Why is India Still Poor?

How is it possible that a country with so much wealth, is still so poor?
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[@kaibaing4288]

Ty for the upload on independence day Kudos to u 😊

[@PeakApex]

@@saintkun2708 im not allowed to step foot in Indonesia

[@nicoislazy]

Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸❤️🇮🇳

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

@@nicoislazy Thanks! :)

[@kaushiksheshnagraj7176]

India is not poor.

[@krapto3467]

@@kaushiksheshnagraj7176 India is as of now at least,a lower middle income economy. There is absolutely nothing to get offended about it,it's a truth we face as a result of the economic and political failures of our past,that we must ensure not to repeat and learn from.

[@TV-xc5ut]

I feel like almost every conflict in the world nowadays has something to do with Brits….

[@lindamazzella1295]

No it’s political corruption.

[@TV-xc5ut]

@@lindamazzella1295 tell that to Indians and Pakistanis

[@chrisclark719]

Because it's true 😂

[@empireofyoutube7487]

@@chrisclark719 partially. The british started, bad politics worsened it

[@semugutkha1258]

Even israel palestine issue, Taliban issue every conflict had brits involved in one way or the other.

[@bangscutter]

Nordic countries: Takes the best from capitalism and socialism. India: Takes the worst from capitalism and socialism. *oof*

[@thomasxl3975]

There is no best in socialism. The Nordic countries don't use socialism. They just have a large welfare

[@queenapryllm8454]

More like social democracies

[@fordgtguy]

@@queenapryllm8454 None of these are democracies, the people do not vote directly on laws.

[@fordgtguy]

@BonsBonsMans You mean... a republic? Representative democracy is a bullshit term that butchers the original latin term.

[@justsomeguy1695]

@@fordgtguya dictatorship can also be a republic ex republic of Cuba, people’s republic of China etc. but a representative democracy means people vote for representatives who make laws for them and our democratically elected

[@willie4551]

Corruption is a hindrance to the progress of any country. You just cannot say it.

[@noahway13]

Corruption is at the foundation of every failed state.

[@rolandnelson6722]

Why can’t you say it? You just did!

[@distanthope9153]

As an Indian I am disgusted how there are still those among us that blame the British for our problems. How long until we take responsibility and become as great as we should be? India shall rise up!

[@The_Lucent_Archangel]

It's much easier to lay something down than to take something up. It's good to know that there are still those who would rather assume the mantle than point fingers.

[@THOMAS_SHELBY434]

First of all you are not an Indian and if you are really Indian then, you should know what was happened to us back in the 19th and 20th century. You people don't know how much India was looted during british colonial time. There was a serious study regarding this and it was found that around 45trillion dollar were looted by those thief's. Today, India has 4th largest military in the world, first nation to land successfully on south pole of the moon [Even thief britisher's are not able to launch a satelite in space poor BRITISHER's ] , when britisher's were threw out of the nation India's literacy rate was 7% but in just 7 decades, now it's 73% literacy rate in India with world's largest democracy and still India is developing nation, after thief's empire was kicked off from the India we were not able to feed our population but now India is self-sufficient[ because of green revolution in India] that even India export's it's rice to other poor countries and India is one the largest exporter of wheat, rice etc. and there are various best thing about India that today India is able to become one of the fastest growing economy in the world.

[@user-qg2cz4nj3e]

@@THOMAS_SHELBY434 Yes, I am happy that India is rising. I love my country so much, it will rise. This time India will not be golden bird but golden tiger. I used to hate my nation for 3 years when being abroad for some things but now regained love for my nation permanently. Salute India.

[@Insight07691]

They looted 45 trillion

[@THOMAS_SHELBY434]

@stealperfect9618 I didn't binge any movie on the basis of religion, country, etc. I love Cillian Murphy's acting. Here in India, many people love this man, and for your kind information, this man is an Irish actor, not a British actor.🤌

[@vipinzh]

Being an Indian I have a very strong feeling that whenever we talk about Indians/Indian history/Indian economy & developing programs, we always blame British & our political leadership but never blame ourselves that we are responsible for it directly. British came in power because few people wants always on the throne and allowed rest of Indian to be slaves then politicians wanted always in power and make slave again rest of Indians. Look at us in the 21st century we r still voting 🗳 in the name of caste creed and ironically those old government still wants us to vote for them.

[@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588]

India is a faster growing economy that China, and China will be the number one superpower after a few years. I feel after China, India will be next. I really believe the caste system needs to be abolished for India to advance.

[@kashitakhalate9116]

@@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588 enthusiasm matters which we lack...we dont need to eradicate caste sytem for that...we should think how to uplift lowerr class and grow with them...and then talk about

[@nightmare5614]

@@kashitakhalate9116 What seriously? Even if they become economically stable they still would have an inferiority complex in their own society. Abolishing would make it better for all and could result in equal education and placements.

[@Shubham_pandey-nk1un]

@@gokulbalagopal1680 Your views are worthy of appreciation

[@joyfulnessunlimited2062]

@@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588 best joke of the year😂😂😂

[@Titan-mq8bx]

"Democracy is like a gamble. If you get a good ruling party congratulation.But if you don't nothing can help you become a better country" Summary of indian Republic over decades.

[@jonathand.t.5051]

So the politicians are the bookies and the people are the gamblers And the bookies can sometimes rig the horses

[@YapsiePresents]

And like gamble some outside forces can influence the outcome

[@justsomeguy1695]

What you say is quite true but this is also true that democracy unlike a monarchy or dictatorship is a gamble where at least the gambler can influence the outcome as well

[@bunnyfreakz]

Good authoritarian is best form of goverment, Socrates said. Democracy is just middle ground, it's not the best nor the worst.

[@justsomeguy1695]

@@bunnyfreakz agreeable but good authoritarianism rarely comes last I can maybe remember is Charles de Gaulle maybe or ataturk

[@FaithfulObjectivist]

Finally, a clear and reasonable presentation of contemporary India socioeconomics. Outstanding work.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Injustice PS4 Ice Pop

[@Duececoupe]

Having loved history and geography since school (I'm 54), I have a soft spot for India, beautiful country, beautiful people....at times, bloody history! Excellent video! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻

[@CharJuz]

Go visit India, stay a week and I dare you to type that again.

[@joyt841]

Have you been here?​@@CharJuz

[@CharJuz]

@@joyt841 yes muntah

[@joyt841]

@@CharJuz were you rap*d?

[@Bloercon.Anurag_256]

​​​@@CharJuz Bro think before you speak india is one of the countries having most kind and friendly people....if you wanna see development so visit cities like banglore, kochi, Ahmedabad, Pune, Chennai ,gurugram, Noida, entire mumbai metropolitan region having cities like Mumbai, thane, navi mumbai, vasai virar etc...... don't judge entire country only by Delhi

[@frazierk300]

“You should never half-ass two things, whole ass one thing” -Ron Swanson

[@baulderos1950]

@@thetrickster9885 you truly live by your name...

[@thetrickster9885]

@@baulderos1950 I'm happy to spread my valuable piece of important knowledge.

[@nithinrajieasow847]

Fellow parks and rec fan

[@mikefabbi5127]

A True exceptionalist.

[@WoBuXihuan]

🇨🇳🇮🇳

[@facts3977]

In short, before 1992 India was closed economy because fear of colonization. But after 1992 reformed. India opened for World. But people still have fear of privatisation.

[@prajvalrao4871]

It's 1991 isn't it?

[@facts3977]

@@prajvalrao4871 yes , my mistake.

[@mathew5128]

@@facts3977 whats prblm with privatisation?

[@mathew5128]

@@facts3977 pls explain

[@nandakumart2331]

Privatisation means its just giving privet companies for leas ,not selling ...don't worry .search about it and find it ....

[@jackyvivid]

But its poor! Ground reality is hard. Struggle for money for 97% of population

[@youtcomment]

97%...from where you get this number..just like trust me bro ?

[@pt-7890]

What do you even mean by the struggle for 97% of the population? It's true for 100% of world population , without struggle no can survive ffs.

[@Cryspio]

Dude u are delusional

[@ASocialistTransGirl]

⁠@@pt-7890people can survive without struggling for money

[@yuhyuh2412]

Its sad that now youtube vids arent as honest as this bcs all they care is views and indians have the highest population so yeah 😢

[@arthas640]

India seems to have its own little corner of KZbin. Sometimes I'll stumble on an Indian video and find tons of Indian videos with millions of views.

[@ABHI_XM]

Womp womp

[@bulu9214]

Because indian leaders thought only doing agriculture is enough for india . They didn't think privatisation, industrialisation and capitalism will do any good.

[@carnivalbeast6307]

How bout giving free education and free healthcare. But we can allow private companies.

[@knowledgedesk1653]

Main reason democracy+ so much diversity

[@bulu9214]

@@knowledgedesk1653 Nah. Democracy or monarchy or oligarchy has very little to do with economic development. What matters the most is what economic system are you applying. Also depends what kind of leadership are you having. Why didn't china grew for nearly four decades ? Just like that india didn't grew economically for about 5 decades because it was closed to the rest of the world. Also india doesn't have rich country in it's neibourhood like China had to invest money and to trade with. Japan, SK ,Taiwan ,HK all were there to.manufacture there goods in china and sell them elsewhere. India had leadership which absolutely deposed rich and saw them as if they are problems but forgot that those Rich's are absolutely crucial to develop any nation. With time grew population grew with poverty and other kind of problems.

[@Illlium]

@@bulu9214 Please explain how the rich are crucial to the economy, I don't get it. Are you trying to say that they bring in capital to invest so they're needed? Because that's the exact same thing a country can do without the rich.

[@mrthinker321]

@@Illlium the govt are incompetent. It can't manage buisness

[@abhijitkhopkar1500]

The problem with India was that we continued to live in colonial hangover for much longer than needed. We were always afraid of being colonized again. The fear was so high that when USSR collapsed, as a small child I was deeply paranoid. The way elders used to talk, it seemed American bombers were on their way to bomb us. We could have grown like S.Korea and Japan with correct economic policies right from day one.

[@napolien1310]

Paranoid of America!! Why would America do that!! What!!!

[@abhijitkhopkar1500]

@@napolien1310 Talking of cold war era in my childhood. We were raised back then hearing Soviet propaganda.

[@Arag0n]

@@napolien1310 that's how Chinese feel every time they watch American news talking about china agrressions 🤡 Maybe one day, just maybe, we will trully know how to see things from the other side, and how people see what we do and take it into consideration.

[@123xyzabccba]

@@abhijitkhopkar1500 : it were the Russians who stood behind India when it was being bullied by USA during indo pak war of 1972

[@abhijitkhopkar1500]

@@123xyzabccba Yes, but their economic policies were suicidal and led to practically no growth in first 40 years of independence.

[@roct07]

This was so informative. Really liked it!

[@desmbergg]

Because here people make babies to show the society, they are not barren. They raise babies, so as they could help them in old age. They brain wash children to take jobs, which make their parents proud in society. Never follow your own passion. Doing your own homeworks like cleaning, cooking and repairing is a low caste activity, so it must not not be practiced. India is poor because you are not to express yourself, if it is conflicting older people and century old customs. And, you must never listen to the young ones because they always blabber in high adrenaline state, without making any sense.

[@ShwetabhSenpai]

me when i was 16

[@pein0048]

Same thing happened to me, I was forced by my parents and relatives to study something which i never wanted and now they are forcing me, to stay at home and prepare for govt exams rather than working in a private firm.

[@aoeu256]

Indians should learn to work with each other and learn about exponential growth: 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1k 2k 4k 8k 16k 32k etc... If you fold a piece of paper 1 mm thick 10 times it will be 1 meter, 20 times it will be 1 KM, 30 times it will be 1000 KM. Indians should focus on improving productivity, and never buy or sell products only for vanity.

[@hsoepangkat2007]

This video gave a very dim picture of India's future. The only thing it misses, is the terrible corruption practice of the government officers of all levels, from federal to state. Without the elimination of the corrupt practice, it will be difficult to attract investors.

[@sunshine7453]

Corruption is the most difficult problem to get rid off and I was born in one. I always thought that we can never win. There is a bright side. China and Vietnam were extremely corrupted like Indian. Today they choose to correct the problems. In China and Vietnam recently they put to death the most high ranking and corrupted officials. They send out a strong signal that no one is immune to that. So far it works. In the 70's Korea was extremely corrupted. Look at them now. It is encouraging!!!

[@hsoepangkat2007]

@kb The only way is to abolish the British political system. All you hear is the fighting between the politicians for their jobs. They never think for the people. You need a revolution or the incarnation of Sri Vishnu.

[@maximilianh.3890]

@@sunshine7453 yeah right just like Stalins Great Purge none of the actions mentioned by you were power consolidation by a totalitarion dictator :)

[@yashshukla9590]

It exists everywhere....not only in india..

[@hsoepangkat2007]

@@yashshukla9590 Yes, just like Covid19, India was only second to the USA in death toll numbers. Corruption is worst in India.

[@maxttk97]

Heres is the answer. Politicians keep all the money to themselves.

[@lowercaseguy3578]

yea... lol , our state politicians pockets most of the funds and then builds good houses , if anyone sees good beautiful houses here , youll always be ryt that its build using black money . They send their children outside to study while roads and infra worsens more and more , nepotism and corruption makes life miserable. Its also common to see lots of newer suvs which is dedicated towards officers , everyone vies for government job and theres no other job here then this , private jobs are non existent only tiny sme business can be found . what a sad life !!!

[@thedarkknight1865]

Nah that true for every country

[@mikolowiskamikolowiska4993]

That's socialism for you

[@omarsabir1210]

@@mikolowiskamikolowiska4993 someone who doesn't understand socialism, "that's socialism for you."

[@Lazer-bp9lf]

So the same case for other SEA countries Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Burma.

[@Ultradude604]

Very good explanation of the shortcomings of India government policies. Not sure how they made the quick conclusion at the end that they will become the 2nd biggest economy though

[@dhzhbb]

当然是浮夸 热带地区的人都很浮夸

[@casnub5484]

​@@dhzhbbJust like the Chinese GDP estimates I see. People under a totalitarian are requires to be very 'flamboyant' so they don't end up with a bullet in their brain

[@nagraj1217]

India is already 5th largest economy and fastest growing economy in the world inspite of all these so called shortcomings of govt policies. So it would not be surprising.

[@infinite_2006]

A very well made video. Kudos to the whole team!

[@jienz1990]

This is a great video. I'm from China and we are very curious about Indian culture. In ancient times our culture was partly influenced by Indian culture probably through Buddhism. India and China have a lot in common. Both are large countries with large populations; both are old countries with splendid cultures; both used to be affected by western invasion; both used to be very poor and have a lot of people to feed. I hope China and India can settle the territory dispute peacefully and join hands to develop together. ---------------------I am currently studying in the U.S., so I can definitely use youtube.

[@yuribezmenov9257]

But today both hate eachother because of CCP's expansionist ideology

[@ajayvikramsingh6832]

This is a really encouraging comment from a neighbor. Thanks . We love Chinese people too, not sure about the govt though 😜

[@TheAgentOfDeath]

@@yuribezmenov9257 strange coming from a person living on stolen land after killing all thr natives. U.S.A , new Zealand and Australia were all built on stolen land.

[@yuribezmenov9257]

@@TheAgentOfDeath I am Indian , and this guy in my profile pic is Yuri Bezmenov , he was an ex-soviet agent , search about him on yt and watch his interviews 👍

[@awkwardguy8238]

@@TheAgentOfDeath Oh so sinicization?

[@freudsilver3097]

21:55, says US goods, shows weapons of war. Couldn't be more accurate

[@anbee8127]

I was thinking of Trumps ambition of selling Harleys. And I'm sure he wasn't thinking of selling them free of cost.

[@antonteodor6305]

Except the pistol and tank shown are definitely German, from WW2

[@thedukeofchutney468]

We call em’ Freedom Boomsticks here in the States.

[@smallfaucet]

Makes it sound like all Americans profit....only .0001% do.

[@arminphulkar2442]

Seems like this is how a British shows his nationalism.

[@lukeloud7790]

Great work and Great video!! Could you do the same with other countries like Egypt or Spain or anothers please??

[@CarlosSilva-td3nn]

Thank you ever so. Your presentation is flawless, providing an excellent overview! The use of humor turned an otherwise, history lesson into a dynamic video, entertaining while content full. Excellent!!!!!

[@turnleft8645]

*Just one problem...a country can never get rich from agriculture alone*

[@gray3508]

Just look at the dutch or new zealand.

[@satwikroy1989]

@@gray3508 the fundamental difference being that the Dutch and Kiwis have less farmers managing large farms. It's the exact opposite in India.

[@NoTaboos]

Australia did, before its mineral boom. NZ did, before its tourism boom.

[@AKFourteen]

True, poor rice farming Vietnam fine example

[@truepotential206]

And who told you we are only doing agriculture 🤣

[@dp6447]

“Adult tentacle entertainment” Marvelous

[@abhaysalvi9787]

🤣🤣🤣

[@fraktaalimuoto]

Cultured entertainment.

[@lancetheking7524]

"Adult Entertainment System" lol

[@mrinmoybanik5598]

But how does that relate to Japan having a long coastline🤔

[@choysakanto6792]

@@mrinmoybanik5598 sometimes they use the long coastline as the background for their Adult Tentacle Entertainment.

[@pikachue602]

0:30india was an industrialised nation sadly once we were occupied we were thrown under the wheels of British industrialization while our masons , artisans, farmers etc wouldn't have lost their thumbs by which they were made economically impotent

[@phil5186]

😂😂😂

[@gujibuandfriends9766]

India has low money value ...for example, in Europe a chocolate bar costs under 1 or 2 dollars ..but in India a real chocolate bar of the same quality would be around 300 rs ... likewise everything is costly ...

[@viklondon3466]

I remember in the early 90's my mother hiding my Nintendo from customs as we flew into India. Customs would make us bleed if they caught us. Thankfully that's not the case anymore 😂. Great video

[@viklondon3466]

@Ankit Tiwari meaning, 25-30 years ago if the police at the airport saw you had some expensive foreign goods, for example, a new video game system from England/America, they would make you pay a lot of tax! So much tax, it would be better to throw the video-game then have to pay so much!

[@jalk12]

@@viklondon3466 but why ?

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@jalk12 cause of custom duty. Socialist countries did this to encourage domestic companies and most people couldn't buy foreign goods. When that duty is reduced and trade is liberalised it is meant country is participating in globalisation now

[@alexv3357]

@@ShubhamMishrabro Import duties are _protectionism,_ not socialism. Communist countries and capitalist countries alike pursue protectionism when it suits them without regard for ideology.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@alexv3357 you don't understand. Most socialist countries used tarrifs and high duties to neglect competition at absurd rates like having 90 percent tax rates. And i know that's how socialism but how that's how most socialist countries worked

[@rapier1954]

I lived in India for over a year and encountered a great deal of corruption. Until that gets cleaned up properly it will be hard to progress beyond a certain point.

[@Sai-ns9ky]

@@invinsibleviper6799 He's not wrong about the corruption tho. Modi did his best to curb corruption but sadly its a very systemic issue.

[@user-uk2zb2vo5m]

@@invinsibleviper6799 ​ Yes your GDP is the 6th largest, but look up GDP per capita. The UK has almot the same economy with 65mil. people like India with 20x more people. So there‘s the proof that India is still dirt poor. Inform yourself about finances and politics before posting bs.

[@PartiallyAnonymous456]

@@user-uk2zb2vo5m bro copy pasting the same comment in every comment reflecting positive side of India 🤣

[@Skyy0108]

@@user-uk2zb2vo5m 😂🤣 u clown . India is the 5th largest economy of the world and will become 3rd largest economy by 2030.

[@daredevil30000]

@@Sai-ns9kySatyapal Malik had already said that Modi has NO problem with corruption 😒

[@bigchungus120]

see when i saw thubnail a voice screamed from my soul "fuck you "

[@RlingCap-uk6rk]

Too mad India is still poor?

[@bigchungus120]

@@RlingCap-uk6rk too bad you still work for minimum wage

[@RlingCap-uk6rk]

@@bigchungus120 Too bad im earning more than most indians then lmao

[@Yash23543]

​@@RlingCap-uk6rkcomparing present from past 🤡

[@jackthewoodchipper8712]

Womp womp cry about it

[@sujaymandalpandey8759]

because India massive population that's why India still poor

[@williamkinkade2538]

What about china?

[@Football_fireEdits]

​@@williamkinkade2538China's population is very productive, educated and disciplined but in India that's not the case

[@lecrunkmen8825]

India: being rich and resourceful The British: *Hey*

[@lecrunkmen8825]

@@thomasxl3975 what does blaming the British on the internet have to do with India's wellbeing?

[@thomasxl3975]

@@lecrunkmen8825 It's not just the internet, it's widespread. Blaming people for your misfortunes won't actually help your nations

[@lecrunkmen8825]

@@thomasxl3975 I'm sure India is trying although still hating the British lol

[@bobjames994]

@@thomasxl3975 the Indian and British militaries have started working together so I don’t think they hate each other *that* much

[@HG-bp8lh]

@@thomasxl3975 British colonisation still affects India today in a negative way, just how it affects Africa negatively.

[@Jeffhmar835]

Why India is still poor? Direct Answer: Because of excessive corruption in every spheres☹️

[@whitefeather8387]

Because of politicians bribing

[@JayPatel-ko4qn]

Hmm really

[@akashsinha2880]

Brits spent 90% of revenue on administration and military. Before them East india company used Indian revenue to purchase local goods at dictated low price. Sold it in Europe and kept the profits. That's basically robbing us per year and expecting us to thank them for it.

[@MrApoorvaSingh753]

Bad leadership I mean we had leaders like Patel and Bose and end up with Nehru why? Thanks to Gandhi and I hate how he add British version but fail to put Indian version as how British was weakened after WW2 thanks to Hitler and by not having enforcement and control all India had to do is push on them and to save face from defeat like what happened in America they give us independence.

[@swagatmaharana2532]

Our CM of the state is giving free rice and money for no reason instead of creating jobs. It's may be good for the political party to gain votes it's disatrous for economy. Also insteading the opening more school it's closing small ones and forget about job creation .Dumb retards

[@AmitBhujel]

Correction at 3:02: Nepal was never a part if British empire.

[@HARIkRISHNA-wj6sh]

pretty accurate...19:43 even the indian parent thinks this way..the more the pressurize they, their child, to education , they think the more he will be intrested

[@arcane001]

India is poor because we still blame colonialism yeah it was bad and horrific but you can’t blame colonialism anymore . Very little progress only corruption after independence.

[@rickghosh9278]

Yes of course our miss management is the reason we are poor.... Robbers and Bandits (British) needs to return that stolen 45 trillion.... Why can't we blame colonialism? So you are saying leave the rapist be, don't blame the rapist... Blame yourself and keep those bastard child!

[@arcane001]

@@theerdalavignesh4443 yea

[@clauaome25]

you can't blame forever

[@rickghosh9278]

@@clauaome25 Yes we can, just because you say we can't doesn't mean we can't. You guys are still racist, so since nothing changed really, we can blame you. The pain of loosing 45 trillion and millions of dead bodies, country becomes countries. Untill half is returned with interest, we really ain't forgetting shit. Just the other day, in century, we changed the so called Kingsway New Delhi to Kartavya Path and the monarch died..

[@Chahalx]

@@Waltuh5775 *problem

[@uniqueperson.heart_]

Im not indian but it's fun learning other countries history. Love from the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@a.c6761]

Ph economic structure failing Very strict to investors.

[@jonathangalindo3184]

@@a.c6761 Bro...No offense but Phillippines is better then india...

[@pramilashaktawat4429]

🔵SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES JOURNALISTIC CONTENT LIKE HISTORY SCOPE

[@lewissteward65]

🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇵🇭

[@malkius656]

@@jonathangalindo3184 No not really, we have the same protectionist policy like India that makes hard for investors to invest in us, as well as becoming self-sufficient in terms of food infact we have natural fertile soil and right climate that suits for growing crops and veggies BUT yet high prices are still very very high at the same time farmers suffering from monopoly just as what Indian farmers had suffered because of greedy elites.

[@ildart8738]

As someone who serves in the military, the Arjun tank, and the HAL Tejas fighter scream of corruption. Developing indigenous tank and fighter for over 20+ years with multiple delays tells me of huge corruption. Arjun was a competitive tank in the 80-s, but its protracted development made it uncompetitive by now. Plus India bought and manufactured T-90 Russian tanks which are below Russian quality, hence the problems with engine cooling and reliability in a tropical climate.

[@rogeralien]

T-90s are pretty modern, what about T-72s? Which do you think would serve well in tropics?

[@ildart8738]

@@rogeralien No idea. T-72 was designed for European theatre, not for tropical climate. However it was widely exported, and performed well in the Middle East, and Africa. Same with T-90. However any tank operating in hot climate must have an air conditioner. Not to cool the crew (Soviet tanks were not designed for comfort), but to cool the electronics. It's hard to impossible to design a good resolution thermal sight for night/ bad weather fighting without actively cooling the matrix.

[@rogeralien]

@@ildart8738 this makes so much sense. Thanks a lot for the detailed answer!

[@kuroazrem5376]

India is basically a Latin American country.

[@stevenleslie8557]

Don't give up, India. Keep those economy reforms going. Make as many people as you can prosperous. This way more indians will have more to lose and the government will be more accountable. You are a beautiful country with marvelous people. I pray you will overcome all of your obstacles.

[@universalsoldier811]

thanks a lot. God bless you for your kindness. I'm from india

[@stonebud]

We will

[@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440]

@XENENEX Ironic, because other European powers colonised Asia as well.

[@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440]

@XENENEX It’s sad that instead of improving India, you wish to run away and be happy somewhere else. Well, you do you…

[@studyboi2980]

@@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440 well, if you were born into a high income family in an extremely poor nation with low quality of life, would you tolerate it just to be loyal to the motherland when there are much more promising futures elsewhere? To be fair, even if he stays in India and contributes to it's development, he would be dead before he could reap it's benefits. So essentially he would just tolerate a low quality of life just for a better life for his future generations

[@Bonkkered]

Nepal does not have independence day like India.. It was never fully invaded by Brits though it was influenced. But great video. I hope India becomes a good powerhouse but it will take a lot of effort and work. Good luck India!

[@hibiki9380]

Ain't gonna happen.

[@WoBuXihuan]

🇨🇳🇮🇳

[@MysticalStd]

@@WoBuXihuan idk my guy India and china has a bad relationship rn

[@manin4568]

@@MysticalStd its between politics... And govt and not between common people

[@josebosua1489]

@@daretoplay8917 Agree! Many indians in ChinaVSindia videos create fake chinese accounts just to say that india is better than China. Such sad people lol

[@prithishbabu]

You missed the very important point of why India was left poor. It is because Britain looted India for 250 years, destroyed the local economy to it's roots, broke the traditional education system which was much more advanced than any other country. Books burnt down, temples destroyed, people were treated as slaves. They did everything to reduce it to ashes, but what they don't know is we are like Phoenix which can rise from ashes.Some people say Brits left long back, yet India is still poor, the reason is, it is broken in all ways to such an extent that it really need lot of time to rebuild from scratch.

[@aoeu256]

The Indians had far bigger population than the British they were complicit in helping the British take over India

[@pikachuthunderbolt3919]

First mughals now britishers who destroyed indian temples Remember btitishers had territories in srulanka, hongkong, malaysia, singapore etc They all are doing well

[@betterbetter7911]

Excuses and excuses independent for decades still blaming here and there... This is the main reason why india are poor. Love to blame,love to give excuses.

[@feedweeb8856]

Why is Hong Kong rich then?

[@prithishbabu]

@@pikachuthunderbolt3919 It is not about possessing territories, it is what they did to them.. The damage done to India by Brits is incomparable.

[@aashishadhikari8144]

Nepal and Bhutan were never a part of British India but rather allies. Nepal and the Raj also signed the 1923 treaty recognizing Nepal as an independent country. Nepal militarily intervened in the 1857 Mutiny aiding the British. Nepal also actively sent troops in the Hyderabad action, as per several historical evidences even after India gained independence.

[@avatar3442]

08:04 bad weather in the 1940s causes starvation in India ? No sir, it was British PM Churchill who behind the femine in west bengal

[@nexusartemis5599]

How do you cause a famine though? Asking for a friend

[@ujjawalsemwal4883]

@@nexusartemis5599 well he forcefully took all the crops and starved bengal to death,same think they did in ireland

[@nexusartemis5599]

@@ujjawalsemwal4883 wow why don't they teach all this in British schools though they deserve to know it don't they, it's not thier fault but I feel like they should know

[@Noone-gz8li]

@@nexusartemis5599 nah let them report poverty in India Its OK lol

[@samuelmorales2344]

You are illogical. India has a monsoon tropical climate that has wet and dry seasons. The wet seasons sometimes bring delayed rains or they don't come causing drought.

[@FOLIPE]

Taking the GDP per Capita of the US and applying it to India is a bit absurd. The average developed nations has a much lower GDP per Capita than the US. The US's data is inflated due to their currency being the dollar.

[@brokkrep]

the average does not mind if the wealth is concentrated into few people.

[@Twocat5side]

That's why we should use PPP The purchasing power

[@hendrikheim5665]

@@Twocat5side PPP doesn't account for overall value. Indians cannot produce chips nor can they produce other high end valued products due to limitation in research.

[@krapto3467]

@@ultorgaming7975 Indeed,China liberalised in the early 80s. India under Indira gandhi's dictatorship decided to give more power to the economic system of command and control,....to fix the failures of command and control. The Gandhi family's continued political power after nehru is the worst thing to ever happen to India.

[@anmolpatel793]

Purchasing power parity also matters when trying to gauge the level of prosperity, 1$ can buy a lot more in India and China compared to USA and hence if India and China achieve to make it into the lower end of high income then they are effectively as rich as western nations if not more

[@NG-fq5lf]

May God forever bless India and all its people 🙏🏼

[@Bettercraz]

Remake this now? I want to know any improvement or decrease in wealth or anything

[@mik-jozef]

"And to this day, some of the most powerful people in India use their influence to block reasonable economic policies in order to enrich themselves". You just summed up a *lot* of countries' politics.

[@icebergslim3737]

India and Africa are still ran by the Colonial Master that destroyed there encomic system, education,trading market it's crazy how this can happen

[@ndorobei4391]

@@icebergslim3737 India is a nuclear power. So, no foreign country dictate India. India is still poor because of bad economic policy by Indian government itself. India should follow free trade policy like East Asia countries, and not protectionism. East Asia economy grow very rapidly after independence. There is no poor country in East Asia, some are rich, some are middle income countries.

[@hongdeli6148]

Low quality people liberally played democracy; times invasion accumulated global garbage ideologies to have damaged too many people in low quality.

[@dannmartinez2145]

Basically, greed.

[@hongdeli6148]

Yes, you are touching the root cause of the problem in India and capital dominated countries; which is why that China is able to develop quickly. It is state owned economy in dominating economic activities, such as, farmers permanently own land in number but it is movable in location according to the need of social development. The other countries, includes India is rigid in dealing with such issue.

[@maxxbenavente]

I hope we can see India becoming a rich country soon, it has SO much potential

[@subashvenugopal9952]

Thank you 😌🤗

[@jonnyboy8143]

100 percent that India will be super soon cause of empathy and circularism though. I have no doubt.🙏 Namastay

[@joaquinelorrieta4203]

Yeah please India I want to immigrate to help the Industrialization

[@joaquinelorrieta4203]

Receive me please India and just give me heroin

[@LiberalNehru]

India's literary rate should be more than 95% then India can be rich

[@marier7336]

Great video, really interesting 👍

[@WillProwse]

Their downturn started when timur the lame conquered Delhi.

[@Hollylivengood]

I remember seeing an interview on the news a long time ago, like in the sixties, this guy in India had said "any government in power in India is like putting a cork on the sea."

[@PikachuFanRishabh]

Without correct radical reforms in its systems (judicial, education etc) the country will take way longer to become developed or may never become developed. Even though indicators show us that the country has a bright future but I am very skeptical about that, given the problems that still plague the country.

[@indiancowpissdrinker7151]

they poo on the side of the road

[@theolich4384]

"Radical reform" - quite a way in saying what it actually is: a revolution. The current stakeholders though will do everything to maintain the status quo; it'll be even harder among those who want changes to reach a consensus on what degree they have to go, how to realize it, and what shares people should settle on post-revolution - which means you have to go through much infighting first. Nope, not gonna happen anytime soon - unless unforeseeable calamity brings majority of the population together.

[@soyjakpartyvideoarchive4645]

poo on the loo

[@somerandomguy7458]

give it 100-200 years. Again india will be forced to develop as the world becomes even more globalized

[@pxrplehairgirl5030]

@@somerandomguy7458 will be left behind tho

[@michaelallen8498]

t 34:55 your map of the west did not include the Arctic as part of Canada. Canadian boarders go clear to the northern tip of Ellesmere Island, 79°50′N 78°00′W / 79.833°N 78.000°W. It s part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands archipelago. It is 800Km from the north-pole.

[@archita4281]

What is up with the indian map in the beginning of the video?

[@euthman]

Thanks for the interesting talk. However, I am surprised that you made no mention of the rampant corruption that perfuses all levels of Indian society. That must put something of a drag on the economy.

[@funnyvalentine7416]

I think Indian corruption is so rampant that anyone who's on the internet knows of it so mentioning it would just be stating the obvious. I could be wrong.

[@jeroenska.]

I think corruption is often rather a symptom of underlying problems than a problem by itself. Maybe that's why it wasn't mentioned in the video?

[@chiluxr250]

@@jeroenska. Indian societal system is done. It needs revolution like western, soviet and Chinese society.

[@montyi8]

@@chiluxr250 Please not Chinese society 🥴, first they erase their own history and then relearn some non sense from CCP

[@montyi8]

@@jeroenska. corruption is symptom of what?

[@vivekvs9678]

Below are the reasons: -superstitions -lack of good quality education -casteism and division among people -unwise and incapable political leadership -low freedom of press -religious extremism -improper election system.. India has election festival throughout the year. -less gdp contribution to education sector

[@jishnum851]

😂😂😂 Not at all the reason you provide is your opinion ... Fact is far from it

[@vivekvs9678]

@@darshan1882 u can argue... The same goes with ur comment...its ur opinion . But blaming everything on britishers is not right. Britishers did exploit India and its more than 70 years now... India still has many social - economic political issues. Look China where it is now.. Japan , Korea, Singapore and even Bangladesh is having good GDP rate than India.

[@vivekvs9678]

@@jishnum851 @Darshan u can argue... The same goes with ur comment...its ur opinion nothing wrong. But blaming everything on britishers is not right. Britishers did exploit India and its more than 70 years now... India still has many social - economic political issues. Look China where it is now.. Japan , Korea, Singapore and even Bangladesh is having good GDP rate than India.

[@sunnyking5116]

@@vivekvs9678 Thank u Vivek.

[@a2g108]

@@vivekvs9678 actually, you're half right. Your points 2,4, and the last one are reasons. Its not really the money the British looted from India..its the mindset that was hammered into the very first politicians by them. The first few politicians of free India were very influenced by the British. They picked up the model of exploitation directly from them. You may not know this, but the education system of India is actually designed by the British to enslave India. While China, Korea, etc. changed their education systems, *India did not*. This is the biggest problem in our development. Now enough blaming the British, look into ourselves. We are masochistic by nature. We've turned politicians into heroes. Political parties use freedom fighters who died 150 years ago as symbols. *This hero worship is another reason*. Another problem is democracy. This may be controversial but hear me out. Out of the countries you mentioned, *China and Korea are both authoritarian*, while Japan has a rigid societal system that makes its society one of the most disciplined in the world. *India's democracy is not like the West.* Remember, Democracy is a western system. It's designed for western society. India was at it's best when the Gupta Kings ruled. Todays Indian "democracy" is just a fake thing that exists to fill politicians pockets. Hence I believe that a very educated person, preferably with a modern outlook, should rule India as a authoritarian for 25-30 years. To quote the man who made Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew : *With a few exceptions, western democracy has provided no benefit to Asia.* Remember, this is the guy who advised China when it was poor.

[@MrHin-gx4cu]

This is really great video, first 5 mins of the background music in the video is very disturbing other than that its really great

[@yodesuyo]

No toilets

[@krapto3467]

India's bureaucracy and dirty populist electoral politics continues to be the largest barrier to passing much needed good reforms effectively. India needs far more meritocracy within it's democracy.

[@StoutProper]

Yes, more meritocracy and democracy, less corruption and nationalism

[@OneMocha1015]

Id say the elctoral one is mixed. Its push to use lots of fertilized probably leads to increased crop growth but the lack of bussiness to properly process the food leads to a lot of it going to waste. Despite the population being mainly farmer its weird that so little effort goes into procuring better buyers

[@StoutProper]

@Art Man they also took the corruption and amplified it tenfold, you’d think a country that professes to hate the British wouldn’t copy them so much

[@SC-zq6cu]

@@StoutProper Well one of the reasons for that was the fact that India had first hand experience with one system only: the British system.

[@khojendra8832]

@Art Man The merit was limited to specific caste in India due to high castism. While they used evil methods to retain power, they were one hell of a genius. Arthshashtra, was the constitution written by the meritocratic elites, and India was a dream land then. European risked their lives and traveled for months to reach India. Columbus and Vasco da Gama have their name in history just for reaching or trying to reach India. The man who wrote the Indian constitution did not belong to the meritocratic elite caste.

[@Infiniteemptiness]

British left India with 500+ provinces it's Indian army and sardar Patel who united all 500 provinces with force so British army never united India as you falsely misquoted.

[@GrigRP]

Foreigners united India when they invaded. "India" didn't exist before as a state.

[@Hello-kh6bk]

@@GrigRP but people living thier knew, they are Indian Maratha, Gupta and Asoka etc these Indian kingdom united India

[@GrigRP]

@@Hello-kh6bk No they didn't. Before people identified with the state or Kingdom they lived in.

[@Infiniteemptiness]

@@GrigRP not true because idea of india as one entity was first mentioned in ancient scriptures like puranas and Mahabharata which are nearly 2500 years old and that's reason you see pan Indian empires like Mauryas, guptas, mughals ruling over entire country as one entity and reason for their success was using one sanskrit language as administrative language and above all religion of Hinduism for which India is sacred as considered to be a mother. But just like China India was united 5 times and again split up into majority local Kingdoms infact when British were on it's soil 3/4th of India was under single maratha empire who first gave slogan of one India. And British never united India they left India with 570+ provinces as each own autonomous country giving them choice to be independent but it's our first home minister sardar Patel after independence used military force and united entire country and for that very reason you find world's biggest statue dedicated to him.

[@Hello-kh6bk]

@@GrigRP you know nothing about India then foreigner united india is a joke lol read what @Zenith Tuar wrote 👆

[@corilia9529]

The caste system does not let the poorest ever better their lives.

[@s.k.vigneshkarthikeyan2887]

Not nowadays

[@Moonlight77162]

cumskin or abdul?

[@jaykay2218]

Dude, you don’t even know anything about your own country, stop talking about others

[@corilia9529]

@@jaykay2218 first of all i am not a dude, second of all you dont know what i know about my country and third of all its a fact about the caste system. Full stop.

[@jaykay2218]

@@corilia9529 you don’t know anything about the caste system. Stop talking about things you’re completely ignorant in. You’re embarrassing yourself

[@this-is-India]

i think that is because we are still in the earlier stages of independence and were looted a lot (45 trillion was looted) compared to other countries which were colonised, border divisions which caused million of death and it was not even our 1st independence when were in a border war but i can confidently say that india is doing better compared to other south asian countries

[@newbie4789]

Yeah but this is the exact argument our leaders have given to us over the decades. India is not the only country who was in economic shambles after WW2 (1947 is right after WW2) yet others have moved at a much faster pace than India... especially considering we were the biggest economic superpower. We very firstly need an education system with a more globalised standards... good sex/sports/art education, open to world philosophies, diversified topics and stricter examinations. every could at age 10 should be able to read a story in their own mother tongue... not just the kids in cities.

[@sgx9874]

"Why is India poor?"- being an indian i've often asked wondered this question as well. How could we, a vast, resource rich, diverse, and relatively large literate and educated population, be so backward compared to our contemporaries in asia like China or japan? We didnt even have any major conflicts on our soil, or any major civil war, or have our cities flattened or anything like that. It is quite clear that despite many of our initial advantages, our leadership has squandered it. Though kudos to uploading this on independence day, this is a good wake up call for all of us.

[@destroyer2509]

Bullshit it's all goes down when British ruling india for 200years stealing almost 45 trillion 😑 this foreigners will never mentioned

[@hibiki9380]

@@destroyer2509 gotta blame the Brits even after hundreds of years of them leaving. Totally not because of a cesspool of shitty cultures and mindset.

[@FlashdogFul28]

@@destroyer2509 That's clearly rubbish, India has had over 70 years to get it's house in order. For example China Germany, Japan are the three largest economies in the world. And all after 1945. That's not to say the Empire had no effect, but effect could be both good or bad and anything in between.

[@ihavenojawandimustscream4681]

@@arigon55 that is an utter nonsense.China had all the problems you mentioned,(culture of corruption,large countries,etc) and they are rich. The reason is because of severe underinvestment by the government on raising human capital,with 1960's China investing significantly more per capita on their population compared to post reform India despite having less gdp

[@stoicstone521]

@@arigon55 so dumb argument. There are larger nation's larger than India . And they are doing better . Small countries often fails to defend their interests on international stage. So NO to your dumb advice India do need reform btw

[@no_more_free_nicks]

For a year I was part of the Indian economic growth, I was training programmers in Bangalore while working for an American travel company. (I'm Polish)

[@YenzikovALCherasLegend]

American had been scamming Indian Tax Payers for years . The Classical Case of the US own Union Carbide's Plant gas leak at Bhopal. What a big Scam ? Indian Public bought Union Carbide before the case being settle. Guess who the PM and the Cronies are when Union Carbide is officially own by Indian ?

[@raunakshahi8485]

@@YenzikovALCherasLegend Why do you guys think that world's geopolitics is governed by a single event/ conspiracy theory 🤦‍♂️

[@AyanAli-py7ci]

Garbage programmers

[@hellguardian11]

@@AyanAli-py7ci Funny that a 'Boomer' from a garbage cult should troll others as such.

[@Yuva_Maddy]

Thank you. I love polish people 💓 because of their past.

[@vidura_labs]

Tables turn,soon India gonna take their position, thanks for acknowledging history.

[@BEASTHDR]

Can you please correct the map in video its illegal

[@aashishadhikari8144]

3:12 Nepal was not part of the British Indian Colony. Nepal and the East India Company signed the treaty of Sugauli in 1816 after a two-year long war which allowed a British resident in Kathmandu thereafter. However, Nepal continued to have its monarchs and prime ministers as before after 1816 as well . Then, Britain and Nepal signed the Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923 recognizing Nepal as an independent country. This was registered in the League of Nations in 1925.

[@GregorioVazquezJr]

Interesting and easy to understand presentation, thanks

[@Fei_Rei]

Wow, agricultural REALLY a very high profit sector. For sure. Especially when there is restrictions on food based on chemical fertilizers. The cost for farming way too high for organically grown. Most Indian farmers use chemical fertilizers just like Sri Lanka farmers. It's hit the farmers when the government start the 100% organic reform while the farmers heavily depending on chemical fertilizers. Profit for agriculture already little from the very beginning.

[@nvx78]

And every rich countries try to produce own food to prevent famine at crisis. For example European Union has high tax for non-european food.

[@riyazknightnebulous]

The army of the british raj was not an all european force. For reference , in ww2 the British Indian army was the largest all volunteer army in the world with more than 2 million soldiers. This huge colonial army was used by the British in Afghanistan , Malaysia, Middle East and Africa for their colonial adventures. You appear to be are underplaying their role in the first part of the video. I think it could have been worded better

[@Strawhalo]

Well white supremacy is the worldview of the world. As they say the victor writes history. And napoleon said. History is a lie agreed upon

[@riyazknightnebulous]

@@Strawhalo History is not written bY the victors . We have historiography for this purpose.

[@nanilama7016]

I guess its needless to say cuz all the colonial countries were part of British empire... so in history they were British Army with different origin

[@dv9239]

@@riyazknightnebulous which is full of propaganda just like this video

[@thatyellowfellow]

@@riyazknightnebulous Sorry to break it to you, but the victors are the only ones left that can leave evidence behind, that's what it means. If i shoot an animal and destroy all remnants of its body, the animal can't tell anyone i murdered it and there's no body for you to learn exactly how i did it. That's why a lot of colonies that experienced genocide have almost no history left unless the killers document it themselves. Erase the language, destroy the artefacts. Done.

[@TheBieberbe1iber]

25:11 "They will become a strong independent country who needs no trade partner" you go girrrl

[@freshbakedclips4659]

Every noisy angry feminist ever

[@watchmyplaylists7454]

Ya, Because of the ultra Socialist mindset of India's former leaders, led to India remaining a poor country till now.

[@prajvalrao4871]

@android appdev I agree - countries have only succeeded through free market capitalism (except Scandinavian countries, but they're not really socialist either)

[@oceansteaderkelp6756]

@@prajvalrao4871 With regulations. Also Oil.

[@zachem66]

@@freshbakedclips4659 every incel ever

[@sinigangnababy]

To think that they should be very wealthy now from all those Target gift cards

[@karthik7486]

Somehow this questions a very straightforward and yet complex answer. Coming to the straightforward answer, corruption, laziness of ppl, lack of civic sense and socialist policies. India as a society need to pull up its socks and start working hard. No excuses. Now the complex answer, it’s not easy to govern india. India’s problem is very very unique - diversity. In no other country would you find such a diverse population. We Indians have hundreds of criteria to divide ourselves. Religion, caste, social classes, linguistic divisions, etc etc. you’d find cultures differing every few hundred kilometres. So making laws which won’t offend anyone and benefits everyone is quite a difficult task and enforcing it is even more difficult. You’d find someone protesting against every law. And this gives rise to votebank politics and appeasement politics for the sake of winning elections. You could give me the example of china, which was similar to india when we started, but you have to understand that china had to compromise on democratic values for the remarkable growth. Dissent is totally crushed there. The west, diversity has been encouraged once they have become rich and developed. And the immigrants are expected to follow the law of the land. India isn’t like that. That’s why it frustrated me when someone offers the china model or Japanese model of growth for india. No. India has unique problems, it requires unique solutions.

[@dan2397102]

building a strong economy, one extended car warranty at a time.

[@sharathkodoth]

lol

[@hartrize5306]

Ha! Nice

[@africacarey]

🤣🤣🤣

[@sahajdeep_sandhu]

sad 😮‍💨

[@rabindradahal4577]

3:13 You got it wrong mate!! Nepal and Bhutan were always independent countries and never colonized by the British. That's why we don't have/celebrate Independence Day.!

[@sirex__8931]

He also said sikkim was a country lmao

[@kiranshetty3396]

@@sirex__8931 they were never truly independent, they were functioning under british security umbrella...and sikkim was a independent country before merging with India

[@sirex__8931]

@@kiranshetty3396 I always thought that sikkim was a part of nepal that was lost to the british after the anglo nepal war and nothing more, I might need to look more into this

[@ahman4440]

@@kiranshetty3396 Go and listen what this chump said on this video, he said 'colony' and Nepal was allied after British-Nepal war NEVER a colony. Get your fact right or listen carefully.

[@sudhanshrestha5926]

@@kiranshetty3396 sikkim was not independent, it was a part nepal before Anglo nepal war. And nepal was influenced by British rule that's it. It has always been independent.

[@rb_7010]

I am commenting on this at the very 1st second of the video, I don't care if you have spoken positively or negatively about my country, it's your freedom of speech and we respect that But use the proper map of our country

[@BLITZ-fl8jg]

Its the right map i don't understand, its how the United Nations recognize it, stop crying kid.

[@lakshmi....1983]

This is the main reason why India is still poor

[@asingh5482]

The irony of Indian social system for centuries has been, that Power, Money and Knowledge should exist only with the few not the masses. The British exploited this system very well to their advantage. Although the buying power of people of India is much better compared to the past, but still even today there are a handful number of crony capitalists who control everything in India. As a result corruption levels in India are one of the highest in the world.

[@varun2250]

Systemic Corruption existed in India pre-1990's and 1980's and even in those time it was one of the highest in the world. In those times, India was pretty much totally Socialistic with Government owned companies controlling more than 70% of all big industries and businesses. Crony Capitalism or Crony Socialism, both show their adverse effects on Common people. Let's take a balanced approach here.

[@alice_in_wonderland42]

@Jar Head poverty is destructive of all rights. Formal Freedom without good living standards is useless.

[@rohandutta9986]

@@hifriendocutefriendo7075 no other society developed an ingrained Hierarchical class system like India. Even today with much liberalisation, caste system is very prevalent.

[@rohandutta9986]

@@varun2250 pre-liberalised India was as much "socialist" as North Korea is "people's republic".

[@varun2250]

@@darklord7069 May be you could start tell how your 'rock' remark without any explanation is more credible than many points raised in this lecture.

[@000Dragon50000]

I mean the English occupation rerouting India's production away from food for themselves and finished goods, and into raw materials and cotton and other such stuff that the english could take and sell on didn't help india's financial situation either.

[@krapto3467]

Correct,the British are indeed a reason why India became poor. However it's continuity is solely responsible upon the failures of our political and economic decisions of the past.

[@doctorgamez2410]

@@krapto3467 Agreed. Let’s hope the future is better.

[@ananyaatri2898]

@@doctorgamez2410 Don't hope. Make it better.

[@amlanbhattacharjee9028]

I feel sad when i read history and realise what our country went through😢😢😢

[@SAMSAMMY837]

I think this 41 minutes video had all answers I was looking for . I will save it and watch multiple times.

[@user-pc8sd4ck3g]

There's also an important but inconvenience aspect of this problem: working culture. I've been to India several times, and I've noticed that the quality of their services are very low and the workers seem less disciplined than other countries. It's like the opposite of Japan.

[@Illlium]

Did you miss the part when that was their way of getting rid of the oppressors? Probably took a couple of generations, so no wonder these people are not highly motivated. It's gonna sound cruel, but I think you got away easy with the nukes ending WWII, at least the world felt like you needed support to plant your feet again. India was left to slowly wither like a dumpster robbed of any valuable things already.

[@mariaannainditahernawati7132]

compare india to vietnam or malaysia or thailand?

[@vandita3695]

@@sreenidhikrishnan8332 what he said was completely true. If you can't digest the truth then eat a Hajmola. Have a visit to Japan to see what discipline actually is. He is not bad mouthing our country, he is just stating facts, and one of the biggest reason is the government's negligence to local craftsmanship and handicrafts.

[@sivvinod3187]

@@Illlium not to mention the bad pr from "Ew roadside shitters toiletless land" and "Ew poor people, uncivilised tribals Ew". We got did extremely dirty.

[@Alphacentauri819]

@@sreenidhikrishnan8332 breathe. To so overidentify who you are with where you were born (which you had no say in, no control over)...and to try to link to any of its success, math or science...as if it means anything about you, is an ego grab. For sure. To get stuck on thinking your country is the best, simply because you live (d) there...is immature at best. It lacks awareness, and a true big picture view. None of us is special, due to where we were born. That’s a fallacy, an ego game. We cling to things like that, in order to feel significant. You’re human. It really shouldn’t increase or decrease your value, depending on where you came from. Now...on to the claim that “India is the country that has contributed the most to the field of math and science”. First, there is not one solitary “field” of math and science!! There are various fields, so many different disciplines in the FIELDS of math and science. Next, that’s a preposterous claim. While India has indeed contributed to various disciplines within the fields of math and science...to claim its the country that has contributed most, is myopic and obtuse. Many countries have contributed. The wisest among those in specialities collaborate with others to expand upon and increase their knowledge and skill. Many countries have incredible contributions, which have been the building blocks for others (often from other countries) to further disciplines along. No man is an island. Rare is the country untouched by influence of others. It’s like a multidimensional, multifaceted web of connections. To make such an arrogant/ignorant claim...is to be childlike and trying to make things simple in order to make sense of complex things. Your paradigm is informed by deep biases and narratives...with ego at the center. I challenge you to challenge your conditioned thinking...examine who you are (you aren’t your country...but merely a human, a spiritual being, who is grasping to limiting concepts). Reach beyond the self sabotaging thinking.

[@ahmedshehryar6990]

The problem with India is that it has good relations with far away countries but bad relations with countries around it unlike china. It doesn't have any influence on non-Indian people. And also the fact that India doesn't produce any unique products that is dominant in markets.

[@KristopherNoronha]

and some of the worse conflicts with its neighbours are indirectly funded by its "friends" from far away too.

[@simonking3949]

@@KristopherNoronha And India gladly accepted their role as a pawn.

[@suryanshsingh4533]

Dude you forgot about pharmacy.

[@level1selamat155]

India has become a pawn of Anglo Saxon nations against China and Pakistan

[@suryanshsingh4533]

@@level1selamat155 really, it feels more like pakistan is a Chinese pawn against India. Why should India align with china when china claims an entire state of India and kills Indian soldiers.

[@prakharrai5359]

Wow he didn't mention how they did partition and bengal genocide

[@zacsayer1818]

24:30 - I had no idea that disco balls and corsets were so essential to the Indian way of life! 😂

[@reallywicked1]

This is one of the best videos I saw on Indian economy and is an eye opener . Your analysis of the major issues and possible solutions is surely one of the best I have come across . Your methodical discussion of the topic makes it easy to follow and grasp all the nitty ,gritty and also enjoyable . Kudos to you!

[@shibujoseph9902]

India is rich in culture and social living whereas most developed country lacks it. Anyone who wants food, shelter and clothing is a necessity. I think Indians have it. I don’t understand what the author trying to say. He sit somewhere in world and talking foolishly.

[@user-nk8zx1yw8s]

@@shibujoseph9902 you’re kidding right?? You “think” all indians have proper shelter food and clothing? You are saying what you “think” is happening without actually researching anything and then bashing a video which actually has sources and reasoning behind it. Please don’t tell me you seriously believe that India is somehow poverty-free.

[@indianflippingart9593]

Governing India is like asking a government from any one country of Europe to govern entire Europe and latin America

[@indianflippingart9593]

@NRG I'm talking about thr diversity of people historically in the subcontinent. North east, south and west, and north. All are completely different places in terms of geography and culture. No wonder why north east is still fighting for its recognition and against raicsm towards them just cause they look mongoloid, and the fight between north and south is always there

[@srikrishnak196]

@NRG China sinicized their diverse population since the beginning of Chinese history. Imagine how many were killed, r.ped, for all that is today's China... no wonder they are now vying for revenge on the West and expanding like colonial powers (soft and hard power)

[@maitahom9958]

@NRG china's pop consists of 91% han chinese.... how's that diverse?

[@maitahom9958]

@NRG 91% han chinese, 72% speaks the han dialect (almost 100% if you consider the language as one), huge majority of irreligious people....europe, despite being white majority has different languages, origin, and culture in each and every country

[@abinavrooney8556]

@NRG so you are saying India should have done the same what an idiot

[@VenomInMahEyes]

FYI, Nepal was never british indian colony.

[@arjumandalam9698]

The background music is too loud Hard to focus. Please fix this problem

[@yonghuang6664]

One other factor (that nobody or few have seen): the culture in which everybody wants to be a leader, a ruler, a manager and few people are willing to be a worker, and the vast social and economic gap between the two groups, in sharp contrast to the Eastern Asian especially Japanese culture.

[@36736]

Where I have not seen a single person who wants to be politician they are good with doctor, engineer, IAS,PCS,IPS AND OF COURSE ARMY

[@yonghuang6664]

@@36736 It took me a few seconds to figure out why you mentioned politicians. You must have interpreted "leader", "ruler", "manager" in my posting to be a politician? I should clarify. I meant a person that wants to manage others, as a manager or team lead in a company. If there's a survey, I bet the ratio of the people that want to be a manager in a company is statistically much higher in an Indian company than in a Japanese company. Too low or too high the ratio equally hurts.

[@36736]

@@yonghuang6664 well actually no-one wants to be the Boss they don't want to take risks in their life they are happy to employ only

[@36736]

@@yonghuang6664 and yes no wants to go to private company if a person go for government job their whole life is secured if a survey gets conducted and if private company is giving $10000 and government job with $5000 they will always go for government jobs

[@mayursharma8483]

U shithole gonna tell us how shud we run right?

[@allenpradhan2063]

Points that you missed - S. Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam were or still are dictatorships which makes it very easy to bring in economic reforms whereas in india due to democracy every government finds it difficult to pass good but unpopular reforms.

[@allenpradhan2063]

@Cloud Smiles they were and if you doubt that please check

[@AshishSharma-zp9nw]

Country, vast as India there is no chance disctatoship can thrive. You can see modi, he's one dictator.. I know I know, we are democrat country, I know that. But it's more likely dictatorship and you can clearly see it, even after having a dictator.. it's so difficult to handle so many people with so many different thought process.

[@XxelitedeathwalkerxX___]

remeber when modi tried to remove the reservation system but the people just started destrying national properties like rails a train turned over on it self becoause of that my mother almost died coz she was on there too.

[@zil1832]

@@AshishSharma-zp9nw I want to know more?

[@mariaannainditahernawati7132]

@@XxelitedeathwalkerxX___ until this day u do not have reserv system application? even you have so many unicorn?

[@cazpk6840]

And the rape culture there is never addressed by Modi.

[@olivercharles2930]

I don't think that is the reason lol

[@bharatmatakayoda]

America has far more rapes per capita

[@bharatmatakayoda]

@@JonOmega-mf4dm 1 america can't indentify what a womman is 2 America isn't rich the dollar is just stronger if if dollar were equal to one ruppe India GDP capita would be 200k + far more than US

[@Rajusharmal]

raape is so common in india that why government doesn't care anymore

[@revz8684]

I would first ask you what gdp means. Second with that population its no surprise that indias gdp is higher. Look at the income inequality, if india is soooo rich why are there such huge gaps of income@@bharatmatakayoda

[@mack7207]

34:48 why does he always just delete the UK off of maps? 😂

[@medipeace307]

1:05 Calling thr BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY to help support a CIVIL WAR would be remembered as one of the most INFLUENCIAL and DUMBEST MOVE in WORLD HISTORY .

[@cmr2754]

The puppet king who called the EIC for rebeling against the local nawab has his tomb in Bengal. Whenever people visit his grave ,they spit on it .

[@luckyowo7641]

😂😂

[@morgan258]

man, i love his channel. it makes everything so simple and easy to understand

[@disjointedbuilds8107]

The ending assertions?

[@ayaankhan-eh1xy]

Fun fact: Poverty in India is based on less than 2.15$ which is 11% while in pakistan its based on 3.65$ which is 37% but 45% of Indians earn less than 3.65$ and only 10% of pakistan earn less than 2.15$ Source: list of countries by poverty rate Wikipedia

[@SiriusTheKid]

I read thru the comments, i realised most Indians cannot take criticism. Some facts are stated. And they just can't accept it. The keys to improvement? Education. Remove caste system. Unite with one language. Unite as a team, as a community, as a country. India has great minds. The next 20 years we will probably witness the rise of india.

[@solok4150]

Education? Ok Remove caste system? Hmm not gonna happen anytime soon. Btw fuck this caste system and reservation bullshit 🗿 Unite with one language? Never gonna happen with Hindi but with English it is possible To achieve the fourth point the right mindset and discipline should be needed which is not there and won't be 🤡

[@iprq7276]

Rise of india? It's one of poorest countries in world

[@iprq7276]

Even after 200 years it will remain the same

[@iprq7276]

It has most starving people most slum dwelling people least infrastructure most illeterate people

[@HistoryScope]

If India grows by just 5-6% per year it will have a gdp on par with the USA in 2050. India has historically grown faster than that on average for the past few decades, so its likely India is indeed on the rise, even with modest growth rates for a developing country