#460 – Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India – Power, Democracy, War & Peace

Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India. On YouTube this episode is available in English, Hindi, Russian (and soon other languages). Captions and voice-over audio tracks are provided (for the main episode video on YouTube) in English, Hindi, Russian, and the original mixed-language version, with subtitles available in your preferred language. To listen to the original mixed-language version, please select the Hindi (Latin) audio track. The default is English overdub.

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) - Introduction

(17:24) - Fasting

(29:42) - Early life

(41:38) - Advice to Young People

(47:20) - Journey in the Himalayas

(58:50) - Becoming a monk

(1:00:37) - RSS and Hindu nationalism

(1:08:22) - Explaining India

(1:12:32) - Mahatma Gandhi

(1:24:27) - Path to peace in Ukraine

(1:27:41) - India and Pakistan

(1:33:21) - Cricket and Football

(1:37:45) - Donald Trump

(1:48:56) - China and Xi Jinping

(1:56:01) - Gujarat riots in 2002

(2:11:37) - Biggest democracy in the world

(2:21:53) - Power

(2:26:39) - Hard work

(2:29:46) - Srinivasa Ramanujan

(2:31:53) - Decision-making process

(2:39:40) - AI

(2:49:55) - Education

(3:00:10) - Learning and focus

(3:06:01) - Mantra

(3:07:45) - Meditation

(3:13:43) - Lex visiting India

(3:18:08) - Siddhartha