Gravitas Plus | Central Asia: New Global Turf War

India has invited heads of Central Asian Nations as Republic Day guests. Russia sees this region as home turf. China is pumping money for clout. The U.S has stationed troops. On Gravitas Plus Palki Sharma explains why Central Asia is critical in today's geopolitical chessboard.
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[@phanikumar6698]

fact bro...🤩.bt the way u said🤙😜😂😂

[@raunak7461]

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[@jamesmaccalman7692]

Thank You INDIA 🇮🇳 for speaking on Unnoticed Heritage Rich Nations ❤. The Help to "Spread a word" done will flourish these Region and it's PEOPLE 🤝✌🙏🏽.

[@green_hedger_68]

Thanks for making your country Secular

[@chrisgreene2623]

Wow a complete lesson about central Asian countries in eight minutes. Well done.

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hinduja. The British had been playing the Great Game for Central Asia as an outsider for much of the nineteenth and twentieth century and recently, the great game was taken up by the Yanks like in Afghanistan. Now it seems that Rising new powers outside the region will be interested in the Great Game.

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Going to get em! No worries! Good story.

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[@DioBrando1996v]

Central Asia is the most underrated region in the world

[@muskmelon2430]

@Bakrichod Abdul from Subcontinent thanks to USSR

[@soumitrabiswas8077]

@赵杨利Yang lee Zhao poor wumao got only 49 cent instead of 50, hence crying loudly

[@iliaszahir3135]

Ashgabat, try buying a house there. You'll have lots of trouble 😂

[@ajitpani2113]

Due to Soviet Union the central Asia was not fundamentalist Islamic religion .But now there will be turn in to Islamic terriorsm and fundamentalist forces like Taliban of Afganistan and Palestine .Iran and Pakistan .

[@iliaszahir3135]

@@ajitpani2113 Soviet Union was also in Afghanistan. Why didnt the ideologie of Communism survive tgere as it did in Tajikistan? 40% of all Tajiks live in Afghanistan by the way

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i thought .. it just us ... only we have home news channels ... playing for either ruling party or against.

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hinduja. Turkic Khazars are also ancestor of the Ashkenazi Jews.

[@megha8783]

Exactly

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Why not? You have Tucker Carlson.

[@higherbeingX]

They are busy reporting court cases and trivial local politics

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[@higherbeingX]

@@jibran4794 Tucker is fine.He is a future US president

[@jibran4794]

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[@molinodeviento8598]

This is so unusual to see a foreign reporter telling about my country. Thank you for educating people about this part of the world. Unfortunately, for many western people Kazakhstan is nothing but Borat (even though that movie wasn't even filmed in Kazakhstan and there is no a single person there of kazakh origin).

[@Noname-kq1mb]

Я хоть и кыргызска, но ты не представляешь как я чертовски зла на этих клоунов, не знаю почему, может из-за того что мы делим одну культуру

[@molinodeviento8598]

@@Noname-kq1mb Если бы подобное говорили про Кыргызстан, меня бы это тоже злило. У нас ведь много общего (даже язык очень похож). Если честно, я даже не знаю как мне реагировать при упоминании Бората. Я год назад переехала в Канаду и тут особо мне никто не говорил про это (может канадская вежливость), но в фейсбучных групах только так стебутся. А есть даже те, кто не отличает Афганистан от Казахстана или Кыргызстана или какого-либо другого "стана". Для них это все одно. Наверняка, есть те кто на полном серьезе считает, что у нас даже интернета нет и срем мы исключительно в дырку на улице.

[@unseenvideos9447]

Respect from india 🇮🇳. we should strengthen our ties .

[@vanderboii2202]

Respects to the Central Asian Republics for their overwhelming brotherly ties with India! Trade route that flourished between Ferghana, Samarkand, Bukhara need to be opened again!!!

[@molinodeviento8598]

@@vanderboii2202 Thank you! I have always gotten amazed by Indians: hardworking, very intelligent and with such strong family values.

[@WilliamPriceKing]

Kudos to WION, via Palki, for this history lesson stressing the importance of Central Asia and its diverse cultures, not only to India, but to the rest of the world.

[@KevinInScotland]

Yes, Definitely a good instruction and reminder for myself of what was and what is (now).

[@KevinInScotland]

@@ShivaForJustice I assume the 'lower casts' still exist? I bet they can't vote.

[@harmony3138]

Good for gullible minds!

[@Leshic2]

100% agree Wish I could give 5 thumbs up!

[@srinivaschinta3061]

@@ShivaForJustice so u r ready to die for freedom?

[@gulsumaergasheva1857]

Salute from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿. It was probably one of the most informative and fascinating descriptions about CA I have ever heard of thus far. Though, not a proponent of WION, because the media is substantially biased concerning other subjects, however this one was pretty much straightforward and decent. Props to the reporter this time!

[@unseenvideos9447]

It might be look..baised some time.. but WION always talks on facts.. Btw ❤ love from India 🇮🇳

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Ur are both Right, gravitas Reports are Short strict and rational (mostly), sometimes i can stand bias, towards china or „the West“ compared to india… but nevertheless they do Great journalism and talk/educate about verry important matters which our european press sadly dont cover I like you gravitas team and the truely international audience, appreciate u all! Much love ❤️ from a daily german viewer

[@cocktail2380]

Hello it is great to see uzbek uzbek woman speaking and understanding english and politcs at the time time and I agree with you about Wion

[@abdykerimovurmat]

Last 4-5 years i saw big increase of indian students in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and thats great, always welcome 👍👍

[@alexandersanchez7995]

I have traveled to Kyrgyzstan 7 times. I was impressed with what I saw. And every trip I saw more progres. Very interesting country, and culture. Beautiful mountains. Very hospitable people.

[@arunaarriane9842]

Is it Tourist-friendly? What are their language of communication?

[@adiletdzhakypbaev9217]

@@arunaarriane9842 It is indeed. The hospitable people are always ready to host any guest from all around the world. The language of communication is English, Russian(predominantly compare to English) and its mother tongue Kyrgyz.

[@koumei1709]

@@adiletdzhakypbaev9217 .love krygyz republic from india.

[@islombekochilov3756]

you would come to Uzbekistan also

[@ronchristiantenala4056]

Wow, learned so much more than a one period of my Asian studies class. Good job Wion!

[@KevinInScotland]

Yes, so have I. It is good that India is able to liaise with the Central Asian Stans on friendly grounds with good intent.

[@damiendehorn6350]

Then your education system needs to be improved.

[@daniellarson3068]

@赵杨利Yang lee Zhao Ain't you ever watched cowboy shows? Cowboy shows are Western and full of Indians!

[@ronchristiantenala4056]

@赵杨利Yang lee Zhao ey I'm no indian but a Filipino. Just shut up.

[@ronchristiantenala4056]

@@damiendehorn6350 it depends if you have an effective teacher teaching you.

[@KevinInScotland]

Here is an interesting fact for you guys: When I started work in 1971 and completed my training, I worked on the International Telex Switchboards. (It was the main form of communication for businesses in those days, eg Shell, BP, construction, and so on.) All calls to the then Soviet Union went through Moscow. (It was not automated like today). I remember Olga was one of their operators. So, if for instance Crane Freuhoff wanted to send a telex message to Tashkent, it would go through our switchboard in London. We would call Moscow and wait for an operator to connect us to Tashkent. Of course, in those days, it was all considered to be USSR (CCCP). The country itself was never mentioned, as it was a part of the Soviet Union.

[@soumitrabiswas8077]

i find it quite interesting thanks

[@Leshic2]

Yes, like the other said... Very interesting story. Thank you for sharing.

[@1354pj]

@@Leshic2 find this info very typical of socialist regimes. Although India is democratic, there was heavy soviet influence pre 1991.. It was quicker to call Calcutta from west india by placing a “ lightning “ call through london! Internal telephone system was so archaic!

[@ArmenianBishop]

Interesting fact is that Armenia, despite its overwhelming troubles, was able to fix it telecommunication problems. The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) provided financial and technical support, from the worldwide Armenian Diaspora. The telephone system got the attention of the AGBU.

[@I.KUchiha]

THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY LESSON. NO OTHER MEDIA ORGANISATION DOES THIS. YOU GUYS ARE THE REAL ONES. VERY EDUCATIONAL 🔥🔥💯💯❤️❤️

[@eswaribalan164]

This newswoman is simply superb and lovely to look at..

[@jimluebke3869]

Guys, please give Americans a break. We're literally on the opposite side of the world from Central Asia, and without any seaports, our access to them would be limited even if they weren't former Soviet republics. We'd probably be better off learning about India first -- the place has as complex a history as Europe, and we barely scratch the surface in school.

[@unseenvideos9447]

Sure my friend

[@E4439Qv5]

Guys, literally _do not_ give Americans a break on their Geography. Street interviews routinely show how we can barely name _any_ foreign countries besides our friends in Western Europe, Japan, Canada, Mexico, and the hotbeds of activity in the Middle East. Probably a quarter of us couldn't name a single country in Africa, even obvious ones like Egypt or South Africa. I agree completely about learning about India in school, too. Aside from a brief unit on Buddhism, I don't think even British Raj came up, let alone anything about your peoples' local rule, wider cultures, or mythology.

[@LVYRSLF]

3:08 LAL BHADUR SASTRI was Indias second prime minister ... he was killed/died in tashkent and the reasons are still unknown ...some say due to cradiac attack but many disagree with this

[@vinayakparab7037]

Pls watch Tashqant file movie.....best to find some answers.....it was Congis who planned it to save their political agenda.....as Jay Jawan ....Jay Kisan was taking a hipe against Panja......

[@anantambisht4895]

@Miya Gandhi and nehru both were muslims

[@DrStrange234]

@@anantambisht4895 🤣🤣🤣 Nehru was a kashmiri pandit Gandhi was a Gujrati hindu Next you will say Jinnah was hindu 🤣

[@anantambisht4895]

@Dxmon your dad gave me this education

[@anantambisht4895]

@Dxmon I am sorry for my comment earlier but all I wanted to say was that nehru and gandhi were hindu in names only that's it

[@realtalk6195]

Chína has done way more than simply "eye" Central Asia. The PRC annexed territory from Kazakhstan in 1998, from Kyrgyzstan in 2002, and Tajikistan in 2011. The world largely ignored it for some reason. Chína also "leased" further territory for "farming" and built a miIitary base in eastern Tajikistan. The Belt & Road Initiative that Chína has been promoting to the wider world the past decade used Central Asia as its testing ground, where it began its capture a decade earlier. The governments of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are effectively puppets of Chína to a large extent. There have been protests in Kyrgyzstan against Chína since the 2000s, in large part due to Chína's control of mines and refineries, and not hiring locals for construction projects in Kyrgyzstan, and more recently their persecution and mass-internment of ethnic Kyrgyz in Xínjíang. Protests have now also happened in Kazakhstan in recent years for similar reasons, including their persecution and mass-internment of ethnic Kazakhs in Xínjíang.

[@soumitrabiswas8077]

@赵杨利Yang lee Zhao sorry but indians are not pakistanis you know,

[@daniellarson3068]

@赵杨利Yang lee Zhao Chinese people never come out and say stuff. You folks are what we call sneaky. If you say someone lies, say they lie,....don't hint. Liars are the ones that hint.

[@harmony3138]

Good for gullible minds!

[@MrJx4000]

Are they building concentration camps there, too?

[@yaucharles91]

Where is your evidence of China annexing the territories from so many countries? Stop spreading lies.

[@canicetang8837]

But the problem of Central Asia is the CCP's "Belt and Road Initiative". This is the influence where this strategic region would be hampered to India and the West.

[@marmara9741]

Once upon a time, Chinese civilization extended up to central Asia, south Asia. Find out the real history, how thousands of Asian clans were killed to extinction along with the original culture.

[@xiaofang902]

you know nothing about belt and road.

[@blessedisaacolupot]

Thank you so very much. It's like I was in a history and geography lesson with the genius herself. Thank you and looking forward to more educative episodes

[@Tarek89939]

Palki I have to agree that you are a brilliant person . Your Informatiom are mostly so authentic . Though some times you go so political but you are so good . Keep up the good work please . Love 💕 and Respect ✊ .

[@unseenvideos9447]

@赵杨利Yang lee Zhao begger stay away from rich people

[@GururajBN]

You have chosen a wonderfully refreshing topic, instead of the usual super powers’s acrimonious exchanges we hear about every day. Russia treats them as surrogate countries, China sees them as open for exploitation.

[@zerohero9545]

your papa see them like your backyard

[@khwajanamatullahseddiqy6999]

But for all these goals Indian govt should involve Afghanistan as a short route and engage with the Taliban from any channerl to reach Central Asia for big ties and big projects.

[@ericpaulgoldie]

This is what real journalism looks like, despite a recent arms deal between Russia and Indi , WION still continues to report free and fair stories. Thank you WION , keep up the great work.

[@kdwslc]

I've learned more in the last eight minutes than I would have sitting through a semester of school. Thank you to all of your team! All of you do a wonderful job! I truly appreciate and enjoy your program. 💜

[@viv2769]

Tajikistan, such a beautiful country. Visited this country, travelled from Dushanbe to Ayni to Phanjekant to Khujhand and back to Dushanbhe as part of project work. Love to visit once again if god wishes. Love from INDIA. Bye the way the tunnel between Dushanbhe and Ayni was closed for maintenance and hence could explore more of countryside of Tajikistan. 💛💛💛💛

[@juniorjames7076]

Its also the only alternative country to learn Farsi instead of Iran. International students (for example from USA) who want to learn Farsi through immersion, but cannot study in Iran, can choose programs in Tajikistan.

[@david-bd6td]

They are more closer with China than India because of Chinese massive trade, investments and market ...

[@mr.commenter7953]

@赵杨利Yang lee Zhao got your 50 cents wumao? 🤭

[@vinayakparab7037]

@赵杨利Yang lee Zhao BTW we hav seen good images how china army was beeten in Galvan...n how tht Red serpant withdrawn its tail frm Doklam......

[@romanzmlv1458]

Trade yes but culturally, everybody hates chyna. People in Central Asia love India, they hate chyneese

[@faridghiles2472]

@@vinayakparab7037 20 soldier is an army now??

[@wm4934]

@Roman ZMLV No trade no culture exchange，central Asia is culturally and racially closer to China，I think you have no idea what is going on😅

[@luting3]

Need someone like her to provide unbiased view of world.

[@ambilimukundan2573]

🙏 true

[@sokikrong2649]

I am in love with the host....❤️ Savage as always "go figure why"??😆😅🙏

[@singhdeepak10]

Hindu-स्थान Pak-स्थान Uzbek-स्थान Tajik-स्थान Kyrgyz-स्थान Turkmen-स्थान I forgot Afghan-स्थान Kazak-स्थान

[@rehankhan1778]

Balochistan

[@legendarymortarplayer9453]

@@rehankhan1778 that's a violation right there🤣

[@anantambisht4895]

Exactly. Actually India influences the whole world culturally and has been doing since 10000 years

[@anantambisht4895]

@@rehankhan1778 ofc

[@shivam_nagar69]

@@DeenNews24 that's why britishers runaway?

[@muguchristian5]

Thanks a lot for information about my country There are streets named after Shastry and Ghandi in Tashkent Babur was from Uzbekistan Jai Hind 🇺🇿🤝🇮🇳

[@aryanhassan4659]

I love u all uzbeks.... it's is actually believed that the people of Indian subcontinent was from South of Uzbekistan......❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️...🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@rohitrawani9723]

@@aryanhassan4659 only Indian Muslims not all Indians

[@rohitrawani9723]

Babur was not a good person

[@hamzamahdi104]

Wrong num 💩😂🐕🇮🇳

[@raku581]

Uzbek Babur is nightmare of Lindu . He changed their DNA 😂😂😂😂

[@SuperFullin]

Brilliant summary. Kudos to Palki and the team.

[@friedlemartial6401]

good summary and very educative one.. lots of things I've learnt from this update

[@estoyaqui5386]

This was a very interesting mash-up of politics, history and some interesting snippets of information!

[@ra90451]

Palki you are the the great anchor, I proudly tell my friends in US, Canada.

[@gerritliskow2399]

Thanks wion, I found this a very convincing explanation and very well done. Also, you must be onto something, judging by the way some PRC trolls are foaming at the mouth in the comments.

[@saintorlamb]

@I'MRANDI KHANDI Hahaha. And what is descendants of the Khan now? What about the Sun Empire? Just like the rest, they all came & gone. Who still STAND STRONG?? 😆😆

[@hectoroftroy2470]

@赵杨利Yang lee Zhao UNFPA-finding-on-PRC: Main-findings: • One in five men reported ever perpetrating rape against a partner or non- partner. • Nearly one in five women reported experiencing rape in their lifetime. • Women are most at risk of rape from their intimate partners. • The most commonly reported perpetrators of non-partner rape and attempted rape were women’s ex-husbands/boyfriends and men from the neighbourhood. • About one in seven women reported ever being sexually harassed in schools or workplaces. • Among men who had perpetrated rape, the most common motivation for committing rape is sexual entitlement. • Seventy-five percent of men who had committed rape did not experience any legal consequences.

[@ajazmakrani8406]

Palkiji the way you are reading news is indeed extraordinary. Wion that is called journalism. Some of the other news channel who just run only after trp should learn the way wion delivering news. Appreciate your work.

[@rogerhull5632]

The critical nature of Central Asia to empire, past, present and future is worth discussion and attention. Professor Alfred McCoy’s analysis of this is excellent. China, Europe, the US, Russia and India all have had interest and continue to do so. Perhaps a multi-polar approach denying hegemony to any of them will be best.

[@emreuz1582]

That professor forgot what western countries do when oil involved, remember Iraq, Syria, Libya and Venezuela.

[@shamanbhattacharyya9285]

@@emreuz1582 and China wants them for BRI

[@MrPoornakumar]

Roger Hull I agree.

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hinduja. All like to play the Great Game for Central Asia not for altruism but for control of the Silk Road.

[@MrPoornakumar]

@@tedchandran India may not be interested in the Silk Road as she never was in history. India has her alternate Russia route passing through Iran & Caspian Sea aligned north-south, unlike east-west route of Silk roads.

[@sudhir4025]

How can anyone give so much of information in just 8 minutes? Only you can do it. Lots of love mam😊.

[@ashantorahmanmirza8403]

Endia : we want go to central asia Pakistan : hold my border 😂😂😂

[@kal1977]

Pakistan:Throw us some dollars....need to buy tamatars

[@NamanBastar]

So true, India need to engage more and more with all these 5 nations. They are diverse as India and have shared history. Modi ji is showing great leadership here.

[@MrAmhara]

Those Central Asian nations are Muslim and racially close to Chinese.

[@porkysharma8423]

​@Shivam Yadav So? Why would they trust a Hindu state who literally kills their Muslim minorities and hate Chinese looking people? See the ridiculousness of your comment?

[@porkysharma8423]

@Shivam Yadav So just because a population of a certain faith is growing, that makes it okay for the Hindus to butcher them in public, like thousands of videos out there on Twitter, the media, and so forth? What kind of rationale is this?

[@porkysharma8423]

​@Shivam Yadav You receive what you give. Can't blame them given how you treat your minorities, and this is not something new, nor something that regards just Muslim. Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists and Christians all face discriminations, extortions and in certain cases death. I don't see people of the same nation, kill each other because of religion other than India, especially one that call itself a "democracy". What that word entails to the Indians, I don't know. And it goes far beyond just faith. Tell me which country in this world discriminate people by birth or job by your inhumane caste system? Dalits being gang raped without never getting their justice, while male Dalits are being tortured and treated as disposable "sub human" beings, if not as a level lower than "sub-human". "the people here in general are very accepting for the other cultures." every human rights NGOs say the opposite. You say Hindus are very open to other cultures, yet headline like this made their way to the media: "‘Convert to Hinduism or die’ Rising fanatics attack churches, assault, burn Bibles". Is that what you call tolerance in India?

[@anantambisht4895]

They were ruled by lalit aditya muktapida and by kushans of India they were not diverse they were part of Indian empire lol

[@jauhariakash]

India's access to the Central Asian nations is dependent on Iran - uplifting of sanctions on Iran is therefore critical for these objectives.

[@minzblatt]

You need a map.

[@meggieqin8496]

All of centeral asian countries has deep conection with Iranian ethnicities, so yes Iran can be a good point to cennect both regions

[@E4439Qv5]

The sanctions the US and its allies have on Iran are in response to its financing of terror groups and threats to eradicate Israel. I would not object to a geopolitical alliance between India and Iran, but the sanctions are staying there until Khomeini and his radical friends stop being freaks.

[@davevencatasamy7689]

Thank you baby from Mauritius, for a while I thought I was in a geography / History class. I was so impressed that I watched it over and over. Thank you again for a job well done along with a great team work. God Bless. Happy New Year 2022.

[@royal1932]

And East Turkistan (Xinjiang) which was illegally occupied by China.

[@honrasudhir6286]

True bro get lost china

[@alonglongchannel]

Manchuria conquered Xinjiang in the 1600s

[@honrasudhir6286]

@@alonglongchannel remember japanese army

[@raku581]

Dravida Nadu , khalistan ,west Bangladesh r illegally occupied by endia

[@loksoon4734]

@@raku581Southern Tibet...Nagaland..also illegally handover from British to India

[@TheSshawn]

I love it when she said " go figure why", when she was talking about uzbekistan

[@shreekudnekar4651]

Only Palki can give a history lesson in 8mins👍👌 Loving Gravitas plus videos ..very informative

[@collinsfemmville1067]

I've lived here for 9 years and everything said about this region is true , great to be informed

[@wngimageanddesign9546]

The world's best singer comes from this region of the world. Kazakhstan.... he is Dimash Qudaibergen. A remarkable, talented human being with a wonderful soul. Sings in 13 languages, speaks 4, and can play numerous musical instruments. Able to sing 6 octaves in range. He has a Masters degree in music composition and is presently working on his PhD.

[@kcni5174]

Central Asians are so secular ❤️❤️❤️ Love from India 🇮🇳💙💙💙

[@greenscenery1974]

It's not

[@kyrgyz6980]

Yup , salam aleykum from Kyrgyzstan

[@CoderBoy2004]

​@@kyrgyz6980 love ❤

[@JohnLincolnUSA]

I predict that WION is onto something bigger and brighter - as long as no one muddles with your intellectual editorial staff and news team!

[@satheeshkumar9447]

I love these history classes .

[@AshokKumar-ot8sf]

Dear Wion, Please note that Kazakhstan should be spoken as "Kazakh"stan and not "Kazaki"stan

[@Stastica1]

Grammatical professor 😂😂😂

[@dddz961]

How do South Asians not know this? Is there really that little interaction between Indians and Central Asians?

[@msp9413]

oh my god...the world is about to go up in flames cos the lady mispronounced a word...help ..somebody please...

[@alexejvornoskov6580]

@@msp9413 Well this "lady" plays on nationalistic pride of india against china and pakistan. It should come to no surprise to her, that other countries too have their pride and will be offended by what she says or how she says it.

[@msp9413]

@SMA Productions yea...I'm sure...you have never mispronounced anything in your life and you are perfect my lord

[@davidrice8823]

I love this woman's dialogue capabilities!!

[@wahidhussaini6022]

I hope India continues to develop it's relation with central Asia. It will be a win-win situation. Exchange of goods, services, ideas, culture, etc.

[@somaghosh2960]

Mam, nice information/discussion on Central Asia. May be India's Central Asia outreach will be better than before.

[@ambilimukundan2573]

Namo namo 🙏

[@neohubris]

As a foreigner looking at this situation, India must stand up and LEAD

[@pyrat3538]

india too poor :(

[@porkysharma8423]

India can't even lead its own country. An impoverish developing state trying to play in the big leagues, without the money, trust and diplomatic power.

[@NishadGurav]

Great journalism! Not only explains what’s happening but why it’s important and it’s historical significance. Subscribed. Keep up the good work.

[@Alisasurvival]

Love central Asia from india🇮🇳

[@jaspalkaur9002]

BTW "Stan" is also a Sanskrit word. It is also used in Hindi. E.g. "Aea Stan" means this place in Hindi.

[@anantambisht4895]

Yeh sthaan***

[@manmohanr7840]

Its indo European. Thats why both in Persian and sanskrit.

[@adarshanand682]

Persian itself is made from Sanskrit

[@manmohanr7840]

@@adarshanand682 dude you need to educate yourself. Ever heard of old avestan. Consider avestan the sanskrit for modern day Persian.

[@DrStrange234]

@@adarshanand682 No persian is Made from Avestan ancestor of Sanskrit No Stan is Aryan Persian word Uzbekistan Kazakhstan pakistan hindustan etc

[@v2apache992]

Russia is still having a lot of influence there, keeping their militarys well supplied and trained.

[@khwajanamatullahseddiqy6999]

You are right. But for all these goals Indian govt should involve Afghanistan as a short route and engage with the Taliban from any channel to reach Central Asia for big ties and big projects.

[@funwith5792]

I still remember Palki mam's history class on Jerusalem nd this one also amazing👍👍

[@rogerhull5632]

Professor Alfred McCoy’s analysis of the critical location of Central Asia to empire, Europe, China, Russia , India and the US, past present and future, is excellent.

[@RakhatChekirova]

All the empires formed and come from Central Asia

[@pratikshasinghjadon8124]

These 5 countries were & are secular despite being Muslim nation is because Russia has influence on them.

[@NoMadMediaProductions]

Muslims tried to convert us by force once. Didn’t end well for them. It’s the Sufi saints that convinced us. But traditionally muslim clerics and politics have had no power here.

[@NoMadMediaProductions]

@@theannihilator4429 Tengrism

[@NoMadMediaProductions]

@@theannihilator4429 i think the core concept is similar to Lord Shiva and Indra

[@simbat012]

@@NoMadMediaProductions it's secret 🤫

[@Perririri]

Putin Hu-Akbar!! 🇷🇺🕋🇸🇦

[@virendraSingh-je3sx]

Our Palki looking so good has become global face of Indian journalism. China fears her.

[@faridghiles2472]

China dont know her.

[@ShaSha-rr8gc]

@@faridghiles2472 China has already blocked her. Chinese embassy in India has lodged protest with Indian government about her reporting as she gives damn to 'one china principle'.

[@eswaribalan164]

India should not fear china.

[@altaaf8449]

The Honest and One of the Most knowledgeable Reporter - Palki... Far better than our sold Indian News!🙌🏻

[@kamilk5082]

This channel too zee network owned got agenda wait for their infusion. Don't trust

[@BreakawayBites]

Once of the reasons why I learning Russian... I have intention of traveling and visiting these areas within the next 5 years once travelling becomes much accessible. Keep up the good work.

[@MrJx4000]

The Pamir Highway in Tajikistan is one of the great roads going through those Central Asian Republics. A lot of bikepackers ride that road. I wanted to go last year but the Wuhan virus stopped everything. Good work Palki and WION.

[@ab9840]

For tourists the Pamir highway might be ok but for international trade not really. Parts of it are narrow which means you could go over the edge, crossed by waterfalls/streams and have no concrete pavement. During rough winters some of the mountain passes become impassable. It would take much money which those nations do not have to improve.

[@MrJx4000]

@@ab9840, what else is there (are you from that area)?

[@ab9840]

@@MrJx4000 - Not from their. And there is nothing else. Near the few major cities the road is better maintained. In rural areas, not really.

[@MrJx4000]

@@ab9840, well it wouldn't be any fun unless it's treacherous, dangerous, confusing, and beautiful scenery ;-)

[@khwajanamatullahseddiqy6999]

But for all these goals Indian govt should involve Afghanistan as a short route and engage with the Taliban from any channerl to reach Central Asia for big ties and big projects.

[@mfmalik8939]

Just a small correction. ‘Tan” is a sansirakrat word stemmed from usthan. Which mean place of living.

[@dcrazypersiancat]

I thought stan meant country

[@ES-hr8yx]

"Tan"? No, it's staan. Kyrgyzstaan. & yes you're right about the Sanskrit word being used here & not Persian. But the Sanskrit word is pronounced "sthaan" meaning - place.

[@James-gh9qm]

While everybody takes one at a time ... India invited all of them.... Sigma op😎

[@k.h.6991]

Interesting perspective on the importance of Central Asia. Sidenote: I gather making peace with Pakistan is out of the question for now. (yes, I'm a naïve European).

[@ihaveagoal4665]

It's not out of questions but the problem is, pakistani government isn't ready to improve relations with india or resume diplomatic talks untill, india accepts their demand to make kashmir a separate country, which is obviously impossible/impractical considering it willingly joined the Union of india back in 1947 and has been an integral part of the country ever since. Infact some pakistani leaders want to leave this demand and accept the status quo, but they still can't do it. Because it would be equivalent of political suicide if they abandon the kashmir narrative, as pakistanis are too emotional about kashmir and it is used as a political tool to gather support and win elections there. So until they accept the fact that kashmir can't be separated from india, relations will remain sour. Though both of our country could benefit so much from each other if we had good relations, i wish to see it happen in my lifetime.

[@satyanshtrivedi6703]

russia is like a boyfriend who is getting insecure about his girl(central asia) getting more closer to her best friend(china)

[@technicalsupport624]

You bot

[@so-tk7eh]

Btw, about Kazakhstan. It has reached 19 million population this year and the name of capital is just Nur-Sultan. Although, I hate this name so I keep calling it Astana

[@so-tk7eh]

@Caezar it's Kazakh. And yes, I am

[@so-tk7eh]

@Caezar human rights are violated, criticism towards him is just a way to death, corruption has not been diminished, his project called Astana is still growing but many a urbanist doesn't like it

[@so-tk7eh]

@Caezar okay. Maybe, corruption is slightly diminished, but I ain't sure. A problem with human rights is that you get into trouble if you organize or take a part in a peaceful protest against the govt. As I said earlier, any criticism towards Nazarbaev and the govt might get you in jail which is not cool. There are even laws about criticism towards that man. So yeah, there are problems with freedom of speech

[@sarojniegariba8678]

Interesting history lesson.. Thank you Palki.

[@salmanrasheed4471]

Andh bhakths after knowing these countries name response to Indian Muslims : Go to Turkmenistan, Go to Tajikistan etc 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CoderBoy2004]

We love central asians❤

[@ravshanhusenov1178]

As Uzbek who lives in Uzbekistan, I don't even see any ties with India. But I can say we are planning to build railway through Afghanistan then Pakistan in order to sell our products with cheap prices

[@rohitrawani9723]

Afghanistan?

[@blacksheep6174]

Selam Alykam frm Pakistan ☺️

[@jamesbond4810]

How did you guys fell into the hands of Russian Empire then ?

[@theejason4035]

The end goal of KarlMarx'SovietSocialist:- Republic Of Stanistan = "Kyrgyzstan, Turkmesnitan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Khalistan, Balochistan"

[@abhilashkhajuria]

I don't think Pakistan will ever let India so that and in Afghanistan is under Taliban which has flip flop policy at one moment they say they are with India on the other hand they say they are not

[@AndreTheDragon]

Can't wait, very excited.

[@sonyjaipur22]

After muhammad, every monster came from Central asia ex Taimur, Babur

[@DrStrange234]

🤣🤣🤣 YOU old nemesis

[@johnwindcliff2799]

Beautiful dress! Excellent program. I want to listen to this A few times over To learn this..

[@dddz961]

Political Islam is absolutely a factor in Central Asia. Tajikistan had a devastating war in the 1990s over the role of Islam in government. Uzbekistan had an Islamic siege of Andizhan in 2005. All of them are concerned about Saudi-funded mosques and Taliban attacks. Hizb ut-Tahrir is popular.

[@ravshanhusenov1178]

Yes you're right. People want more Islamic rules in Central Asia

[@azizbekdavlatogli3371]

@@ravshanhusenov1178 Only minority want. Majority wishes for free and democratic rule.

[@kal1977]

@@ravshanhusenov1178 Which means you guys are going to be the next 'pakistan'😀

[@Zenciiiii]

​@@kal1977I don't see that happening at all

[@distinctbomber]

​@@kal1977You're brown.

[@wolfgangrenner4152]

Also big regards from Germany to WION ! You explain themes from all over the world in very good and informational form. Love your channel very much ! About China only china-propagandas from China or china-critics from USA are available. China has no "western styled democratic international channel" like WION from India. WION is very similar like European or US political channels. But it sees the world from another point of view (given from indias locallity on the globe) and in an open informational style. Like chinese channels also EU and USA channels have more propagandistic and suppressive character on free information. WION is quite nice.

[@mosquedasam]

My favorite news jornalist. I tune for the content and perspective. Also for your style.

[@a.vphanindra3589]

Pallki Sharma upadhyay has got a unique style and I believe she is a lot more than a news reader. I'd love to see her interviewing world leaders

[@traceyscott909]

A GR8 educational report on Central Asia's region known as the "Stans!" Thumbs up.

[@ajaysridharan]

As they say, “Geography is the mother of History”

[@John-ww3ji]

Love the people and geography of Central Asia Beautiful people and Natural beauty. 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@finnjacobsen684]

Palki is really doing an excellent job.

[@Dbenzsanz]

The Northern Alliance of Afghanistan too are majority Uzbeks and the Taliban had just recently sent 300 crores by mistake to Tajikistan. I can now see their importance to India's influence over Afghanistan and therefore rival Pakistan.

[@koumei1709]

They are majority tajiks not uzbeks. Uzbeks are less in afg 9% tajiks are 27% both support northern alliance currently in sleeper cell mode.

[@dineshkakar-hf2mn]

Not 300 crore (4 billion USD ) bro It's 6 crore ( ~1 million USD) But this amount is too much for the Taliban. 😂

[@user-ok4br7dw2j]

Afghanistan 🇹🇯 🇦🇫 Tajik Persian people west North Northeast Afghanistan 🇦🇫

[@kamalkulik7107]

Majority tajiks...go research

[@Perririri]

The Northern Alliance are just terrorists!

[@mr.d2124]

If india regains pok , then India will get access to central asia

[@hamzamahdi104]

Our eyes on Delhi 👀😂🌙✌️☝️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🇵🇰🌏

[@firetree2007]

@@hamzamahdi104 Indians like to use "if" they do not know, there is no "if" in real life, it only exist in dreams.

[@user-nj6vp1hg5r]

@@hamzamahdi104 Wet dreams ur country budget runs on begged money 💲😹 💩

[@raku581]

Chindia will be a 7 autonomous region of china

[@lisachao550]

😂😂😂😂if if will remain forever if 😂😂

[@simbat012]

A little about Kazakhstan. There is a park in Almaty in honor of Gandhi. and the city of Semey was viewed on the site of a Buddhist temple

[@romisehgal2436]

Uzbekistan n india must work together

[@krackingearthk]

Most beautiful host and language. Long lost and revived by WION. Kudos.

[@coldenhaulfield5998]

Thank you WION and Palki

[@phamhuyphu7517]

India is the Richest most Advance and Powerful Country in the World. Superpower 2020 jai hind.

[@Sanatani_kattar]

Shut up CCP bots

[@LukeSkywalker450]

Then Clean your street🧹🧹🧹 😂

[@mayankiitr524]

This Lady is always on fire🔥top notch journalist,my favourite one ❤. PS:- just imagine if these types of journalism Exist in Hindi main stream media, people will be benefited more❤.

[@veramae4098]

The Silk Road was constantly attacked by warlords and looters. That's why it collapsed.

[@pratikkalotra88]

same can be told about pirates especially Europeans are known for that. during the colonization period, the end receivers have trading ports near manufacturers like India and china so no need to use the silk road. it's like why you need to pay tariffs of 10 nations when you can avoid them by going sea route.

[@colinhastings6638]

Very interesting and informative. Thank you.

[@abhishekkumarmishrapathik8918]

This is called विश्लेषण (analysis) Thanks to respected mam🙏

[@prophetjahiya7865]

Givethanks for sharing such historical details... God bless us all

[@pratapmehta3962]

These countries are condemned to be kept unreachable by the world powers. Who doesn't want Oil & Gas to flow out of central Asia ? Who wants exclusive rights to those minerals ?

[@jayshah67]

Palki is just Awesome Awesome Awesome!

[@chaprachiswami953]

Wow! What A Summary Of The Whole Central Asia Region. I Surely Love This.

[@Couldabean]

Thank you for a really interesting history lesson. You're doing a great job 👏👍