Central Hall: Where Indian Foreign Policy is Falling Short | Shyam Saran, Navtej Sarna & Kapil Sibal

In this episode of Central Hall, former foreign secretary Shyam Saran and former ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna join Kapil Sibal in a wide-ranging conversation on the state of India’s foreign policy under Narendra Modi.
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[@abhinavverma-2030]

Hats off to Kapil Sibal mental and physical strength in age of above 82 doing whatever to save our democracy really salute to his passion

[@gangadhardharmapuri6413]

Great Mr.Kapil.Sibal , your real son of mother India and your doing a lot lot for the protection of democracy & constitution of India. I really great thankful to you

[@khanmufassir9115]

It was admirable of Wire to get in touch with Kapil Sibal.

[@atntaltd]

for your sake ....................kidding

[@atompf24]

India requires a strong leader and also a strong opposition, both serving our complex multi religious-cultural nation, survive a global crisis which is imminent!

[@mohammedzakaria2409]

To be a Real Guru one has to become a real friend and sympathiser of all, rich and friend.

[@ankitsura2155]

Mr shyam sharan speaks like writing upsc exam... Noting makes sense in reality but eloquent words

[@BrightSparksAsia]

Don't be a BJP or Congress voter here. Just enjoy listening to two of the most brilliant minds in the Indian Foreign Service - Mr. Saran and Navtej Sarna.

[@anujkr6039]

True

[@jackstraton1]

These vital subjects should be discussed on regular basis to disclose and let people know what exactly is going on out here and cast a vote for change by electing a fair government. Kapil Sir Good Going From my father to my son watches you and admire your service to the nation.

[@shankarrajgopal5165]

Its not just education that we need. The kids will have to be brought up from childhood days, the importance of cleanliness, orderliness, public behaviour, safety aspects, taking-responsibility for pulic order, public safety etc etc etc. If these are not done immediately, life will not be liveable.

[@user-gd4bg6gk3n]

Sibal’s heartache for neighbor paxtan is evident😅

[@ravijain5996]

Pleasure to see you Always mr Sibbal , salute to you fir your contribution making in the democracy free from anarchy

[@subhamkumarsingh5667]

Hats off to kapil sibal for playing aada pada among his peers at the age of 82. kudos.

[@piyushkaushik4154]

Tumhari agli saat pushten milke bhi kr payengi kya ye aada paada.

[@subhamkumarsingh5667]

@@piyushkaushik4154 My pushte has been busy building the country bro..they dont hv the privilege to do this nukkad natak

[@pardeeptandon]

We used to do foreign policy for Bhutan. Today, Bhutan has kicked us to and has started dealing directly with China and has virtually gifted Gulwan to China, making China sit on top of our Chicken Neck. During the G-20, the submitted India- Europe corridor was touted as a major achievement which, within 6 months, has been put in cold storage by global developments. The Charbahar Central Asia corridor, which India was developing via Iran, has also been abandoned. Himantoto Port in Sri Lanka is another example of our diplomatic failure as China has started controlling it and posing a security risk for India.

[@bharatias24]

Could have invited Mr Tharoor as well.

[@Rohit-tr2uk]

Listening Shayam Saran Sir is like a blessing & Navtej sir also as sharp as always.

[@Padosidesi2828]

Nice! Courteous, low key and thoughtful. Well done!!

[@VayuputraBhakt]

How many like Dil se kapil sibbal.......

[@nilkantajana9785]

Zero.

[@raiaman7]

What an accomplished set of speakers. Keep it up ❤

[@manojkumarjha7391]

Kapil Sibal doing his best to water down the achievement of present government whereas two experts trying their best to counter Sibal politely and diplomatically. This podcast gone horrible wrong from Mr Sibal's point of view.

[@svmlybsk]

I slightly disagree. He simply asks the questions. These are valid questions, and he asks them in an articulated way. Then he accepts their answers, and in some instances conveys his view. In my opinion that is how a conversation works. People can have different views about an issue, share our views and carefully listen to the opposites views and have a mutual discussion. That's the beauty of democracy. Hence, I feel this is a very informative video.

[@arnab2]

Very important conversation that touched on many of the salient points, maybe a great starting point for a series of deep dives into the issues raised, not just on foreign policy but on leveraging cultural relations, education and research, opportunities that India may capitalise into long term assets, the human cost benefit analysis of AI, and so on. Look forward to many more of these.

[@baggamohit]

The show has highlighted significant touchpoints, including the economic conditions of our neighbors, disputes with China over maritime and land territories, Indo-Pacific relations, and contemporary subjects like AI and semiconductor manufacturing. This subject holds potential for further rounds of discussion, so I urge the wire team to invite more esteemed guests to continue exploring it. @Kapil ji, your ability to ask precise and insightful questions consistently guides the discussion towards its objectives, which is intriguing to witness.

[@madhubalasharma2822]

Excellent 👍👍 presentation.

[@mangomits]

Kapil Sibal arguing for the restoration of article 370 the saddest day in indian democracy

[@colsahasi]

Many technologies companies are moving out too. This year IT countries are not making what it was 10 years ago.

[@ozymandias8988]

Nice. I read Shyam Saran's book.

[@akashtiwari5729]

Very frank & insightful discussion by these 3 gentlemen ✨️🇮🇳

[@shakeelsiddiqi7144]

Thank you very much wire chanel.

[@UjjainiSingh22]

Mr.Sibal should have invited his brother Kanwal Sibal to this discussion. A top notch Foreign Service Officer.

[@rajeevtiwary915]

Sibal saheb thanks for enlightenment

[@tarzan40005]

Such a wonderful discussion and exchange of ideas. Very mature and open minded.

[@samjam007]

This is a great Interview series by Sir Sibal 👏. Please keep it comming !

[@IRFAN-1994]

Thank for Interview this channel

[@rajendraprabhudesai3382]

I really appreciate mr kapil sibals patience with these kind of people, good service he is doing so indian bhakts really know what is our foreign policy representation wad ,the standard of indian people just learn some phrase s in comparison of comparison

[@rakeshvats9065]

Both are diplomats who have trained to talk both ways and never chalkenge the government of the day. You should have interviewed some other people, like economists .

[@somilpandey5646]

Sardar ne haqiqat boli hai what a pleasant man to listen to

[@shirishpanwalkar]

Extremely insightful and enlightening discussion! Thank you! 🙏🙏

[@GALAVNAGARI]

Sir, Kudos for this excellent discussion. 👌👏👍🙏

[@mandeephanspal7688]

Great conversation Sir and insight for viewers, keep doing the good work Sir

[@anilwagle6548]

Great social service Kapilji spending very valuable time . The subjects and personality chosen appropriately makes the discussion meanigful and fruitful. Worth spending time .

[@gajendrachilwal7326]

A well informative discussion. Hope Wire and Kapil Sibbal Ji will keep continue these types of healthy discussion.

[@ylogx]

Brilliant Discussion. We need a lot more of these. 👌

[@riazsami]

This program enlightens the present condition of India's democracy and government policies and beaurcacy's statements

[@anandganapathy6053]

Excellent discussion..!!

[@VIJAYKUMAR-xg7xe]

India is a Sweet ball not because of other reasons but being the biggest consumer market.

[@sohelzshaikh]

Good Job 👍👏

[@omarpeerzada1721]

Kapil Sibal Sb. adds conviction and much reach to the talk .. engrossing discussion

[@bamar200]

Mr.Saran and Mr.Navtej comments are very insightful and informative. And if one can read between the lines, they are also quite appreciative of our current foreign policy. As for Mr.Kapil, well he should stick to lawyering and dabbling in politics. Foreign policy is not his cup of tea.

[@Bestone974]

Great presentation, mashallah.

[@angryyoungman2281]

All failed politicians are discussing successful foreign policy.

[@aurangzebansari3007]

Very nice 👍

[@muhammadgausreza1882]

Very good discussion 🙂🙂

[@pbghosh5305]

🎉🎉🎉

[@VikramUp100]

Very good and value discussion

[@basantsinha3159]

Being vishvaguru means having the character which induces others to emulate and having the strength to defend this character

[@sridharankrishnaswami4093]

Thanks for the brilliant conversation. Sir, towards the end, you have pointed out the importance of education. Recently, the income tax department has frozen the bank accounts of The Madras university to realize the IT dues, causing irreversible damage to hundreds of students & research scholars. The defaulter being a university, is this the only & ethical means available to the IT department? Can the IT department stop the movement of trains to recover dues from the railway? Sir, can you hold a discussion on the legal & ethical aspects of the issue of freezing accounts of a public institution?

[@gaganahuja07]

One can see the pain in Sibal's voice hearing the guests praising the current situation of the Indian economy which is due to the good work of the current dispensation.

[@khatri3259]

*WOW... KHATRI NAVTEJ SAREEN... SIBAL TOGETHER... ALSO CALL YOUR KHATRI BROTHER KHATRI KANWAL SIBAL SIR* ....

[@VermaRajinder]

If you guys are on youtube and not on your core mint machines --- everything is Good !!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pipipupu5104]

Yeah these people don't do there joh when they were in power but suddenly after retiring they become analysts and Inttectuals etc

[@VermaRajinder]

@@pipipupu5104 .... See the irony ---- These so-called brains of this nation - get NOMINATED to the Rajya Sabha on quid pro quo,,, help draft and pass laws ,,, then they wear their Senior Lawyer Hats and fight the Same Laws which they helped draft or defend the accused !!! How many cases have they EVER WON IN PROSECUTION - NONE !!! In fact that is their only claim to Glory - Defence Lawyers against the Government/ State and by extension the will of the people !!! In no self respecting Nation other than the Sub Continent does the Happen. Our Judicial System is Crying for Reforms !!! Sad -----

[@zaffazad4040]

The discussion was candid, open and honest for Mr Sibal, Mr Saran and Mr Sarna; congratulations on doing it. Indian foreign policy had its challenges due to Mr Modi's past ten years of using foreign policy for his domestic audience to gain political mileage at home. It has damaged India, a dangerous and costly trend for the Indian society at large. Investment in education, R&D, and good governance are required for any society to be a viable economic power, social stability and military prowess. All of these factors are important for an objective and successful foreign policy. Unfortunately, India has lost at least a decade of its inability to resolve regional issues, especially with China, and it has further put a question mark on the next fifteen years. Only when Mr Modi changes his mindset from Gujrat Nostalgia to Inclusive India, there is little hope for India to take its deserving place on the world scene in the next 25 years. Economic growth depends upon the liberation of thought; having domestic policies to segregate people based on their ethnic origin and religious belief systems is a counterweight to economic policy and liberates the education system. Indian intelligentsia is required to put its weight behind its national policy. Otherwise, Mr. Modi's tunnel vision will damage further India's future.

[@pipipupu5104]

😂😂 what lmao then please explain how did Congress used foreign policy how stupid are to even say that lmao😂😂😂

[@fuckas..r]

​@@pipipupu5104he's just a A.I. bot

[@zaffazad4040]

@@pipipupu5104 I am not sure what you mean by Congress Foreign Policy? The core Foreign Policy does not change, irrespective of changes in the ruling party. When a government changes its core foreign policy like Mr. Modi's rule, it may bring catastrophic results.

[@pipipupu5104]

@@zaffazad4040 what catastrophic results do you see in modi foreign policy that you didn't see in Congress and please mention some success of Congress foreign policy and please mention short and crisp don't write stupid useless paragraphs.

[@zaffazad4040]

​@@pipipupu5104 The Ladakh and Galwan foreign policy blunder and mishandling, would cost two trillion dollars to the Indian economy, at the expense of poverty reduction and social uplift in the next 20 years.

[@ashrafman2023]

👍

[@yeshwantpande2238]

Seems retired diplomats are still active diplomats and may not yield.

[@ozymandias8988]

Dr.Raghuram Rajan wrote these things in his recent book. From another recent book on A.I ( homo technologicus),I became aware of the A.I competition b/w West & Asia, and the massive change the world is going through.

[@pipipupu5104]

Lmao raghuram rajan 😂😂😂

[@ozymandias8988]

@@pipipupu5104 He is a hardcore Nationalist. His whole argument is why Indians should remain as just the working ants for the west? Why not own intellectual properties and become the boss as well?

[@AnilKumar-tk3bm]

Exactly.... mr navtej sarna, a lot of things come your way and you have to be ready to take it, but we rejected the opportunity to take UNSC membership... because we were busy in making hindi chini bhai bhai🤷‍♂️

[@pardeeptandon]

The fast developments in AI will make our demographic dividend into a Libality within the next decade unless India develops a strategy to counter it, which is missing today.

[@txlish]

Namaskar, Sib al ji! In debted to your all out efforts @ different levels.Having said, forget ViswaGuru (Like most self proclaimed promoted jingles). Mr Saran - Ambassador to China 2004-06. What followed him is should be in news for his last year jingle on Xi-China incursio with no provocation and totally denied (let alone ignored) followed by jingle - How could we (dare stand against Xi) - for reasons all the wokes know (No need for me to explain). Having said, that last year stmt is being justify Now that we have identified the enemy @ Delhi border in Punjab Kissan and hence recent procurement of Drones from Biden with in-built cut for Anil MoBani (along with cuts from Boeing fleet for AI/IA for JRD who moved his business empire from Didi state to Gujrat and few other pvt airline operators orders) while SPM (whom you interview recently, I guess) is being raided all his locales where eer he was deputized in his govt roles while he is struggling on Hospital bed

[@dhruvnarayan8169]

Inspite of great effort in trying to undermine the present dispensation in India,Kapil had to accept their sincere efforts and successes. Unlike many INDI politicians, he didn't undermine India in an effort to undermine Modi.

[@colsahasi]

These diplomats see all positive side. Lot looking of internal unemployment and high inflation of commodity is like food, petrol and Diesel. Unequal representation of SC & ST.

[@vinoydubey9620]

Modi is proud that India has the Agniveer.

[@bharath9in]

We in India needs investment in skills upgrade and a level playing field for big and small players, else AI will kill jobs.

[@user-mj3jy7fk9p]

Sir please fill the Pil on statehood of jandk

[@jovial24]

On Bangladesh, the people to people connect has taken a huge beating recently. Though the relation with the rulling party Awami league is good.

[@colsahasi]

India has 159B$$ loan and it is almost equal to GDP of the Nation.

[@malarmannanveluchamy7077]

I always have the suspicion that our foreign policy is tune with diversification strategy of Corporate leaders

[@mohan1997]

Is a Chinees agent managing the Indias Foreign Police now?

[@satindra21]

You get two government employees with employee mentality to discuss foreign policy; they obviously can see nothing wrong with it.

[@graniteworld9116]

Good conversation between cream of Indian foreign polcy

[@Muralidhar_Rao]

Manipur situation and it's implication on foreign affairs was not discussed

[@somilpandey5646]

Let me tell u indian share market is going fall like crazy in future qnd people holding sell will prevail.

[@Indus720]

Headline is misleading as this discussion has two non partisan panelist who don’t care about any ideology.

[@AnilKumar-tk3bm]

Mr sibal forgot to mention the reason for root cause of disturbing situation in the eastern sector. May be he is ashamed of ☹

[@T2mukesh]

why shouldn't India offer a defence establishment (army, navy and airforce) to have permanent base in Northern Australia on long term basis

[@regikbaby9956]

For the last 30 years I was asking everyone I talked ( I am nobody). Tell me a book which equate co related economy of over POPULATED country and under populated countries. Now came AI. SO food for common + educated young generation ??? Anarchy??? 😇😇🙏

[@warrior1936]

Request an central hall episode with Dhruv Rathi

[@srinivasrao369]

We r acting as a bully in our neighbourhood

[@bhimsensingh5761]

These samples are not ready to give any credit to Modi ji. Does anybody remember Shyam Saran and his achievement, a single on.

[@txlish]

These 2 poodles would n't know (or share) Sri Lanka premier (@helm) is being used as a pawn of Billa - Remember 2023 Asia cup fixed match between Ind-Pak in Sri Lanka and celebration later on - Home and Abroad was the initiative of Ranga summoning Sri Lanka counter part to brief him plus ink the deals for MoDani to ship Australian coal via his port (But not before invoices inflated 10 time @Port of Entry). Also asked was celebration using Mukesh factory cloth tri color and Xi factories fire works in Lanka and in India @ strategic places followed by #RangaBilla poodles in govt. / politics to send out celebratory tweets - @ wee hour after the fixed match result.

[@chakradharmahapatra1958]

Kapil Sibal tried his best to get negative opinions from both the diplomats, but failed miserably.

[@cesesr8825]

Which audience are these platforms targeting? Any suspicion on this? What wire stands for?

[@udainaik7268]

Without mincing words accept we are no where near being called global leader. Wishvaguru is termed to fool larger Indian population. We have and had greatest young population advantage to that we have performed very miserably with economics with short sighted decisions.

[@somilpandey5646]

We are a bargaining chip ( maybe a biggest)as a population in terms of youth n therefore we are defined by this china je led saal bhR use karengey but hum kya hai.

[@sreekumarvelupillai6266]

The subject is tough but it has become a habit of late to listen Sri. Kapil Sibal.

[@sanjeevmehta2079]

There is only one Vishwaguru and that's USA ..period

[@somilpandey5646]

Are u gonna talk about banking laws amendments or many laws relating sez (sez) or many more things like labour law and te amendments we are going throughe without being heard and every other law relating to government by way of money bill.

[@vinoydubey9620]

India has been always in the centrality of international affairs. The national interests have not been served by the Indian establishment. Modi indulged in Electoral campaign of Trump which was very much disturbing. The fallout was visible for a pretty long time. The Biden Administration did not appoint its Ambassador in India.

[@mohdamin8131]

Sibal sir, polymath !He has to first explain guests to make them answer the questions to be asked

[@ramdasmadhiyalla4058]

Kapil sir mody has proved that he is darpok against china. So our immediate neighbors will go with China for their security. Maldives is an example.

[@feroseganjia367]

Sibal ji, qe do have much more uncertainty in India, but since the present dispensation has all the resources under the sun n since one is not alllowed to spreak their mind freely, you feel you are living in a LALA Lnand.

[@user-gd4wt6oi7y]

Every man or every nation for itself is true but india has to minimise its beaucratic corruption and way of working on public welfare works system speed up on hat with such manpower labor strength everything can be done in fast forward mode giving huge work load to population and justified also, but some systems of monitoring those budgets and work done properly has to be formulated so work progresses peacefully without being left half way when so called leaderships change likenhowninisbin in USA at the moment or other nations also.

[@srinivasarao7145]

India's future should have been left in the hands of Arfa Khanum's mentor Hameed Ansari who is very famous for his IRAN episod. Then The Wire would have been satisfied.

[@colsahasi]

What about Chinese occupied 2000 sq KMs land in Easter Ladakh? PM could not talk to Chinese President to diffuse tensions still there.