Comments by "suraj s" (@surajs5913) on "Pew survey on G20 eve shows India still hugely popular but world divided on Modi u0026 a Europe shocker" video.

@surajbiradar9827 do you think public perception cankot be shallow? Or are you saying it shouldnt be shallow? But you are contradicting yourself - if public perception shouldnt be shallow then why is european perception of India justified? Would the perception of a highly educated european populace (more educated than south africans) be affected by online trolls or by Indias consistent statements and actions of looking after Indian self interests amd the empowerment of the Indian populace? Fact of the matter is that popular perception is a function of local politicians exploiting narratives and scapegoating foreign actors tobfurther their individual and collective agenda - the same applies to journalists....
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@surajbiradar9827 I get and wholeheartedly understand your point of the behaviour and ignorance of Indians on russian imperialism. However there have been the widest spectrum of reactions from India regarding ukraine. The GoI scoring "brownie points" is a side effect of politics and by your own admiasion the GoI has been effective at communicating our position to europe. However fact also is that Indias independent position on the conflict that are bot aligned to ruropes interests have irked many europeans. The same europeans that scream freedom for ukraine dont give a damn about french neocolonialism in africa. There is no shortage of hypocrisy in the world, including Indian support of a expansionist imperialist russia. But to compare EUs position on kargil with Indias position on ukraine is laughable. Geopolitical realities cut both ways too - just like how nepal, shri lanka use their indecision and balancing to benefit from both Indian and chinese investment, India is doint he same on a global stage - biding time to build up strength. India in not as self reliant as the EU - be it in defense (where russia is a factor) or in critical tech like complex semiconductor (where usa is a factor).
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The great mahatma is known in south africa for begging the british to not treat the Indian populace at par with the negroes as Indians were a better developed race than africans. Maybe m.k. gandhis legacy in south africa is not the best benchmark for India africa relations..
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@Valkyri3Z lol do you even know what vishwaguru means? According to you it means being liked by everyone. The real meaning is more akin to a cobtributor of knowledge to the world - that has been the case before various external invasions - that is why the modern number syatem (based on which number theory and even calculus were developed) is the hindu numeral system... As for whatsapp forwards, if it motivates uncles to contribute in some way to the nation, be it by monetary means or by free publicity, such activities are beneficial... regaining the vishwaguru task is a monumental task that will take more than whatsapp forwards - and will take coordinated efforts of multiple gwnerations to acheive collective goals. But small minded people like you will only laugh at any failings - real or perceived - ibstead of grasping the sheer ambition and magnitude of the collective dream of the Bharateeya covilisation. You cannot comprehend the purity of the thought and concept called vishwaguru...
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@theawesomeman9821 lets talk basic facts regarding oil tradw with russia - was it not rhe collecrive west that imposed restrictions on oil trade with iran and venezuela to further their own agenda? Now they want the world to stop trading with russia while europe will simultaneously outbid developing nations in the arab oil markets. Relying or russia for energy needs was europes blunder - why should India suffer for russias betrayal of europe? If european leaders truly think that India has ukrainian blood on our hands because of buing crude oil from russia, i would suggest that europe stop buying the refined products from the same russian oil from India so that europe too doesnt get blood on their hands. But that is impractical for european leaders amd processed goods from India become halal/kosher for europe irrespective of the country of origin - all european leaders want is someone to deflect the blame towards so that the sheeple european populace do not rise up in outrage of their indirect funding of the russian war machine or their past mistakes of overreliance on russian energy despite warnings feom former leaders like trump.
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@surajbiradar9827 you seem to not have sufficient political kbowledge to form a coherent reply to my comments. Local politicians do put the blame of sustained russian offensive and the failure of western sanctions on nations like India and china - without mentioning that the reason India buys from russia is because iran has become a global pariah state while europe outbids us in the middle east oil markets. The politic8ans and the media instead spin this narrative of India being a war profiteer while concealing the fact that the processed russian oil is bought by them from India to reduce domestic inflation. Similarly the narrative of a benevolent europe and autocratic India was pushed during the covid19 pqndemic while in reality the action of pumping money to stimulate demand in weatern economy is largely responsible for the infation seen in their markets even before the russian aggression. The politicians however justify their miscalculation by cherrypicking events in India - so that their stupidity seems benign and tolerable by comparison. How many interviews were ther in which Indian diplomats and ministers were asked why India doesnt support democracy by shunning russia? They went so far as to insinuate that Indian policy would backfire if china attacked India. But the narratives are shortsighted as as are most political narratives. Their lingering effect is the general perception of India as being a nation of cow vigilantees, casteist bigots and gang rapists - all tp make europe seem like a garden in a world that is like a jungle - that last statement is what a eu diplomat used to describe europe...
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@deepakishere-e1d they are not interested in what is happening inside India and hence are ignorant about India. That is why it is so easy to turn India into a scapegoat for their own blunders because they really dont care enough to understand Indian positions... How else do you think they are able to come to terms with why russian sanctions were ineffective to bring a swift end to ukraine?
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@deepakishere-e1d even though i dont particularly like europe even I know that ignoring them is not the solution. India wants europe to be another destination for export - since the conversion rates work to Indias favour. Moreover europe has many good design houses for high end products lile engines for automobile and aviation industry. Europe also dominates in academia, scientific research and setting up industrial standards - so India cant simply ignore europe. Generally speaking tho, your solution of ignoring someone who has a wrong opinion of you seems stupid to me...
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@surajbiradar9827 if you are mentioning the jingoistic warriors of India I too am compelled to mention the deluded peaceniks of India who wholeheartedly condemn russia while overlookimg the minsk accords, western nations arming ukraine well vefore the invasion, etc. I think that too is mecessary to contextualise the situation instead of puttimg the blame entirely on jingoism. While russian statements of invading poland are condemnable (they are all war propaganda) ukraine is no saint in this conflict - greatet autonomybwas promised to donbass vut ukrainw never held their end of the bargain - in fact angela merkel once acknowledged that permanent peact was never the objective of the second minsk accords - the only objective was to bide time to arm and train tge ukrainians... As for civilised debates, i am tired of hearing that comment from anyone who has a slightly liberal political outlook. Civilised debates exist everywhere, or atleast i encounyer them all of the time - be it in the conservative side or the liberal side of the political spectrum. Ignorance also exists on botg sides in a surprisingly uniform amount. I can feel nothing but sympathy if you have little encounter with civilised debate ... Finally if the eu and usa truly support the territorial integrity of India then they would publicly state that PoK and alsai chin are part of India - the fact is that nation states understand strength and force above all else. This narrative of supporting territorial integrity of India is not as noble as it is made to seem - it is merely out off political convinience that 8ndia got an6vsupport during kargil. The same political convinience is the reason why no such international support is given regarding aksai chin or even taiwan..
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@thewhatorwhy yes - the differentiator is that most ukrainians want to be part of nato while some ukrainiams in the donbass region alome want to be part of russia... if such things like the right of the people to self determination is to be believed then ukraine ought to be split into 2 unequal parts...
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@thewhatorwhy i thibk they should sort their own issues out instead of dragging the whole world into another global war...
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