#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