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.

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.

We are diverse, not divided. "All Indians are my brothers and sisters" are not just words for me. They are my true feelings.

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..

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.

Your video explains the Indian political dilemma better than some Indian political scientists. Great work.

Finally someone said it. Too much diversity and happy politics to Celebrate it will ultimately hamper any major reforms.

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.

Bhārat is diverse and united because our concept is not ‘Unity in Diversity’ but ‘Diversity in Unity’

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

Constructive criticism...how rare, almost extinct. Appreciated brother✌️🇮🇳 Subscribed

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Never lose your indianess brother. Our Great Motherland needs people like you. Great video 👍

This the most accurate description of India in the shortest possible video.

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.

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.

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.

Indian people are holding India back

Positively surprised at how good this analysis was

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.

too much diversity its like a clash of cultures who dont like each other

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.

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.

As an indian 1:04 this dude is indian by heart and that is what being indian means

Quality video. You deserve more subscribers. As an African, i see the same diversity problem in subsahara Africa.

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.

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...

India is not Gay enough😂😂😂

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.

That African guy video is awesome just that along deserves a like and subscribe for this guy

( 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

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

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!

I agree on each n every point that you made. This guy is truer to India's success than some German shepherd

Insane research work man! Such an interesting way to showcase Indian political history and outlook.. hope that people will appreciate this channel even more ❤

As a proud Indian and Sanatani, you speak genuine words of reason that our society needs right now.

Another phenomenal video. Your work is truly nuanced and exemplary.

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.

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.

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

this video needs to go viral in all languages of india

Finally someone understanding how sinister Indian opposition actually is.., they want to bring india back in time.

This video is ahead of its time

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.

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.

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!

Finally a westerner speaking truth

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.

*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.*

great video 🔥🔥..loved it!!

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.

Very informative video! Left me with a lot to think about

Are the Chinese happy people? Given a choice, where would you live - India or China?

Thank you . This is the thing which is actually the strength of India.

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.

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.

honestly I wish agriculture reforms passed. so angry with these insane mobs protesting about it and the govt being soft on them.

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).

That was a really good video. Wish you good luck for the channel.

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.

😂😂❤❤ 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 KZfaq

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.

India is elephant...it Go slow without much SHAKES... democracy for 1.4 billion people unlike CHINA which control by using ARMY POWER..How can 1.4 billion people living in democracy?... India is example... Proud proud of our culture and ancient heritage un changed for millania.. Indian elephant walk is slow but consistent

Who is the brilliant person behind those immaculate illustrations?

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!

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.

1:07 Bruh casually said i smell like garlic , who told you we do ?

This channel will shine if the people of our country look with open eyes and free mind!

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

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.

Wow you just nailed it. You are deep into Indian affairs. Sunscribed.

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

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.

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.

I want to know about that statue on the left..and where can i get one.

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!🙏🕉️

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.

Very interesting commentary and good choice of music 👍

That's what makes India unique.

I will strongly degree with what was said in the video. The greatest problem lies in hindu society not having any strong connection with thier sastras and orginal knowledge system which is casing too much confusion and fake historical narrative with drive so called caste system narrative plus hindu society itself only remaining in name but inside they are nastik. Remember the time bharat was prosperous was always under rulers who followed and ruled by dharm.

Which homogenised nation is ideal and heavenly ?! Thank you very much, we have been doing just fine since thousands of years even before the world knew about the word democracy, autocracy, monarchy, dictatorship, etc... "Reform" is not necessary in agriculture and wherever that's done, is not a nice experience. The only thing that comes out of reform is packaged food !

Great analysis, this video needs to be viewed by more people❤

This is soo well put. Subscribed

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.

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.

Everything this young man said is applicable to West Africa. Particularly Nigeria, Ghana, and Liberia.

Spot on video. Our chatterati class usually waxes eloquent about the beauty of our diversity, it's like a salad, like a thali, a tapestry of colours and fabrics...yada yada, but it also comes with a whole load of detriments. We have 10s of millions of different races, hundreds of millions of religions, ethnicities and languages. Everyone in India is a majority in at least one minority category.

What portion of the workforce do you believe should be in the agricultural sector? One of India's long-standing advantages is its food production and our lack of reliance on food supply from other countries - whether through labour or direct imports. Despite this, India's food security is still not that great. And as far as India's arable land goes, are you suggesting utilising that for industrial sector undertakings?

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.

Sure we are diversed but it is not like outsiders united, but insiders followed different path inspired by the same ideal called "Dharma"~ eternal balance in the universe. Together we are called "Bharat" ~ The followers of the light. 😊

Good analysis. Should be part of an academic programme and debate. Very reasonable for the current situation.