in remote areas with the most underprivileged former 'Outcaste' communities. But he must remember the case of Graham Staines, leprosy doctor serving remote tribal villages who was burnt to death along with his two small sons as they slept at night in their jeep. The right wing local political activist who incited this act was promptly made a minister of the BJP.

@induchopra3014 Жыл бұрын

Modiji has done,achieved all that Indians wanted. Bullet train, beautiful varanasi, terrorism free, digital India, better trains, better railway stations, better education, peaceful kashmir. He has derived. Everything

@J.M.254 Жыл бұрын

@@joyaroy8532 Yes, I understand, those early days and how Congress helped to build up India's infra structures in those early days. It's a stepping stone to all that is being developed in India today. India is a multi facet religious country with every conceivable ideology one can think of, so, religious turmoil will always be there, mostly among the illiterate masses that can be brainwashed to suit the politicians accordingly. Hindu/Muslim riots have been there, even before independance. (That's how the partition of India took place). Pakistan is not a country, it was created on a religious divide, but many Muslims, still choose to remain behind which was a mistake. They should have all been forced to leave. Hinduism is based on Ahimsa, which means, Non Violence. This was mercifully exploited by the Muslims. Islam is a forceful ideology and want all the world to be converted by any means. Christianity uses soft power and money. Hindus feel threatened and marginalized, so, fighting back, is quite normal. Islam and Christianity are the most violent of all other ideologies. Religions have killed and slaughtered more people, throughout history, than all the wars put together. Since, we are not programmed to think alike, we, get groups that force their beliefs on others, no matter how it's done. But, I will not condemn everyone, it's the hard core fanatics that go after the others and vis a vis. I need to be fair, because, I am human first. What I believe in, is personal. It's between me and God. I am not interested in what you believe in. Let God do the judging in the after life, that's His duty, not mine to judge my fellow men. Live and let live I know, it's a tall order, but hopefully, we will go on to the next level of wisdom and peace will reign among me. But, it will take more time, much more time. Meanwhile, the killings on every side, will carry on, in the name of all the gods.

@Seevawonderloaf Жыл бұрын

Dr.B is careful in his criticism America. He doesn't hate the US or speak badly just bc he has some critiques. THAT is a true patriot. People like Sardesai and Raga ought to take notes >:(

@shuaibmohammadbhat-xn7od Жыл бұрын

U🎉iiiiiu🎉🎉😂76

@diksh777 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact Dr. B said sardesai is his political information teacher in India. I don't know what kind of knowledge he's recieving from him😅

@sunisbeautiful8695 Жыл бұрын

He is CIA agent. They love they play the left and right and controlll both narrative and make a nation fight and destroy himself. He shud be kicked out just like rest American leftist. India's fate will be decided by Indians alone not CIA

@Itachi_Uchia1 Жыл бұрын

He is most likely a CIA agent from what I have studied him. 1) when he 1st came to India when Sardesai asked him something related to politics he said he din care much about politics and was a statistician who stumbled upon faults on Indias data on the indexes but a month later he is tweeting on kejriwal AAP, Rahul Gandhi. He started speaking on nuisances in Indian politics like any local would as if he's been studying Indian politics from a long time. 2) he's been a guest professor in China and Russia. His assignments seem to be extremely inclined with the countries America is interested in. The USA has a doctrine they always influence both sides like the left and the right. So that they control the narrative on both sides according to what they seek at a particular time. He could be a guy put in to infiltrate and shape the Indian right wing according to the US's needs. People need to keep a watch on him for any clues on this.

@kuldeepgaurav1419 Жыл бұрын

@@Itachi_Uchia1I don't trust him either. But he is a tool and a tool should be used. He keeps wrongly blaming the Indian intellectuals for it all and gives a free pass to the west, when the fact is that it's the west which actively seeks those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning adn even grooms them. Harvard is the den of such snakes, wherefrom even our CJI leans wokeism.

@OM-dd4kv Жыл бұрын

He understands Indian environment better than any westerner i have listened to...very good to hear ❤

@ganesh55507 Жыл бұрын

we can also say better than any leftish Indian..

@rajbiswas9077 Жыл бұрын

he understands India better than most Indians

@sivaramana2 9 ай бұрын

@@ganesh55507 You nailed it as I wanted to type the same :)

@sivaramana2 9 ай бұрын

@@rajbiswas9077 You nailed it as I wanted to type the same :)

@MK-yj7pn Жыл бұрын

Prof Babones in sociology is like a less raging version of Prof Anand Ranganathan, spits stats and then makes comments but with a smile and chuckle. Really like listening to him, quite levelheaded and consistent. His comparison of India with Sub-Saharan Africa was eye opening to me, we are socially advanced but productively not so much. Quite cool. Please bring him again on the podcast.

@GirishVenkatachalam 11 ай бұрын

Yes

@Jigyanshoo Жыл бұрын

A very honest view of a foreigner about India. Our leaders and countrymen must appreciate and work to improve this country.

@kuldeepgaurav1419 Жыл бұрын

He keeps wrongly insisting and blaming it all on Indian intellectuals while absolving the west of it all. when the fact is that it's the west which actively seeks those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning and even grooms them. Harvard is the den of such snakes.

@SalvatoreBabones Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@karol-to8ir Жыл бұрын

nazis who call them self now democrats liberal pedowowk

@prashantdevadiga6696 Жыл бұрын

Indian Folklore: The doors to the fortress always is opened for invaders from within and this is always true for India which has more internal so called intellectual enemies than from outside. We educated Indians have now become smarter and as rightly said by the learned professor, we have to solve our own problems and must keep working collectively on building a new world superpower within next 25 years. BJP government is doing a great job in this direction and we all as true nationalists must support our elected government in achieving that Indian dream of regaining our lost glory and honour in this world. Thanks again Smitha for this wonderful podcast as usual. Vande Mataram 🙏 Akanda Bharat ❤ Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

@saritasharma-xx8mc Жыл бұрын

Seen and heard Prof Salvatore for the first time and become admirer of his knowledge and honest portrayal of what he feels about India and it's people..

@pardeeptandon Жыл бұрын

Till 1820, India was a Sona Kee Chiria with the second-largest economy in the world. What a pity today we are compared with Sub-Saharan Africa, and we feel good about it.

@SalvatoreBabones Жыл бұрын

Thank you, that's kind of you to say.

@SalvatoreBabones Жыл бұрын

@@mbabu73 thank you!

@AshokKumar-nb8gz Жыл бұрын

@@mbabu73 Wtm .v😅qyu🎉

@rajeshanand3263 Жыл бұрын

Dr. Babones I am living in New York right now. But let me bow in gratitude, for putting your voice for us Indian on the world platform. This will go a long way in helping us shed this false narrative doing rounds. 🙏

@SalvatoreBabones Жыл бұрын

Thank you. If you'd like to get together in New York next month, e-mail me and we might be able to set something up.

@bhumirealtors3635 Жыл бұрын

Hi...pls arrange a meeting of Mr.Babones in the next OCI holders or green card holder indian and anyone who is really interested in the Growth of India with positive perception. We all need to make him heard across globe

@SalvatoreBabones Жыл бұрын

@@bhumirealtors3635 I'm always happy to get together with friends!

@archit2894 Жыл бұрын

@@SalvatoreBabones is that really you?? Wow, much love to you sir❤

@SalvatoreBabones Жыл бұрын

@@archit2894 much love to you, too!

@krishan6331 Жыл бұрын

Thank you professor salvatore, you are always welcome to India 🙏

@jovianjollity5244 Жыл бұрын

Why is "minority" invariably parsed as muslim, when there are so many minorities in India that coexist peacefully? Is it a colonial hangover?

@Chanakya831 Жыл бұрын

They are not really minorities as per UN standards, its just vote bank politics now

@armaankumarsrivastava4495 Жыл бұрын

We should change the prismatic perception of what majority is. If you look at it, Muslims are "second" in majority.

@Kathakathan11 Жыл бұрын

Jains, Parsis are the minority, Buddhist are too. Muslims are second majority. Lest accept that

@zest6932 Жыл бұрын

Yes..its a colonial hangover plus it forms a huge chunk of votes.

@adyashadas202 9 ай бұрын

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@v-jayt652 Жыл бұрын

Dr J Shankar is showing a Mirror to the Hypocrites and he’s doing a wonderful job. In fact he’s the only one person who isn’t afraid to Call Spade a Spade. The rest of Indians in the Government and Diplomatic Services including the Indian Diaspora are TOO TIMID. Time to wake up and stand up for India and Indian Culture.

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@Your_real_dad Жыл бұрын

He's first foreigner liberals doesn't like 😂. Such great guy .

@echosmith5256 Жыл бұрын

I'm a liberal and i like him. hell even salvatore is a liberal

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@DJ_Leo10 Жыл бұрын

Not liberal ,, they r Liberandu

@archit2894 Жыл бұрын

@@DJ_Leo10 haha true

@nhegde1918 Жыл бұрын

I am a big fan of Prof. Salvatore. There is no sugar coating in his words. Looking forward to meeting him one day

@aurkomukhopadhyay Жыл бұрын

He won me over at 45:25 . “India is an extraordinarily Nationalistic Country.” Yes we are Sir. We are the descendants of who fought 100+ years for freedom. Jai Hind! Jai Bharat! ❤

@eksatya Жыл бұрын

Actually 100s of years. Like we were fighting since 14th century.

@dipanshu.__ Жыл бұрын

1000 , not 100.

@vaniganapathi830 Жыл бұрын

Fighting for 1000 years till now

@19.vishveshgupta32 Жыл бұрын

Started in 1191 (First Battle of Tarain) and ended in 1947 (Indian Independence) Thats 756 years of fighting!!!!

@vaniganapathi830 Жыл бұрын

@@19.vishveshgupta32 we have not yet got independence brother. Add 75 years to that also

@sundareshanal1849 Жыл бұрын

This is arguably the most critical podcast that Smita Prakash has done since she started. The Indian media should take this debate across the world. All public opinion and a 360 degree analysis may well be done on this cast. Let there be a brutally honest objective assessment of his expositions. Once we do that , the spin put up by the global wokes that the Professor's views are biased will be exposed as vacuous. It is time we put our national counter narrative based on empirical bases and fought this engineered India bashing and Hinduphobia.

@The__Leo69 Жыл бұрын

I will never forget him defending India, its system, its government, its people against Rajdeep at India Today conclave. Outrage for Rajdeep and gratitude for Prof. Babones fills my mind whenever I think of that incident.

@VikashKumar-kw5ck 9 ай бұрын

I remember that too😁😁😁😁😁

@yashwanthsakala9305 Жыл бұрын

Smita ma’am is simply great as a host. Salvatore has been able to articulate his position in a much better way in this one single podcast compared to all the events,litfests and conclaves. His understanding of India in such less time is astounding

@SalvatoreBabones Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'd say my understanding is "growing." But I'm doing my best.

@ericmathias5965 Жыл бұрын

Was nice listening to Professor Babones man with tremendous knowledge.God bless you Professor from India the world's largest democracy.

@MrDuggalabhinav Жыл бұрын

Well rounded views of Mr. Babones, growth mindset visible clearly!

@Jvs-eq3iy Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mr. Babones for your generous remarks about India and particularly about UP and Bihar.

@lusaka677 Жыл бұрын

इथोपिया वाला तुलना काफी ज्ञानवर्धक था।

@mohanr7274 Жыл бұрын

I don't think he has been very generous, if you hear him carefully, he is more soft with China

@Sai-ns9ky 11 ай бұрын

@@mohanr7274 He's just being diplomatic.

@supriyapuranik3433 Жыл бұрын

First time in my life I see India is heading in the right direction as a nation, its searching for its roots and trying to hold a tight grip to its soil, Hindus are realizing about the political traps and tricks played with them to keep them divided, separated from others, the depth of Muslim appeasement in the name of secularism. Modi is successfully able to turn wheels in the right direction and give it a momentum that it will drive itself. One more term of Modi which is bound to happen will change the scenario completely. And he has done it completely in the framework of the Indian constitution, law, processes, procedures, practices and conventions. He has never deviated or bypassed anything and hence none of his decisions which were challenged in the Supreme Court has gone against him, CAG also was not able to sight any irregularities during the audits. We are proud of our prime Minister Modi, finance minister Nirmalaji, EAM S Jaishankar, HM Amitji, Railway minister Ashwiniji, highway minister Nitinji, energy minister Piyushji. We are proud of all those who are manufacturing high-speed railways, satellites, vaccines, medicines, missiles. I am proud of being Indian, from a land of rich culture, knowledge, research, spiritual attainments, a land who is mother of music, vocal, dance, performing arts, plays, literature, sculptures, amazing architectures and civil engineering, amazing textiles and arts and crafts. There is no country in the world as rich as India.

@deepakapoor Жыл бұрын

Interesting podcast. It is the Indians living abroad that give india a bad name, especially the ones that are born outside of India, they’ve no connection with the country other than their parents who migrated. They’re the ones that take a strong stance against India. It kills me see that happening and see that all the time. I was born in India but have lived in the US most of my life but I still love India and very well connected.

@naturemeditation3751 Жыл бұрын

actually some are living in india also they get paid for articles or reporting jobs 😅

@jollythomas3328 Жыл бұрын

Wow! ANI podcasts are the most informative these times❤

@MaTara01 Жыл бұрын

Wonder why it took ANI nearly 2 months to upload this podcast, which was filmed in February?

@archit2894 Жыл бұрын

Ikr

@archit2894 Жыл бұрын

@@MaTara01 what is wrong with you?

@MaTara01 Жыл бұрын

@@archit2894 I am completely bonkers!

@bmniac Жыл бұрын

@@MaTara01 Admission or confession? just a joke.

@arindamghatak Жыл бұрын

Good to get these views from a very different but honest and balanced perspective.

@sunisbeautiful8695 Жыл бұрын

He is CIA agent who wants India to still trust American CIA ranking fake indexs, blaming it on Indian left so that India fight withing rather than expose American CIA agenda. America cia always plays this right verses left ideology in each nation, funds it's left by Soros and other org. And when India expose American CIA ranking this CIA agent comes here to defend it and blame it on Indian left. ***

@MaTara01 Жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@RSRaju-su3db Жыл бұрын

Excelent interview by Smita. Prof. Babones, a real objective researcher and scholar. Hope the EAM is listening how to man the PR by Indian consulates.

@arijayims Жыл бұрын

One person who understands india better than a lot of NRI intellectuals who vilify india

@santosh5684 10 ай бұрын

Professor Babones has understood Bharath quite well. Pranam 🙏🙏

@sagarkmore Жыл бұрын

The interview was excellent, and it appears that the interviewee is well-informed about the current situation in India. It's regrettable that some so-called "intellectuals" write biased opinion pieces about India while comfortably sitting in air-conditioned rooms in foreign countries.

@odomangulati7079 Жыл бұрын

He should have been asked WHY does Washington post choose Rana Ayub to cover India. Its not as if there is a shortage of English speaking Indian journalists.

@vaniganapathi830 Жыл бұрын

Yes. Also why did NYT looked for Anti-India mindset journalists stating the same as criteria in their recruitment ad?

@piyushb2888 Жыл бұрын

It's the ideology. Extreme left wing is very motivated to tarnish Hinduism and India. They have no guts to take on China and shamelessly support Chinese fascist government. Likewise, they have no guts to take on Islamic fundamentalism and will support them instead.

@kuldeepgaurav1419 Жыл бұрын

Precisely and this is where his bluff or his genuinely wrong belief is exposed. when the fact is that it's the west which actively seeks those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning and even grooms them. Harvard is the den of such snakes.

@MaTara01 Жыл бұрын

@@vaniganapathi830 It is because Rana Ayyub's narrative fits with the overall narrative of Washington Post and NYT, which regards nationalist and populist leaders like Trump, Bolsanaro and Modi as destroyers of democracy.

@archit2894 Жыл бұрын

We should just stop giving our precious time to the liberal propaganda spread by western media houses

@shasvat95 Жыл бұрын

He has so much knowledge about India. Love this podcast

@chetanjuneja7570 Жыл бұрын

I find Prof Babones to be the most fact based, scientific observer on India. His statements are rooted in empirical evidence, well researched data and not merely opinion pieces. I wish we have academics in India on either side be equally fact based and not comment based on lived experiences of an echo chamber. Thank you sir for showing the way

@Maverikm73 Жыл бұрын

Well said about the echo chamber

@adityatyagi4009 Жыл бұрын

Great interview. The challenge is for American media and officials to start understanding India properly beyond all the propaganda. This is a large, uphill battle and the diaspora must start getting involved to start changing these misperceptions of India. The good news is that many are now waking up to the gravity of the situation and are beginning to make their voices heard. As a result, I hope to see an more accurate coverage in American media in the coming years.

@archit2894 Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@sloppyjoe5263 5 ай бұрын

I don't think any of you naive Indians have ever spoken to members of the Indian diaspora before. These are Indians who left our country to enjoy life in first world nations. What exactly do you think these so called Indians think about India? I have multiple friends who are in usa, Canada, uk, one of them is doing mtech in Stanford and trust me, they are more anti Indian than some Pakistanis. They hate india,they openly told me they think India is a poor loser third world filthy country. Do you honestly believe they will work to make our image better in foreign nations??? 😂 If anything they do the opposite, they are most likely chatting with white people telling them what a sh*thole country it is, and they are so thankful they managed to escape it.

@sri0502 Жыл бұрын

This is a very very good discussion. Thank you, Smita Prakash ma'am for getting Salvatore. Very refreshing to hear Salvatore's view.

@mallikadas Жыл бұрын

He is very honest to his words. He is our next Indian politics and intellectual specialist. Respect and gratitude to you, Sir 🙏

@mohanr7274 Жыл бұрын

wow.. so eager to anoint a White fella the title of 'our next Indian politics and Intellectual specialist'?

@MuralidharanVenkataraman1817 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant and objective...the issues were framed nicely and being an Indian without labels, this is perhaps a brilliant analysis

@rachittiwari874 Жыл бұрын

We need stats on the growth of this channel since Smita Ma'am's podcast.

@vaniganapathi830 Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@pkg1491 Жыл бұрын

This guy knows more about Bharat than maybe my dad perhaps😊 Such specialists should represent Bharat on world stage and not gaddar types like ranas print laundry alt and the like. Goi can use his services and other people like him.

@captainvivek Жыл бұрын

Great interview. I always like to listen Professor because he talks sense about India without any bias of left and right ideology..

@5amyak Жыл бұрын

Kudos to smita as well for getting the best out of him. Prof's objectivity in this domain is a rare delight.

@DipakBose-bq1vv Жыл бұрын

Pankaj Mishra, Arundhuti Roy, Rana Ayub, Kancha Iialah, in the journalistic fields are anti-Indian. Romila Thaper, Irfan Habib, RN Sharma, DN Jha, Harbans Mukhia in the historical fields are also anti-Indian.

@Olive_and_Pistachio Жыл бұрын

Arundhati Roy is not anti-indian. It's people like Arundhati Roy who bring a society forward.

@rahulam888 Жыл бұрын

@@Olive_and_Pistachio who..? The same person supporting Yasin Malik...😂😂lol

@higherbeingX Жыл бұрын

@@Olive_and_Pistachio LOL what a funny comment. SHe bats for Kashmir seperation and she is not anti-Indian. Again LOL

@Roar1921 Жыл бұрын

Kancha Iliah is a missionary

@akshitmangurung Жыл бұрын

@@higherbeingX any particular region for separation?

@Resurfacing Жыл бұрын

Bravo Professor, you have well described the Chakravyu in which Indian representation is in on the world stage.

@amanj3051 Жыл бұрын

Amazing Guy....THANKS A MILLION...... Has a knack of seeing thru the BS that goes around.... And thanks for sharing your knowledge on these Crap Surveys... His knowledge of India Polity & Commentators is Really Amazing and increasing by the Day.....❤

@akashb7508 Жыл бұрын

The best part of intellectual people like him from outside is they can talk at length and breakdown their perspective without hurling derogatory words or getting into any agenda because they have put in time to research on the topic before speaking up.

@Sai-ns9ky 11 ай бұрын

Exactly. I have had many libtards throw random slurs at me.

@meghnasaxena Жыл бұрын

We all know about the prejudices and opinions against India,but to hear this unfiltered breaks our hearts...

@TerryP11 Жыл бұрын

Love babones He nails it on the head He explains the stuff with facts

@chetnarazdan4497 Жыл бұрын

Prof. Babones just got one more fan😊

@archit2894 Жыл бұрын

@canakapallibhaskar2510 Жыл бұрын

Ma'am your research is so thorough that the critics have no option but to shut their mouths. Your love for India is unparalleled and we love you for that.

@mikesheth5370 Жыл бұрын

I had same feeling about RSS as this professor. We don't have Hindu youths in millions joining it and brandishing AK57 like Kashmiri youth of bygone days! Most are middle age Hindu men doing exercise in park or once in a while disturbing Valentine day!

@gauravipal9518 Жыл бұрын

RSS does not have problems with Valentines day. You maybe mixing it up with VHP or Bajrang Dal.

@pboy6670 Жыл бұрын

@@gauravipal9518all are part of RSS

@shashankjp88 Жыл бұрын

His accent is as neutral as his views.. such a great discussion and insights, so wish I could put my thoughts into words as profoundly as him

@SmartRPh24 Жыл бұрын

I could listen to Dr Babones for hours at length given how logical he is

@mahanarasimhan1867 Жыл бұрын

What a podcast. An honest unbiased analysis of India.

@indranilmukherjee4837 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating discussion. Loved the first part about comparing socio-econmics of India amd sub Saharan Africa.

@vaidyaray8041 Жыл бұрын

He spoke so rationally, everything made sense. No biases, just facts.

@HOTVIVEK14DEC Жыл бұрын

Very deep and knowledgeable discussion ... Thank you

@rc2k22 Жыл бұрын

How honest and polite are his opinions.

@papiyalodhdasgupta3446 3 ай бұрын

How refreshing to hear an articulate professor sharing a nuanced reading of a nation he does not fully comprehend and clearly proclaims that as a disclaimer.

@endurance24601 Жыл бұрын

As far as the quality and lucidity is concerned this is by far the best podcast. Even better than the one with Annamalai and Dr Jaishankar.

@Likit257 Жыл бұрын

ENGLISH WITH AN ACCENT MEANS QUALAITY TO THOSE COOPED UP IN THEIR COLONIAL PIGEONHOLES

@rajeshmahajan6266 Жыл бұрын

Smita ji, you and your team must be complimented for enlightening us with your podcasts which are full of content and well researched

@user-zy8vk2ip8o Жыл бұрын

Lucky students atudying under him! They will make great world citizens ❤❤

@jacobbnjmn 3 ай бұрын

What an illuminating discussion. Good to see some vindication of my position from someone who has the merit to give it the necessary credence. I am a South Indian Christian also, like another person commenting here, and I have never experienced any discrimination worth speaking about. On the contrary, I am delighted that a party has inspired such a large majority in India to feel pride in their country and their roots. This pride and self worth are the fundamental building blocks for a productive, non corruptible, and socially conscious citizen. The harm our so called intellectuals are doing to vilify BJP is truly self destructive. As minorities, we have a duty to join hands with the benevolent majority and not portray ourselves to be the enemies of that majority. There is fabulous accommodation of minorities in India...no doubt about it in my mind. Let our legitimate opposition in India be free of identity politics! Let's examine and expose the policies and efficacy of our government based on policy failures.

@anuragrt Жыл бұрын

Great to see Dr Babones on this podcast. Great discussion. Thanks ANI!

@thelegendgamer4747 Жыл бұрын

I'm sure that if Mr. Babones had seen what rank India had in the press freedom index, he would be really disappointed. This was a real eye-opener of a podcast. This is my first time viewing this podcast and I must say that it was really nice. As for Mr. Babones' take on India, I'm impressed. Few intellectuals can embrace the reality on ground as he can.

@narutogaming7487 Жыл бұрын

Pakistan freedom indox is higher then India.... freedom of press index lol my foot... imraan Khan is arrested, civil war goes on... America and European countries are silent... Hippocrates...Bunch of jealous western morons

@Ram-rf2fu Жыл бұрын

Smitaji you are a seasoned journalist and interviewer par supreme. Another in India a news presenter is Palki Sharma. Styles different, but happy to listen to you two outstanding women of India. Hope you will receive a Padma Bhushan.

@janardansingh5926 10 ай бұрын

Prof is right that India should also focus on enhancing productivity in Agricultural Sector & Exports to really catapult its per capita income to at least 10k dollar

@jayd.5043 Жыл бұрын

A wonderful discussion. Mr. Salvatore is well read, factual based and a reasonable individual. Thank you!

@svarghese9424 Жыл бұрын

Well informative, non biased discussion. Am very much happy to listen this podcast of you for first time. I stumbled on your podcast accidentally during my classroom learning and had to take a break and listened in one stretch continuously. Good work

@varunkhugshal9049 Жыл бұрын

Dr Salvatore, however articulate, should also consider that those intellectuals are deliberately given platform in western media and otherwise opinion about about india articles would have had same diversity as the sample of indian diversity of thought. These news portals and indexes are overwhelmingly negative and act as pressure institution and are direct threat bcs of massive softpower the western societies enjoy. Indian society having insecurity is not paranoia, nobody in india had cared if these indexes were from Congo( less impactful than us), indian insecurity comes from experience with massive waves of colonisation that society has suffered and these institutions are form of neo colonialism.

@anuragchakraborty8766 Жыл бұрын

Ok Gobar bhakt, everything is a conspiracy against India

@vaniganapathi830 Жыл бұрын

True! Also there are multiple articles published in these western media, which portray negatively about India but written by foreign intellectuals . It's just that they choose only negative articles which suits their narratives. This man cunningly say we Indians are against Indians white washing his country's company's I'll thoughts

@kuldeepgaurav1419 Жыл бұрын

That's precisely the case. The fact is that it's the west which actively seeks those intellectuals who have a certain political leaning and even grooms them. Harvard is the den of such snakes, even Indian CJI was groomed there.

@MaTara01 Жыл бұрын

In other videos, Prof. Babones has talked about the overwhelming bias in most Western universities and institutions towards a kind of militant liberalism, that has succeeded in drowning out conservative voices or any voices, who do not agree with their so - called liberal viewpoints. Democracy means listening to all voices; however, most liberals seem to have forgotten this completely and are indulging in full scale cancel culture.

@AK-xj5ul Жыл бұрын

Great interview .👌

@vijayk2025 Жыл бұрын

Great podcast ... Thank you Prof. Babones and Smitaji

@lakshminarayanangovindacha6945 Жыл бұрын

Excellent podcast. Thanks. Professor is eloquent, convincing and his views need to be spread widely.

@jayapalcheramangalam561 Жыл бұрын

He is more informed about India than many elite journalist !

@tusharcentaur Жыл бұрын

Dr. Babones, much gratitude to you. I just can’t express my gratefulness for your unbiased opinion and the temerity to call a spade a spade without meaning to offend anyone. And please don’t bother about people who are offended by truth. They are not worthy of anything meaningful or plain factual. 🙏

@lifesroi8950 Жыл бұрын

What a perspective changing podcast. We need more of those.

@texastexas4541 8 ай бұрын

Simply brilliant show. So professionally done.

@solitude9665 Жыл бұрын

This was a super podcast.....Thank you Smita.

@hkiajtaqks5253 Жыл бұрын

Salvatore Babones: "I am a milk drinker" 😂

@anjaligangoli7939 Жыл бұрын

Great idea to get authentic voices to be heard in the west. A lot of well established NRIs or Americans of Indian origin have become vocal om SM some have their own You tube channels. The EAM must take notice & have embassies reach out to them.

@sunnycriti9809 Жыл бұрын

We need people like Dr. Salvatore Babones in this world. He tries to report objective news. A truthfull man

@STPT-SaiBaba Жыл бұрын

Amazing interactions. He is so clear headed that it seems like watching a rainbow with blue sky in the back ground. Today it self I had a discussion and had to fight back on the regular narrative of Modi being an islamlphobic. Shared this video to give a perspective based on data and facts.

@gunjaneighteen Жыл бұрын

I love these podcasts Smita ji. Bless you!

@tECHnOpinion. Жыл бұрын

What a data oriented guy, Prof. Babones is! So Impressive! It's professionals like these that India needs to counter Anti Indian media outlets & Western forces. I dont know why there are not many Indians who give such logical data based rebuttal, as Prof. Babones. Can this guy be atleast hired as a consultant by Indian government please?? Coz clearly the government is incapable of facing the anti Indians head on with facts.

@MaTara01 Жыл бұрын

Yes! High time someone funded Prof. Babones's think tank India Century Roundtable. If rich Indian corporates aren't going to fund him, then who will? Where are the rich BJP supporting businessmen when you need them?

@tECHnOpinion. Жыл бұрын

@@MaTara01 100% Great point👍🏽 Look at how detailed he is while being equally balanced. He isn't one of those who would just pick a side & rant in their favour as we see in many Indian media outlets today that are widely seen as BJP supporter. Prof Babones on the other hand, calls spade a spade, while using data logic & rational to counter the anti India rhetoric, instead of beating around the bush. The only person in government I see who talks on data & fact, is EAM Jaishankar. Rest of them simply sound jingoistic. It's the world of DATA, when will the government of India understand it.

@MaTara01 Жыл бұрын

@@tECHnOpinion. I agree with you. Having Prof. Babones in India's team will really help to change the India narrative. He has already managed to influence Australian journalists about India, as he says. If he is properly funded, he will produce data accurate, balanced reports on India and communicate them to the India - illiterate Western journalists, which these "gora" journalists would believe because of Dr. Babones's expertise in his field and a great communicator. Funding his think tank should be a no brainer for any rich, patriotic Indian.

@gauravipal9518 Жыл бұрын

Sanjeev Sanyal whp is part of economic advisory team has done a lot of work in this area going deep into methodology.

@MaTara01 Жыл бұрын

@@gauravipal9518 But Sanyal isn't credible for the Westerner, because he is part of the Modi government.

@Nadanachandran Жыл бұрын

I’m relieved to hear a balanced commentator on India. This reveals the prejudices and the role of biased international media. 1:09:43

@periumasankar Жыл бұрын

Yes. We are fans of Salvatore, a Truthful person. Logical and sincere in his analysis. We invite all criticism, but fed up with mindless, biased criticism of (left) intelligentsia of India

@charusingh7223 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful discussion

@ShivRaj-pc6dz Жыл бұрын

A very eye opening podcast, I loved it.

@bhagwatshah Жыл бұрын

Glad to see non-Indian prof, from outside India, being pragmatic and logical about how outside world views India's politics, society and progress.

@hpremjit 8 ай бұрын

Priceless insides on how to built India's image in the west. I hope the policy makers are listening.

@pilfee Жыл бұрын

Dr, India and African countries are totally different in science and philosophy not only just because of IITs, rail roads or infra, but also because of the Hindu way of life that has shaped their thinking. They wish to live in content, of course it’s changing due to the influence of the foreign and Indian media with foreign agenda. India was a very developed country and unlike many other third world country, India’s wealth majorly concentrated around Hindu temples were plundered for centuries together by all the invaders including the English, annihilated its skill propagation, ridiculed its non materialistic, eco friendly way of agriculture and life in total. And using Nationalistic term in the western sense is not correct as Hinduism which believes in universal freedom for practice of religions and allowed all the religions under the sky to be practiced in India, peacefully and the Hinduism has called the entire world one family. Now that the foreign religions started creating serious harm to India, in all the ways, Hindus are just uniting and that too only to safeguard themselves, and not offend and form a govt which will protect the national identity of Hinduism and peaceful co existence. India is unlike America or Australia, where the invaders oppressed the aboriginal identity and claim to be democratic countries, where even now the natives are suffering in one form or the other, and the economies or social setup of those countries cannot be even compared as it is like robbers going into a house and start comparing them with other houses.

@gix8464 Жыл бұрын

Hats off to this man!!

@venkatreddy8829 Жыл бұрын

What a treat to listen to Professor Babones, specially an American based out of Sydney and in Quantitative Social Scientist. You have done amazing job getting this person to speak to objectively and honestly (Satyameva Jayate)

@drgadham Жыл бұрын

Great revelations and honest views of great person. Hats off ❤

@kuldeepgaurav1419 Жыл бұрын

The fact is that the west actively seeks out those indian intellectuals with a certain political leaning and provides them platform while shunnig any counter-voice. The reason mr. Babones was ruffled by Ranga sir was precisely this! He keeps wrongly insisting that the west has such poor stance on india because of certain indian intellectuals, which is only part true as explaned.

@MaTara01 Жыл бұрын

Dr. Ranganathan wasn't very good at interviewing Salvatore at all. He was on his own soapbox and didn't allow his guest to speak much. It was a total fail, except for the comic element, which was brilliant.

@kuldeepgaurav1419 Жыл бұрын

@@MaTara01partially agreed. But let's not forget how patronizing babones too was being with his 10rs note jibe which really pissed of ranga sir.

@MaTara01 Жыл бұрын

@@kuldeepgaurav1419 The Rs 10 note joke is totally Ranganathan thing, Babones just played along and it was entertaining as hell. What Ranganathan didn't like was being upstaged by Babones's costume, comedy and comments. Actually, Ranga showed what thin skin he has, when confronted by someone of calibre than the sub-standard TV commentators that he usually debates with.

@kuldeepgaurav1419 Жыл бұрын

@@MaTara01I will not argue that ranga sir was'nt at the top of his game as he hadn't come prepared for an argument which he unnecessarily started. Having said that, let's not be so slavish as to think every word coming out of a Gori chamdi is wisdom. In this present context itself, mr. Babones constantly harps on how it's the Indian intellectuals who are responsible for the western narrative on India. He should be asked why is it that rana ayyub was invited for unesco event? Particularly, since she has shown herself to be imbalanced and called out by another panelist. How is it that the western media constantly finds only persons with a particular ideological leanings within India? Are we to truly belive that such huge media corporates don't have knowledgeable people who actually bother to go and learn about a nation's politics as hugely impactful as India? That they'd bother to read up on the political spectrum on India and provide a fair representation? Babones wants you to believe that and you are sucker if you are falling for it. Just imagine how prima facie dishonest he is being!!

@kuldeepgaurav1419 Жыл бұрын

@@MaTara01BTW It (the 10rs note bit) wasn't entertainig as much as patronising and what really set of ranga sir, as i said earlier. But this isn't the focus of the point I was making which is that west isn't duped like a naive kid as babones seems to be suggesting. They have a particular agenda which pushes those narratives which serve their geo-political interests and the bjp government is not.

@akshayakumarpatra1850 4 ай бұрын

I doubt very few social scientists in India have such vast, detailed knowledge about Indian politicians, and social, economic affairs of India. A great intellectual 👌.