Sen. Mark Warner on U.S.-India ties: One of the most critical U.S. relationships this century

[@garyfoster3237]

As an American, every Indian person I have met here in the US has been the most humble and kind types of people I have ever met and I hope India and US relations continue to grow as allies.

[@JhabruTiger]

Most US / Western analysts presumably mean well when they talk about the human rights of minorities in India but are genuinely naive in their understanding of the ground realities. The friction points of majority vs minority issues in India can best be appreciated with the following scenarios / Qs being posed in the context of the US. 1. Will Uncle Sam allow schools that teach hatred of the USA & brainwash students to sabotage the USA from within? Several Madrasas in India do that. 2. Will the US nationalize operations of & donations to Churches, yet give freedom of operations to Jewish & Hindu Temples, Muslim mosques, etc., offer salaries to the employees of such minority institutions but NOT to the employees of Churches, and distribute some of the donations to the Churches to mosques & temples (but not the other way around? This happens in many states in India. 3. Will the US laws allow different civil laws for minorities depending on their religion? E.g. will a US Muslim be allowed not to have to pay alimony because his religion says so? Will US civil laws allow a Muslim to have up to 4 wives because his religion allows it? OR should the civil laws be the same for all US citizens & permanent residents irrespective of their religion? Happens in India. 4. Will the US Govt pay for minorities to visit religious shrines in other countries but not do the same for its own majority population? This happens in India for Muslims going for the Haaj to Saudi Arabia - even most Muslim nations do not do this. 5. Will the US allow only minorities (non-Christian) to run religion-based schools but prohibit the majority (Christians) from running academic institutions? This too happens in India. 6. Will the USA allow descendants of Western Europe to teach their own version of history claiming that they once ruled the US, that it is their right to rule the US again, that they owe allegiance to past European rulers and not to the current democratic America? Many Muslims in India do so even if they are not even descendants of the foreign invaders. In fact, behind most Muslims of India are the forced conversions, killings of their forefathers, and rapes of their ancestor women but Madrasas teach them false history. 7. Does the US not have different pathways & timelines for immigrants with different backgrounds (refugees/asylum seekers, highly educated, laborers, relatives of citizens, etc.)? If Christians were a minority in Mexico & Canada and abused/harassed because of their religion, would the US not give them an accelerated pathway toward immigration & citizenship? Why should the answers/remedies of India to similar issues be different from those of the USA? Both are democratic & secular countries. Thinking that India needs different solutions to these Qs than the US is the real issue here that most well-meaning yet naive analysts do not understand. Insisting that India has communal issues because the US & the West does not understand real issues & their nuances is downright arrogant, delusional & condescending. Narendra Modi is only as much a Hindu Nationalist leader as, say Donald Trump or Joe Biden are Christian Nationalist leaders of the US. If & when the Muslim population exceeds 10-20% in the US, Uncle Sam will be dealing with the same issues that India is dealing with for decades. So, US & western media, in general, need to wake up & stop sounding like broken records of "copy-paste" journalism. Instead, learn from India's experiences & empathize.

[@rationalthinker2724]

That’s because of our Hindu ethos !!

[@TauDavis]

Well, india stole millions of jobs in the US tech industry. Very soon, india will be just like China but takes much more jobs from us because they can speak english.

[@tikz_patriot9207]

mostly are hindu by religion...but american lecture them.

[@buttofthejoke]

​@@rationalthinker2724oh God. Every time you push our religion, it loses value. It becomes lame. It's silly. Like every time people bring Allah in random conversations.. stop making everything religious.

[@riktimchowdhury7275]

Americans should stop lecturing Indians about elections in India. Next time India should send election observers to monitor US elections

[@abhisekhkumar4948]

True

[@9Rehankhan19]

And also send back all Indians to india. Indians should also leave this country and back to their awesome country. Why waste your time in getting visa, greencard and citizenship here.

[@yj9032]

Keep crying

[@surojeetchatterji9966]

@@yj9032 no one is crying kid apart from u.

[@vatsalchandarana6347]

We all know who put Biden in the house like ain't we know? We are not ignorant fools after all.

[@aw758]

I liked the way Sen. Warner showed the mirror to the anchor about India's human rights concern. Minorities in India enjoy same if not more amount of freedom & privilege. Just like black people in US.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

not really, In the US, Black people only have left-wing social privileges when politics are at the fore, and some affirmative action. muslims in india have the social privileges from the left wing, but upper-class muslims actually have entrenched institutional power, and as a group they have certain religious privileges that other groups, especially the majority, do not. however, they do not have any affirmative action (though there is a conversation bubbling to include backward-caste muslims into the affirmative action ambit, but unlikely).

[@ajay262134]

India is the only nation where majority (Hindus) are supporting Uniform Civil law, which aims to build provisions of bringing all Indians, Hindus, muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jews, Jain's , etc will be seen as a unit to Indian community with similar rights. But, guess what an Indian minority (muslims) are not in favour of the Uniform civil code and threatening govt to remove muslims from this code. This concludes that Indian muslims have more rights and freedom, to do whatever they like than the majority Hindus.

[@sansin6250]

Black people in the US are coming out of oppression. Muslims of India, on the other hand, have a completely different problem. Muslim rulers have ruled over India and enslaved Hindus for centuries, and for that reason they have a very hard time coming to terms with a Hindu ruled India. Their madrassah clerics remind them regularly, that Hindus are inferior and born to be ruled by Muslims, that Muslims are born to dominate and rule over Hindus. Muslims in India are thus torn between their continued insecurity and projected superiority complex, which prevent most of them from living a normal mainstream life alongside Hindus. Of course their is a small percentage of Muslims who are well educated and tolerant, who don't have this superiority mindset, and they are very well accomplished and successful in their lives. But unfortunately, the large majority of madrassah educated intolerant Muslims make it very hard to leave the past behind and move ahead as a cohesive society.

[@seymorefact4333]

⚠️🇺🇲⚠️ Indians steal our tech jobs. Create their own IT Corp. India is 1000 times worse than China. In 10yrs.... the USA will have major issues with India! BRING JOBS BACK TO 🇺🇸

[@yugmathakkar4023]

@@anonymouslyopinionated656 They're called reservations in India, and I believe they do have a small percentage of reservation for entry in colleges and some government jobs. It's not as much as the SCs/STs/OBCs, but nevertheless, they do.

[@1971PWF]

Beyond transactional nature of the relationship, Indians love USA for its kind hearted People and a beautiful system they have built for themselves!!!

[@underhatedcult6476]

Americans are not kind, they are arrogant.

[@venture.brothers]

$$$$$

[@vishnuvardhan3047]

We love USA ❤

[@petergilkes7082]

How many Black Americans have you discussed this with? Millions? Thousands? None?

[@capitol_1947]

⁠@@petergilkes7082Wow. You sure aren’t apart of the kind hearted people they mentioned. A political focused person.

[@gvgandhi]

Finally about question on democracy, great to see some honest reply...because Mark got frank reply from Indians....India is an extremely unique country.....14 state languages....at least 5k year old civilization....home to world second largest Muslim population. world all major religion practice relatively freely..... About 500 year of foreign occupation with 200 of colonialism .... India is a strong democracy and people like it that way.....we debate, we oppose....we remove politician...it's not advanced democracy.....because everyone is not rich, everyone isn't educated...It will happen. But one thing India's knows well.....commerce.

[@abhisekhkumar4948]

14 state languages? We have a loooott more than that.. :))

[@desiputtar89]

There's no such thing as British rule. The term British rule is coined by Western historians. It was simply a British occupation.

[@cheval63sg]

Talk in India.

[@gvgandhi]

@@desiputtar89 what's the difference

[@UPSCPLUS]

And it has been partitioned....it has faced difficult past.... people forget this....

[@protograde2723]

USA then: We condemn India. Now: Let's grow together. Tomorrow: We condemn India.

[@atintripathi5948]

😂

[@Jormungandr1983]

Senator sounds a positive minded refreshing individual. May lord bless him in his career. India has had 1000 years of shame, India's glorious universities were destroyed by Islamic turks. Nalanda University in Bihar was burned for 3 months by Bakthiyar Khilji, so much ancient knowledge was lost. China's Kung fu was founded by Indian prince Bodhi. United States is the epicenter of science and business and India has World 's youth factory. Together, the future will be union of good times.

[@muralikrishnan7622]

Think it's a win win for both the US & India. Let's do business & strengthen cooperation in all fields possible. All love 🇺🇸 ❤ 🇮🇳

[@njain1983]

Its time the West climbed down from their high horse and stopped lecturing India on the freedom of minorities etc. Minorities (Muslims) in India have better lives in India than Blacks in US or had they gone to Pakistan at the time of partition. India is not perfect, we have issues to work on but Western media, especially the Left-leaning cabal, which also includes elites who used to rule India earlier tend to blow up the issues in India. E.g. The cabal keeps harping on the unfortunate riots which happened in Gujarat under Mr. Modi's leadership 22 yrs ago. India's then ruling party, the Congress party (which happens to be the darling of the Cabal) tried to pin the blame on Mr. Modi but failed for many years. Even India's Supreme Court absolved him. But people still keep blaming him, without ever mentioning that the riots were in retaliation to a group of Muslim gents torching down train killing 58 Hindu pilgrims. Yes, there are still stray incidents of communal tensions and crimes BUT does Mr. Biden get blamed for police brutality against Blacks? Why not? Different standards? India is a complex nation and we welcome US's friendship, but we will never be anyone's lapdog.

[@chirag1091]

Bjp was in power at the federal level in 2002..

[@njain1983]

@@chirag1091 So? Under whose rule were the cases ongoing in SC? UPA (Congress) tried their best for 10 yrs to nail him, but couldn't.

[@chirag1091]

@@njain1983 check your post again, it implies that the congress was in power during Gujarat riots..

[@AyushGuptaAyushgupta]

300 millions can't be 2:05 Minority Its a fastest Breeding Community

[@gyaneshwarsingh6786]

@@chirag1091 Congress was in centre. They had the control of the most powerful institutes of India such as the supreme court, CBI, ATS, and most importantly the media. Many riots have happened since 2002 in other states as well especially in my state UP. None of the politicians or the political party got blamed for it or charged for it. 2002 was a big failure of Modi as a CM. If riots were a rarity in India at the time the. He wouldn't have been elected as the CM and PM. Since the people know the ground reality about how common these riots are and how it was the first instance where a CM got charged for it. It kind of made him a victim and when he came clean out of it he became a hero. A big blunder by Congress.

[@bharat1366]

India has EVM voting machines they are 100% stable and reliable system. Mzlm community of India benefits from all the secular laws we have in constitution but they work against India and commit religious crimes. Waqf law enables them to claim anyone's land as mzlm property and the person cant even go to court, Indian Waqf(mzlm) Board owns 3rd largest land area in India after Army and Railway. India is the only country which was subdued by minority population for 1000 yrs and yet claim they are under threat. Modi has transformed India while previous rulers kept Indians poor so their one ruling family can control the population. We have became stronger more free and embrace our ancient culture, it's helping our economy and people.

[@Rsinha702]

Very well said

[@tycoonkrishnaja]

❤❤❤❤

[@sugatasenmazumdar7704]

Very well said

[@logicalthinker-v5l]

This is the kind of unbiased answers i love. Yes there are problems but they will get solved as soon as Indian youth get jobs and everyone will be busy in their own life

[@JhabruTiger]

Most US / Western analysts presumably mean well when they talk about the human rights of minorities in India but are genuinely naive in their understanding of the ground realities. The friction points of majority vs minority issues in India can best be appreciated with the following scenarios / Qs being posed in the context of the US. 1. Will Uncle Sam allow schools that teach hatred of the USA & brainwash students to sabotage the USA from within? Several Madrasas in India do that. 2. Will the US nationalize operations of & donations to Churches, yet give freedom of operations to Jewish & Hindu Temples, Muslim mosques, etc., offer salaries to the employees of such minority institutions but NOT to the employees of Churches, and distribute some of the donations to the Churches to mosques & temples (but not the other way around? This happens in many states in India. 3. Will the US laws allow different civil laws for minorities depending on their religion? E.g. will a US Muslim be allowed not to have to pay alimony because his religion says so? Will US civil laws allow a Muslim to have up to 4 wives because his religion allows it? OR should the civil laws be the same for all US citizens & permanent residents irrespective of their religion? Happens in India. 4. Will the US Govt pay for minorities to visit religious shrines in other countries but not do the same for its own majority population? This happens in India for Muslims going for the Haaj to Saudi Arabia - even most Muslim nations do not do this. 5. Will the US allow only minorities (non-Christian) to run religion-based schools but prohibit the majority (Christians) from running academic institutions? This too happens in India. 6. Will the USA allow descendants of Western Europe to teach their own version of history claiming that they once ruled the US, that it is their right to rule the US again, that they owe allegiance to past European rulers and not to the current democratic America? Many Muslims in India do so even if they are not even descendants of the foreign invaders. In fact, behind most Muslims of India are the forced conversions, killings of their forefathers, and rapes of their ancestor women but Madrasas teach them false history. 7. Does the US not have different pathways & timelines for immigrants with different backgrounds (refugees/asylum seekers, highly educated, laborers, relatives of citizens, etc.)? If Christians were a minority in Mexico & Canada and abused/harassed because of their religion, would the US not give them an accelerated pathway toward immigration & citizenship? Why should the answers/remedies of India to similar issues be different from those of the USA? Both are democratic & secular countries. Thinking that India needs different solutions to these Qs than the US is the real issue here that most well-meaning yet naive analysts do not understand. Insisting that India has communal issues because the US & the West does not understand real issues & their nuances is downright arrogant, delusional & condescending. Narendra Modi is only as much a Hindu Nationalist leader as, say Donald Trump or Joe Biden are Christian Nationalist leaders of the US. If & when the Muslim population exceeds 10-20% in the US, Uncle Sam will be dealing with the same issues that India is dealing with for decades. So, US & western media, in general, need to wake up & stop sounding like broken records of "copy-paste" journalism. Instead, learn from India's experiences & empathize.

[@srikrishnavideos]

Great points

[@vivekrajput7]

well said 👏

[@srilata06]

Very well said, this points should be shared everywhere where the cabal spread lies against India 👍

[@SUNAYANABora]

Some muslim from India even celebrate when Pakistan wins against india in cricket matches, once one chocked on rasgulla while getting overexcited over our lose.

[@arghadutta001]

Challenges = Democracy, No Challenges = Monarch, Autocracy, Dictatorship,,

[@sugatasenmazumdar7704]

👏👏👏🤣🤣

[@surojeetchatterji9966]

Democracy is not a challenge. Multi party democracy like India is a challenge. Even US Europe doesn't have multi party democracy like India. 😌 India is the only unique democracy in the world, probably the best Democracy.

[@victor256in]

Indian elections are much more massive (700 million voters- thousands of political parties- 28 official languages) than any other democracy can comprehend. The Election Commission makes sure that no voter is more than half a mile away from a polling booth, in a country of 1.4 billion people where the temperatures range from -10 F in the Himalayas , to 120 degrees in the Thar deserts. With polling booths straddling the coasts of the Arabian sea, Indian Ocean, bat if Bengal, the Tibet border region, tropical northeastern rainforests. And yes- people do not storm the capital after election results..

[@education-explore]

6:03 As an indian , i can say truly warner said as a totally neutral point of view that there are up and down in both the countries but in order to form most optimum capable partnership this to nation must remove this small obstacles in order to achive there common interest output at optimum possible level .🇮🇳🇺🇸❤what a startagic minded opinion he share to anchor.salute to its personality this types of people make us-india a goods freinds in best ways in all feilds.👍

[@William1866]

It is critical and your arrogant bullying isn't helping. You already lost Saudi Arabia.

[@AugustusOmega]

They dont have India either

[@AugustusOmega]

@@kaushalbatavia2523 I thought you are peaceful Hindu? I dont think India is a peaceful nation, that fence will get painful

[@ArmageddonIsHere]

​@@HanshulManchandani-sr1xo Great strong reply, as only one who has experienced their oppression can give.

[@surojeetchatterji9966]

@@ArmageddonIsHere manchandani is sindhi from Sindh so who will know better than what these desert cult followers are?

[@srinip]

I personally think Modi is doing the right thing. If you think about it, a demographic dividend is a double edged sword that can go south very quickly if the right conditions are not created. A large youthful contingent of unemployed and frustrated people is a recipe for high crime and social unrest. Modi obviously recognizes that and is moving forward at full speed to create those positive conditions - education, jobs and, yes, even health care. As he mentioned in his address to Congress, can you imagine providing free health care to 500 million people? For a developing country? You call that a human rights violation? Housing for 500 million people - you call that a human rights violation? When was the last time we provided free housing for homeless people right here in the good ole US of A? We have a fraction of the number that India has. Do you really think they love loving in the underpasses of LA? I think this is one of the shrewdest moves that America can make.

[@gvgandhi]

India is very different from China is some ways....India would like to export, but its a great consumer as well. India culturally is very rooted, very proud and would not like to be seen as pure play provider for the world

[@chillax360]

china is a mercantile nation which only allows one sided exports and use it for their geopolitical imperialistic ambitions

[@shreeveda]

Modi is the best Indian PM ever. India's ancient civilizational values that guide India today, are based on respect for all creation, trust, truth, tolerance, pluralism, free thinking, equality of all creation, spiritualism, etc... Sadly, many from 2 particular faiths are just the opposite: less tolerant, fundamentalists, hell bent on conversion and hate for all values Indian. They are ganging up, with anti-India forces (within India and outside) that are jealous, to defame India. They will fail.

[@lawrencesullivan3307]

Any attempt to change Chinese politics from the outside is doomed.

[@willberry6434]

China is an enemy to the whole world

[@Abhishekkumar-wd9fz]

Who wants to change chinese politics?

[@dejikay2564]

This is a new India and US and India need to work together and correct the wrongs of the past Governments on both sides. Stronger India is for World Peace

[@RatedR942]

Minorities in India enjoy same if not more amount of freedom & privilege.

[@SurajGupta_3D]

Reporter got "I have a wife" zoned 😂

[@dvonzosch461]

JB has created an alliance with Australia and the UK against China, authorized bases in the Philippines against China, reaffirmed our NATO and SEATO relationship, and this approach to India is a triangular diplomatic move to counterbalance China's influence. This is why experience matters.

[@abhisekhkumar4948]

Press freedom: We have people spweing hatred day and night here. Try speaking the same for few other oppositions like TMC here is west bengal, I am from WB. You will vanish. Minorities rights? What else do they want? They enjoy more rights than General category people. Real Minorities are buddhists and Sikhs and zorastrians, they all live peacefully. Some Minorities are just intolerant and are hindu hating. Elections? Yes, we have issues with elections, but from the opposition's side, they capture the voting booths.

[@sugatasenmazumdar7704]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT

[@matthewmark7224]

the host cannot stand the fact that Sen. Warner loves his wife.

[@jayreddy10]

😂😂😂

[@dnapolren]

Concerned about elections! Where did that come from?

[@oemcargps]

The Americans don't tolerate peer competitor, so if the Indians enjoy the romance with the US today, it should walk slowly.

[@BharatBhushan-qe1dy]

Spying on an embassy is a violation of UN TT principles. India have right to protect indian citizen.

[@sunilthakre5127]

We indians also worried about democracy in america . Worried about black minority in america .

[@cheval63sg]

India-US bilateral trade rose by 7.65 per cent to $128.55 billion in 2022-23, per provisional data from the Commerce Ministry. This is an uptick from $119.5 billion in 2021-22 and a significant leap from $80.51 billion in 2020-21. Trade figures for 2022 released earlier this month show U.S.-China goods trade hit a record high of $690.6 billion, despite ongoing tensions. U.S. imports from China grew 6.3 percent, to $536.8 billion, while exports rose 1.6 percent to $153.8 billion.

[@atorbGk]

From India. We love the US.

[@chicoman000]

I don’t think India is on the “fence”. They are holding their ground.

[@vikashpanchal4454]

India can never forget 1971 war 🇮🇳🇷🇺❤

[@Ind_u.]

There was no Russia lol 😂.

[@enhaa784]

​@@Ind_u.But u.s. to tha n 🤣 ,

[@thetopsecretpentagonsclass6350]

Yes, Indians hate US all the time!

[@Ind_u.]

@@enhaa784 toh kya hua.. thats the Beaty with democratic allies that even if 1 leader makes bad decisions.... their successive govts can ammendment and change those mistakes

[@srikanthremani]

I am indian

[@atulkapoor3476]

India can be the best partner of the US and will be very beneficial for both. China is the biggest threat to the world at this time and strong relationships between US and India will be very helpful

[@underhatedcult6476]

First rule - Never trust usa & west Second rule - Never forget the first rule.

[@surojeetchatterji9966]

Add another rule, rule 1 Never trust China, rule 2 follow the first rule.

[@willberry6434]

Easily super important relationship

[@ErenYega747]

Success of Indian diplomacy

[@gauravsharma1254]

As democracies, US & India are natural allies. It's high time we take our partnership to the next level as closest allies.

[@Chiragdave79]

WTF Anchor talking about elections? Its more advanced than US in India. Recently in state election in one southern state Modis opponent party Congress came into power through peaceful and fair elections. Majority of state is ruled by non modi or ruling party BJP. Bi partisanship is working extremely well in India. Stop propaganda 😤

[@sandeepkumarkhuntia8839]

US has the ability to empower India economically, thereby decoupling American manufacturing from China to India is the best policy.

[@ArmageddonIsHere]

The benefits go BOTH ways: America benefits by getting a strong partner that will grow stronger for several decades to come. But also, America gets a trustworthy lower cost defense manufacturing platform. Currently China can make three times the weapons for the same amount of money as the US. With India _making weapons for the US_ as well as itself, the tables will be turned on China

[@ArmageddonIsHere]

Contd... If US Navy ships were made in India rather than the US, the US Navy could be five times bigger than it is now for the same amount of money.

[@sandeepkumarkhuntia8839]

@@ArmageddonIsHere Yes that is true, but I don't understand why US and it's allies took so much time to understand India(the largest democracy), and helped china the communist and pakistan the Islamist/millitary rulers from the beginning.

[@surojeetchatterji9966]

@@sandeepkumarkhuntia8839 its not too much time to understanding, they understand everything, its just they have preferences based on race theory. Now they don't have any other options than India. 😜

[@winstonbachan9661]

Indians And Russians Are Close Since In Times Of Memorial Similarly To Indians And Jews!☮️

[@thebeautifulanimal]

I am Indian, I like to know what Human rights violations you guys talking about??? and press freedom come on give us a break.

[@sagarmeena0210]

Combined total 2 billion people can achieve a lot in the future. Also both countries are important democracies of the world and want the world to work as per rule based order.

[@Jock1]

This chat seems surreal today, after the Pannu hit failure.

[@maneeshahooja]

Informative. Thank you.

[@MosesBleach-gr4rf]

The India have eyes to see how US war equipments work in Ukraine.🙂

[@mandarinandthetenrings2201]

Indians don't trust anyone but Indians from India.

[@iemon7722]

Nah .. US needs a major regional power to counter China. That is why its all cushy cushy. Ukraine is miniscule when considering these giants confronting one another.

[@bhaveshpatel7042]

Men/women behind the machine is the important

[@underhatedcult6476]

Yes with lot of hypocrisy.

[@navneetsingh-kd6xo]

We Love India U S

[@adamharris1406]

India is an old client of Russia and any amount of pampering by the U.S. will not change India's stance.

[@ajayn7544]

it has to start somewhere! USA was courting Pakistan for the longest ,the wrong military dictatorship,don’t forget .now US needs india

[@Thorium_2600]

India is good for the US until it gets too big then the US will want to destroy it. Have we seen this movie before?

[@bellohadiza9414]

India is BRICS not G7 , Delhi is with the innocent GLOBAL SOUTH period .

[@amtv5173]

India and Europe are good partners .

[@AndrewLambert-wi8et]

RUSSIA SOON TO 100 BILLION DOLLAR TRADE WITH INDIA AND A DEPENDABLE ARMS SUPPLIER.

[@vishatgm]

India - America is world defining partnership. Country of birth cap on Green card visas are biased against India with 200 years of wait in line to get a merit based GC because of country of birth caps. US wants 1.4B Indian market but ban Indians getting Green cards with biased laws against Indians. How will US-India trade will grow to 500B or more with such Hinduphobia and laws biased against Indians coming to USA? Please ban Jim crow era laws and resolve issues for India and US business and high skilled work force of India.

[@singlendhot8628]

We must decouple from CHINA asap, no matter the cost. India is key and must receive all of the West's support to counter authoritarianism in the region!

[@serenity8145]

Hardly think th US is any position to lecture any country, let alone India on democracy, human rights, freedom of press or anything else for that matter.

[@DreamCodeLove]

As an Indian, it nice to hear India being appreciated but its a horrible idea to think US as a close ally given its track record with so called friends. ... Just keep it transactional ..

[@Philosophyinfocus01-o3q]

Well, other countries want us to criticise Russia due to Russia-Ukraine war, India isn’t taking such a drastic step because it has good relations with Russia not because of this whole load of arm supplies but because Russia was the ONLY COUNTRY that was standing with India when everyone showed their backs to us.

[@mr_five]

Yes, heard this before. Lets not make the same mistakes we did with china with India.

[@dnapolren]

It is not just arms and long term relationship from Russia.. we physically live in the same sphere as Russia and China.. there are a lot of tight ropes we need to walk

[@bhatt6873]

Indo Russian relationship is beyond defense. It will eventually diversify and grow. However, Indias relationship with US is independent of 🇷🇺. Just as US managea it's relation with China independent of India. We must manage the Dragon gennie. Thats where we have convergent views and that's where we must cooperate

[@anilk6]

India will never leave Russia...They are time tested partners unlike usa..

[@kunalseth6437]

🕉️

[@vijaykalra811]

If democracy is going to survive for mankind, then in my opinion, India is even more important than USA due to its sheer size - almost 20% of world's population in that one cluster lives democracy in all of its noise, idiosyncrasies, disappointments and exuberance! USA and India together are capable of bending the world towards a more peaceful planet.

[@_kartik_chauhan]

I am an Indian And There are things on which i don't like policy of the United States but I am a Fan of your country the things which you have achieved in every sector is a benchmark for us to follow But the pride that you should have in yourself is lacking alot Either we have the supremacists who think the other way or the anti cultural actors who don't like even the fact the US is a white country i mean its self hate for no reason Europe may have better living standards but They are actually More like Vessel States of your country There are things that are unethical definitely but Which country doesn't do that for national interest

[@nitishcarlin1926]

The Muslims in India have full Right and yet they are crying, in the christian countries you wouldn't allow Muslims to spread as rapidly as they are spreading in India. At the expense of Hindus as their numbers aren't increasing. India is a diverse nation with people of all faiths Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Animism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Atheism, Baháʼí Faith, etc. As well as diversity in Languages and still call them intolerant.

[@rameinaussie]

Why does America keep giving advices like it's a grandpa to the world, It's the most infuriating thing. Give respect and take respect even if u don't gain anything from the other person/ country. Not everything should be business motivated.

[@MichaelLi-ms1on]

Senator, you are on the Indian committee, right? Good, let's talk about China.

[@TheMemeGuy124]

There is no state driven discrimination against minorities in India. There are fringe elements that create noise & friction but the government has overwhelming delivered on its promises to people across religions. BTW, ask African Americans, Hispanic or Muslims in America, they will confirm existence of similar fringe elements in the US.

[@sbar39]

This will be interesting the Indian people don't even really get along with each other. The Hindus do get mean

[@AmitSharma-sc9gg]

Really ??

[@sbar39]

@@AmitSharma-sc9gg kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXatmKSge7FgedE

[@prabirintube]

India US relationship should have happened at least 2 decades earlier, then we mostly likely wouldn't have to deal with the China problem the world sees today. But, better late than never.

[@pubguc6771]

0:11

[@amtv5173]

Russia and USA are good partners and business partners.

[@signalrepeater]

Actually US. and Indian values stand for freedom and liberation of human being. US emphasis on equality, political freedom , rights enshrined in law and age old Indian concepts of Moksha, Nirvana essentially exist to make a man free. The collabaration and positive enforcement between these two civilisations will continue for a long time so don't try to fight the force.

[@marczhu7473]

Good laugh, equality no, liberty yes only those that have the money. 😂🗽

[@pulinpandya382]

In spite of " all men are created equal......." it took 75+ yrs. to free slaves , and until 1964 to get equal voting rights. Indian constitution has granted equal rights from day one. Ameican elites should stop preachng minority rights to India and others. Unfortunately some want special rights unto them, based on their faith. We shuld resist at all cost.

[@motorcyclevdiaries]

Concern about india and democracy or press freedom are fine but believing Washington post, NY times and their reporters from certain religious backgrounds about India is as far from reality as they are geographically.

[@sachin2842]

globalization will end poverty or the local businesses?

[@relax3576]

Who else you sell your weapons 😊😊😊, if India don't buy, 😂

[@jetpark3743]

Stop lecturing India. Concentrate on your own backyard

[@responsiblefinance9051]

Senator !! India will never be your Client State , whether you sell us weapon or not .

[@jsm3737]

Similar to how the US treats Mexico for “illegal” activity, India should be treated the same. Give the US the drug dealers, I mean scammers, and then we can deal. At least with drugs, it’s the choice of the user and you get what you paid for.

[@PeterParker-gt3xl]

Mutual benefit.

[@bestofsatish]

India needs to be on the side of USA. All of its IT revenues comes from USA and allied countries in dollars. India must make long term agreement with US oil producers and import the oil rather than make arbitrage profit by buying russian oil. US in turn must provide military equipment to wean India away from Russia

[@anshumanjaiswal5787]

No. India should produce it's own weapon. No trust in USA. USA is hidden enemy. Remember in 1971 what happened.

[@pulinpandya382]

Senetor has woken Better late than never

[@MagicSmoke11]

We iNDiANS are very much concerned about the racial discrimination against Non-white people in US, especially brown and Black people ...Better you concentrate your domestic issues before preaching other larger democracies.!!😂😂😂

[@surendrakulkarni8581]

Those of us born in the early 60’s know that America has no friends, they only have interests. India should tread with care!

[@Tom-fw6bx]

The most important relationship will still be with Europe, Russia, and china.

[@ganeshr4371]

India is friend of Europe, Russia, Africa, Australia too

[@ArmageddonIsHere]

Nope. Those countries are on a long slope downwards. You see, demographics matter. India is the one large country that will grow for the next 40 years at least. And America is all about growth, always looking for the next growth area/market, etc. The White House wasn't wrong; this will be the defining partnership of the next 50 years if not the next century.

[@blokin5039]

@@ArmageddonIsHere India has the largest population in the world and nothing to show for. They will never make it.

[@ArmageddonIsHere]

@@blokin5039 That's exactly what people were saying about China 30 years ago. Maybe you're too young for it, but _I_ remember. China was WAAY more of a basket case than independent India ever has been. China's Great Leap Forward was a gigantic and needless disaster, killing about 60 _MILLION_ people by starvation. India by contrast has never had famines since independence; that was a special hallmark of the British mismanagement of colonial India. If China could do it, not only will India: it will go further, and longer.

[@ArmageddonIsHere]

@@blokin5039 There is a psychological phenomenon called "recency bias": a tendency to think that what has happened in the past will continue. This causes people to fail to see when a trend has changed. This is what now makes people think China is on its way to becoming an overweening superpower, while discounting India. But the trend is now changing: China has peaked, and, among other things due to poor demographics, is on its way down, whereas India, the chronic underperformer, is now finally getting its act together.

[@keeratyasveen303]

India and USA

[@JN_India]

It's a difficult World out there. Your local inadequacies get projected at a global stage. Hope the present Indian govt realises this and walks the talk of global peace etc. It's for India to make this difficult which would be a shame.

[@cisscobenzersizessi7366]

India is nt in the same level as U-S

[@kooyansen4562]

senator 🤡🤡 very happy can bullie poor indian,,

[@ArmageddonIsHere]

Learn to write English properly, Ching-Ping!

[@gautam_sahani9512]

As an we don't need military ally We have 18+% population of world In past we captured 27% of world GDP Also in future we capture 20% GDP of world But we have lots of respect for USA Because for her help in economic area

[@ethanethan5434]

India may grow faster in the future thanks to preferential policies from Western countries, but corruption and ineffective government will prevent it from becoming the next Chinese miracle. A poor country must have a strong and efficient government to catch up quickly with the developed world. Not one of the 87 economies with a population of more than 10 million has developed under a democratic system, let alone India's 1.4 billion people.

[@AjayTiwari-en9nz]

As countries move up in the socio-economic ladder, corruption and chaos tend to decline. While I agree with your statement that India will never be a miracle like China, I also can tell you that India will be a miracle in its own way. India is not a country like what you see elsewhere in the world. It is rather a lesson on organized chaos, unique in every sense.

[@alannamichellepaulino8429]

Yunday pasa hotro sosio

[@doridroimtiaz.gimal.comimt2666]

🤣🤣

[@Standskeleton]

Oh cut the crap

[@ArmageddonIsHere]

Same to you.

[@mr.cosmos5199]

The USA has finished off the Red Indians , now bringing in the black Indians.

[@keith6371]

Man, I wish these American politicians actually go to India for once. India has a huge water problem. Why that matters? Try live without water for a week and you know. Indian water problem isn’t infrastructure, they literally don’t have enough water. Good lucky running a modern industry with no water

[@durgeshsss]

Lol when you dont now enough about india...and act like expert Well done

[@tamberlame27]

Lol sure we got a population of 1.4 billion without water

[@Deepaknit_k]

Thats a stoned man out there😂

[@TomL13]

Not just that, All of India's neighbors have border problems, especially china. India has too much societal problems, they looted Apple and they stole all the profits from Xiaomi china. Alot of businesses pull out. They are hard to trust.

[@prasadkulkarni975]

You idiot, present government in India running free water supply to every home in India, come to India I will show you how grounds are digging and putting water pipe everywhere.

[@frankxu2490]

India is known historically to be "sneaky" in its foreign relationship with Russia...now it seems India wants to play American card with same sneakiness !

[@yashkumar3196]

So what do u want ?? Iphones manufactured in china????

[@yashkumar3196]

India and America r different countries, with different friends circle and enemy circle. U might not be friends with a 2 trillion Russia,but we r , so don't focus on difference, see the common thing ,china

[@thebestevertherewas]

It has never been sneaky It proudly supported the Soviet Union back in the day And it still does to some extent We've already told that in many world forums That's because Soviet Union helped us in 1971 US didn't, your loss

[@iemon7722]

you're just salty fnr

[@anandandyiyer]

Really , sneaky? Might help if you read history a bit!

[@indianslay.........8064]

Don't forget india is not your friend just an partner nothing more ever......