@NonsensicalNemo rapid reforms. Unfortunately, our marginal and meagre reforms at snail pace with further lagged impact makes India vulnerable to foreign interference on credible grounds such as employment, ecology, inequality, meritocracy, etc.
We need bigger reforms.
@NonsensicalNemo Reminds me of the words of our NSA Ajit Doval, "We may have had satya and nyāya on our side, but we didn't have śakti, and probably that's why we fell." [paraphrased]
We need śakti in all forms—economically, militarily, civilizationally, etc. but that needs growth. Growth needs
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion […] but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.”
― Samuel P. Huntington
@bhoomiputraa India is not making a trade deal because it is unsure if US will provide better tariff cuts to our regional competitors. A state which reverses its policies like this can't be trusted. Hence, no trade deal.
@NonsensicalNemo American Capitalists are promising abundance age and thus essentially Socialism through UBI.
Indian Communists and Liberals are standing behind an American Capitalist against Indian Capitalists.
Crazy times indeed.
I can only imagine the attitude an IAS office must be having while attending one of these programs.
Does the civilizational knowledge work actually translate epistemic truth into experiential reality? If so, how effectively?
With due respect Raghava Ji, we know changing or even challenging an existing ecosystem is an uphill task because the administrative inertia resists change at every level.
While marginal progress through minor ammendments and process reforms is still commendable, is there any
Knowledge function subordinated to Social is a core systemic flaw.
Our knowledge draws from sacred design and implements in social.
Anti intellectual streak is reactionary against enlightenment/secularist dominance.
Answer is not in rejection but reorientation.
So, IKS.
individuals attending them pay less attention to the subject matter than a college senior in his non-graded elective course.
Teaching AI to teachers sure is a good idea but lack of incentives/fear/accountability is seldom addressed in these programs.
@RajivMessage@marula_muniya tool to find better investment partners and markets through bilateral agreements?
Especially when US is isolating itself and there are nations with wealth seeking partnerships.
Fake bravado sucks but sucking up and becoming another CA/AUS/SK/Japan is civilizational suicide.
@RajivMessage@marula_muniya IP and Tech needs R&D investments and reforms that attract FDI and FPI. India needs Western funds to grow its industry and to skill and employ its massive young population.
Does that mean complete surrender or sovereignty? US won't support India like China. Isn't diplomacy a
The LW wants her to dance to some vulgar song, get cheap followers, get into Big Boss, and then may be a movie lead. That is not performative and "dehaat" apparently.
British did not choose to focus on empire over isles. They had to. They started little manufacturing in India because Germans blocked them from accessing the major shipping routes Mediterranean and the Suez Canal.
Brits started manufacturing iron and steel in India (TISCO) for
@MasExMachina@morris_que14 The focus changed from making the British Isles the richest to making the empire the richest which lead to a lot of policies that let Britain fall behind industrially compared to Germany or the US.