see, evolves and grows. and there was dr. series going from harvard and smithsonian center for astrophysics. speaking to me a moment ago, he wanted me to renew it. thank you so much for your company. coming up next is doc film with a look at prime minister and to render modi's ambition to turn india until a global superpower on my lot, rock and berlin on behalf of all of us here. thank you so much for thinking as part of your date of lead. niko is in germany to learn german lodge, benita. why not learn with him online on your mo bile and free chest c w e learning course, eco's big. ah,

ah, india is often called the world's largest democracy, a sleeping giant, a country seemingly in search of a leader who could strike a balance between tradition and modernity. with nearly 1400000000 inhabitants, india is poised to overtake china as the world's most populous country. and its economy is also in the midst of transformation. the country is modernizing at a breathtaking pace, hoping to reduce social and equality and compete on the international stage. india boasts the world's 2nd largest military. it's geopolitical status as a nuclear power position between china and the west has allowed the country to

claim its place among the worlds superpowers. hi, after a century, a british colonial rule, the hondas gandhi, and java harlow of nehru, succeeded in securing independence and 1947 by non violent means. following 60 years under the leadership of the nehru county dynasty in 2014 india, for the 1st time elected a member of the opposition party. a man from a modest background, the rend ramadi took off his promising national renewal. with the right wing nationalist is india's new superstar he now has one of the highest number of twitter followers of any politician in the world. movie is she's the larger than life figure. he has been consumed in his

image making. i'm a self made man. you know, my father used to sell t. my mother used to clean house. i'm a low cost man. put me in the prime minister's office. i'll create 20000000 jobs. now render modi had a mission. he believed india needed to reclaim its pure, authentic past. and its vital role in the world. india is good to reclaim ha, history from its glory days went of an almost levels. when the and o british we were all in the when we were glorious mowdy seemed like the strong leader that was going to help make india proud to be indians again. or how you're, i know dounia jake, boyd, doug, they do somehow. so got all that various govern, rogues. okay. why it is. these are the in the song here. let me when

i just read good a false. so the palm you but the next. what is it on the up if not more on of shiva, moti took center stage in an unprecedented alliance with western states against a common adversary. woman that we are for giving with india because it's a counterweight to china. ha, ha, ha, ha ha. i, for a long time, we saw india as an impoverished nation, a place where the west cent aid on the place of mahatma gandhi, where you learned how to do yoga a spiritual place. but it's actually much more than that. it's developed in the last decade into one of the world's super powers. often probably so huh. took when i, you know, he called himself a jokey though on the word means

a gate keeper, a protector, a guardian. he is a person of tremendous energy, perhaps, of best orator in, in the that the country is seen in living memory. but when you look at the, the message and the values that he stands for there, frightening india is wielding more power on the world stage than ever before. it's domestic policies have taken an unprecedented nationalist and authoritarian turn. but just who is no rend remedy and how is he helping to shape a new era in india and the world to understand the render modi's influence we accompany him to the town of kit are not in the north of india. the town is wholly in the hindu religion. it's where moti discovered the power of his fate and learn to share it with his followers. above all, mowdy is a devout believer. like 80 per cent of indians. he is

a hindu india as a country with a large part of the population has some spiritual life to she's picking up on that knowledge. but he does it at the scale where it can just be meditation in his house . it has to be up in the himalayas which, where the gods live in front of the cameras. modi portrays himself as a holy man, a standard bearer for india, and the world will be, as good rule implies, that he is some sort of spiritual leader. now, in that sense, the rains are more b as prime minister teaches. so example his by who he is, what he does, what he says, what he eats. when he foss, he is an exemplar of what people should aspire to be,

and people are wild by it. moody goes to great lengths to cultivate an image of spirituality. in 2019, he walked 22 kilometers through the himalayas that nearly 4000 meters above sea level. in the revered cater no shrine, he spent 17 hours in prayer and meditation. but like the hindu gods, mowdy has many faces. he portrays himself as both spiritual leader and men of action all the while pursuing a mission articulated by the ideologists of the indian. far right, vinny octave motor solve our car in the 1920s. solver cur, developed an ideology that was born the same time as the fascist nazi ideologies. and the 1900 twenty's sour got inspired by muscle any. and what did our wrote in his book? he said, died for a muslim for a christian. india is not wholly learn or father learn. so the idea is to create

the indian nation in which him, those are supreme and where all minorities are at best 2nd class citizens, but ideally, should be removed from the body politic. this is the ideology that prime minister more the believe, said, and has been bottom since his reelection in 2019 modi has put his hindu 1st agenda into action. one of his 1st moves was to send troops to india's cashmere region. the country is only muslim majority territory, which has long been an object of dispute with pakistan. in summer 2019 modi lost an extraordinary show of force. he revoked the state of jumbo and kashmir as semi autonomous status and imposed a strict curfew. it was

a move designed to quash the long simmering conflict at the border to pakistan. one of the most densely militarized places in the world to prevent a popular uprising, modi's administration sent tens of thousands of additional troops to the region and cut off lines of communication. what followed was a purge of opposition. members, primarily muslims, more than 4000 people. political figures activists and intellectuals were arrested . what it has done is to flourish that whole region off the edge to day. her cousins of people are in jail. all the leaders cream cheese ministers, there is no governess between the full finishing and jani. there is nothing in august 2019 with the cashmere crisis, still under way the leading industrialized nations convened and b, or it's france for the g 7 summit. they rolled out the red carpet for the indian

prime minister. moti seized the opportunity to furnish the pacifist image. he cultivates on the world stage and demonstrate his trademark bear hug, diplomacy. circuit. as he said, he gets the negative responses came primarily from china and pakistan. that, that's not a surprise. but the west didn't say a word. it's not the looks he don't less fair the west let india do as at least mean as a message was we'll be forgiving with india for commercial reasons. because india is a great market to sell weapons and more machine damica, a solo but understanding modi's rise to power also requires a look back to his background, his childhood, and the obstacles he faced or

the ren remote. he was born in 1950 and bhatnagar in the indian state of gujarat. india had just gained independence from british colonial rule. thanks, dumont is gandhi. and jo, a harlow nehru, after centuries of invasion and occupation, india had to reinvent its identity. mowdy was the 3rd of 6 children. his parents who were members of a lower cast were grocer's younger, rendered used to help his father at work. deluge on lucas will bear legend hazard that modi's father, a member of the oil press or cast, ran a t stall at the train station and their city dc, where moody is said to have helped sell t as a boy gad, economy. civility,

a contingency awful. it's an important element of them to render. a modi met, i'm with deepest, it means he's a self made man. man. he worked his way up. he is a man of the people and as against a leader of book gall toys in it. like most school boys in his town, the rendered moody was recruited by the r s s or national ball interior organization. which was inspired by fascist movements in europe. founded in 1925 under british colonial rule, the r as since sought to foster hindu nationalism. and cast off born influences. moti woke at dawn to take part in outdoor exercises and listened to patriotic speeches. ah, modi learned to march and raised the flag, but also to fight in defense of hindu values as

a nationalist paramilitary organization. the ar assess, had found a new enemy, the ruling congress party, and the naval gandhi class. in the eyes of the r ss. they were too close to the former colonial rulers, and to willing to accept the partition of british india into india and pakistan. he was he this he all sir donald piedmont. there were also lessons on india's history hush door recounting the golden age of the hindus and supposedly the oldest people on earth than when he presents yup. rest your day. the members became increasingly indoctrinated over time until they were finally fully indoctrinated. this some quit a but those who stayed had internalized the ideology. so kinda like modi. so he worked his way up the ranks of the r s. s is this will go isa div would organisation mode. he felt more drawn to the teachings of the hindu

nationalist paramilitary group than to school. in 1965 at the age of 15, mowdy wanted to drop out and join the military at a time when india was at war with pakistan. but his parents had a different plan in mind and arranged for him to marry a girl of the same cast. he was married off as a child. there's a tradition of child marriage in india and his family found a girl for him. roughly the same age, they were married off, and when they were dose there was supposed to got lived together. he barely had me say in the matter. to escape the marriage, mowdy made a decision that would change his life. he decided to leave home and travel to the himalayas. no can ozy nikosa miss my azure disease levix. he didn't want to marry this girl and live with her. so he laughed, he left his wife and headed off. he driven by a spiritual quest as he calls it me to any documents. first,

he went to bengal. then he travelled across all of india from the west to the east, of going deep into the himalayas, where he lived as a hermit and ascetic on the set. modi later recounted that he spent those 2 years studying hindu teachings and the armstrongs of the sa, to hindu holy men, who had renounced worldly life and western culture. after returning from his pilgrimage, mowdy was certain of his destiny. his reawakened interest and hindu religion and ideology, found a home in the hindu nationalist paramilitary group that had shaped him in his youth . his new life could begin in 1973, mowdy was introduced to the new leader of the r. assess bala sub de are us. the 2

men immediately bound common cause. the radical hindu leader became 23 year old modi's mentor and spiritual father. de ross taught modi how to speak with a motion and persuasive force. oh, it's not a lot more. dearest instructed modi in hindu far the political ideology of hindu nationalism formulated by vina yaktel mode, our sava car and his successors. it's an ideology that has roots in the wounds of india's history, british colonization, but also the muslim conquests and occupations between the 10th and 15th centuries. hindu nationalist is a belated response to a phenomenon that has plagued india for a millennium, which is invasions by islamic armies from central asia. so for one

millennium, india was very repeatedly vandalized, plundered by armies that came in from across the western border. a great deal of heritage of india was destroyed during those reeds, and a number of hindus were massacred and forcibly converted to islam. in the 19th century, india once again experienced humiliation and violence. this time at the hand of european colonizers no bo implemented them, was the biggest or fun. who is the malazan, whether it was written simply down on for the good in belgium. that is, leave the people that was basically based on that. we made that,

that then people will also be in the name of the lady thing missing there, like that that is sorted in human beings. virginia your language. they import religion at then the grid though, in business people as a back worked nasty, the latest. they're destroyed out on thinking ever since india obtained its independence and 1947 hindu nationalists have dreamt of establishing a pure hindu state on the sacred ground of ancient india. it is a very powerful message to send out your supporters saying india is going to re claim her history from its glory days when the enormous slums, when they were in all british. we were all hindu and we were glorious. we had the best science, we had the best religion. we had all the knowledge the world needed, a and the,

a gland to the claim that passed under the tutelage of skilled ideologists, mowdy acquired command over hindu nationalist rhetoric. in 1987, he joined the barajas, you're not a party or b, j. p. the main opposition to the ruling congress party mowdy swiftly rose through the ranks of the hindu nationalist, b. j. p. from general, secretary of the good gerad ranch to general secretary of the national party. he was now ready for the next step. the b j. p decided to send mowdy to go, jarrett to replace the states ailing cheap minister. the following year after 3 decades in the shadows of his mentors, mowdy was finally ready to stand for election. in february 2002, he won his by election to the good. your aunt state assembly just days later, tragedy struck at least 58 hindu pilgrims. men, women,

and children died in a fire on board a train. they were returning from iowa jaw, where hindus had demolished a muslim mos. 10 years earlier. the train had stopped and a predominantly muslim city and hindus immediately accused muslims of having set the train on fire. mowdy visited the scene to pay his respects to the victims. nobody's that he clear about who did the trial and how it happening. and then, you know, they just came to the front, you know, he ordered the blend door needs to be brought to him, the by them put on display for people to so to express their degrees. the muslim community was blamed for the tragedy and violence toward them. escalated, mowdy remained silent, riots spread across gucho rot, eventually claiming more than 2000 lives. most of them muslim

sick girl or says ha ha ha them when you what we know comes from the testimony of a police officer who is now in prison with he stated that no rend remotely called police officers to his office in googe arrived on the evening of the 27th of february and asked them not to intervene for at least 3 days. the response of the police follow them on the deposit of a new bond on one pleasure will work done within 72 hours. we were able to control the violence more than 500 people that most of the innocent civilians and you're calling this excellent work. i'm not happy. what happened? but what we have done, i'm happy mr. moody realized that he suddenly discovered a gold mine, that out here was hugely due state in society, which could be harnessed politically. he decided to advance elections. he realized

that the riots and the division and the anti most in sentiment, which had been created in woodyard because of that he had of opportunity to hardness a hindu of water back on this all. and as it is showing the december election, often mowdy obtained an absolute majority. so more than 50 percent of the vote. unfortunately, that's extraordinary. for india on modi had found his election strategy and his voters, but both at home and on the international stage. he was now seen as a hard line into nationalist. the u. k imposed an official, no contact policy. and the us band him from entering the country for more than 10 years. to win over india and the world mowdy needed to paint a more likable image of himself. dallas unco,

oh, boy, of a dog. in 2014, the render mowdy stood for election as prime minister. he and his campaign turned to social media, believing that mainstream media were too critical. an army of trolls tended to his image online. there were also radio broadcasts a web t v station and a youtube channel. i've job was a easy because the prime minister was a big messenger and he also later gave a big message. so all we had to do was the package it in modern the lingle. um, so we used things from cartoons we was means we used of gathered pictures. so each platform like i said, has its own on different quality. his campaign was one of the most well oiled machines in the world. he had almost seemed bottom the supplies of cash

. ah, he deployed an army off extremely talented and technologically savvy aids across the country. who built up a database, who knew how to target voters mowdy promised the indian people he would fight in equality poverty and corruption. but above all, he broke with party conventions to foster a cult of personality. he's a strong leader and you know, so initially very early on, in his 1st campaign, he talked about his 56 inch chest that was strong. and would, you know, as a sign of his strength and that image of strength, solidity, discipline, almost godlike powers is one that has been manufactured and multiplied and

disseminated endlessly. i will build smart cities. i will clean the ganges. i will make india into something resembling a 1st world country, perhaps even a superpower. give me that opportunity. he is an ideologue, but most importantly, he is a narcissist. he loves to project himself, he believes in himself. he sees himself as an agent of destiny. seesaw, c, d, peak law st. copying the island aline is a typical electoral campaign by no rend remedy, relies on emotion and images too, and avoid making any specific political statement idea. her kind of politically weak modi has no true interest in the economy. a full and finances and law, that's not his purpose. left in all said in the back also.

in may 2014. at age 63, the render mowdy finally reached his goal. he was elected prime minister of india. now he would have to make good on his promises to bigger asleep, promote the country's economic growth, and to strengthen india's role on the world's political stage. mowdy made his 1st appearance on the world stage in 2015. at the international day of yoga. he presented himself as a pacifist and spiritual leader for modi. and for india it was a publicity qu, broadcast around the world. international yoga day is now celebrated every year on june 21st. we're at home modi's. political opponents denounced his costly publicity maneuver outside the country. modi conveyed a carefully tended image of

a global guru with millions of followers who came together around the world. practically in unison, berlin, cobble new york, paris, sydney, and beyond the gigantic ad campaign with international appeal. when he's abroad, especially in western democracies, he likes to be seen as one of the group of democratic leaders ah, bearing the burden of the world. of course, to this, after from us, he has aspect to it. when you do yoga, however you do it, what are no way of faxing it? i just remember that this is something was started off in india and it just leaves you feeling happy about it. with his global event, mowdy helped make good on his promise to restore india's national pride. and within a surprisingly short time, he won back the west's trust and claimed a place among the worlds superpowers.

oh, but behind his carefully cultivated image of spiritual liter, mowdy is also a hawkish commander in chief, determined to make india of leading military power. shortly after assuming office moti staged a show of military might, the naval maneuvers were a warning to pakistan and china. india's neighbors and historic enemies, but also a signal to the west, which was prepared to support india militarily. mowdy was wooed by several global powers who were looking to expand their security partnership. this still unofficial anto pacific alliance was a joint strategy of japan, australia, and the u. s. intended to counter chinese expansion in the pacific. then the pacific is saw is where the future of the global system global economy would be written to the so called hopewell. as sheen,

the only counter wades at china with sufficient power, at least in military terms, is india. philip eco, please also applies to the indo pacific london geopolitical region spanning from the strait of hor, moves to the strait of malacca whose aim it is to restrict chinese influence in the indian am pacific ocean lozano. so agenda is hump as if the countries in this indo pacific alliance hoped to reinforce india's position in the region and present a unified front to china. they suggested to modi that they step up their military exercises in the region. prime minister modi came into power at a moment when india was ready to take that role and he has grasp it firmly and it's made a big difference. there are now military exercises between those 2 great powers, and although nobody says it clearly, it's

a warning to china. america has wanted india to come out of its shell to be the leader in the region that it's starting to step up to be, to be a good partner to the west. there is something that a chinese call their chain of pearls of not quite bases, but ports where they can get material for their navy ships and for their commercial ships. and india sees this with real concern because a lot of those ports are right around their borders into bangladesh. in sri lanka, you have them doing a lot of building and pakistan. they famously now have a military base and g booty, and people in the region, especially india sees with this with trepidation. so what are they doing? understandably, they're looking for friends. modi turned to american japanese and increasingly french courts and military bases to strengthen and expand his own position

by focusing on the indo pacific. moti broaden his strategic alliances though to render mowdy and chinese president, she sion ping appear relaxed at this meeting. tensions between the 2 asian giants were escalating. the most critical arena for this conflict lies high in the himalayas at the border between the 2 countries. on july 3rd, 2020 mowdy paid a visit to lock. one of the most hotly disputed border regions. some 3 weeks earlier on the night of june, 15th indian and chinese troops had clashed their 20 indian soldiers were killed. it took 8 months for china to reveal that 4 of its soldiers were killed. 6 ah, i'm isa, and yet, mo,

don't says his gun moose. the indian soldiers who were killed included a high ranking officer cuddy. if the soldiers there fight with hand weapon we because protocols dating back to the 1990s would prohibit the use of firearms says anti duty. so the chinese used clubs, wrapped and barbed wire, leaving the bodies returned to the family in a terrible condition when he shall trespass yellow conclave m e. dyke bail. ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha. the mob i did run on it. i v y ah, game tie anyway the key, ah, ah, gave julie he it was the 1st deadly confrontation between the 2 nations and 45 years. but the conflict goes back even further. though china was the victor in the 1962 sino indian war,

the 2 countries both continue to draw their own border. chinese and indian troops regularly accuse each other of trespassing into foreign territory. the origin of the dispute in the, in the up, the am aaliyah's between india and china go back a 100 years maybe longer because of historically, india and china were too large. civilization salt, or civilizational states, perhaps, or various ones in the history with buffer zones. the buffer, those didn't always good to fight to mutual satisfaction. oh, we have one perception, but we obviously have another perception. they are all on territory that we see as indian territory. one in china has accused modi of building a strategic network of some 60 roads in the region after the deadly incident and

june 2020 china and india both deployed tens of thousands of troops and military equipment to the border. satellite images show significant mobilization on both sides new road. st training camps cropped up along with military boats, missiles and hela pads in the line. while the government has forced this up, the indian government indians has to was also ramped up building infrastructure on i was hired offline device to control. chinese infrastructure is to well ahead because they've been doing it for the kids. but i infrastructure is slowly catching up, that is also enhancing our capacities to patrol. and this is sometimes leading to competitions, the indian saying to their soldiers don't shoot,

but also not backing down, which i think is not quite what the chinese expected. at the same time, india is also increasing its defense budgets every year and buying more modern military technology from the west and elsewhere. 1 point, one that's with performance won't tell you one young children. that's why i live in china resents india's ever closer bonds with the u. s. and has been tightening its border controls. and in india, anti chinese sentiment is on the rise. modi's government has banned a number of popular chinese mobile apps. indian security has claimed that china has stepped up, its hacking and cyber attacks with,

while he jostled for power in the new world order to render. mowdy has also cultivated relations with another key, military partner, israel and 20. 17 modi became the 1st indian prime minister to visit the country. and whenever india found itself in trouble beat against china, beat against focused on israelis gave covert support to india in the form of arms. india marcus was reuben's z. like us, were traditionally many in india. felt that you could both who good revisions with the out of worth or with these really is willis. but not with book. pri, mr. moody believes that you can vote movies visit to israel was momentous for the simple reason that no of the prime minister dead to do it. ah, for fear of upsetting are of opinion. but modi's alliance with israel goes beyond military co operation.

hindu nationalists look to israel as a model as a country to admire as a pollster. ah, they see israel surviving and thriving in a sea of hostility. it's surrounded by arab muslim countries that hate israel. and yet israel manages to survive only survive but prosper and has never lost a war to them. and they've always wanted india to emulate the israeli pluck in dealing with its own adversaries in pakistan. bolstered by his new international respectability and achievements, mowdy was preparing to move forward at home with his hindu burst agenda. ah, on august 4th 2020 mowdy fulfilled another of his major promises. in

a formal ceremony, he laid the foundation for a new hindu temple in the city of iowa. to be built on the location of a mosque that was destroyed by a hindu mob in 1992. the ceremony was a symbol for the victory of hinduism over islam in india at a triumph for modi's. hindu nationalist bass was 60 years. we could have been order fighting because you some groups wanted a temple to lose wondering how much did that have to be a grow your business? how can you bear new things without heating one's on the bust. afternoon redrum, moti became prime minister hindu nationalists began expunging the traces of other cultures in the country. india's muslim past in particular was to be erased from its landscape and its history. overland to eastman pony hinduism

was promoted everywhere just well. for instance, history books were rewritten to glorify the hindu past, and at the same time they demonized the muslim invasion. as soon as your medical tale, w. z muslims became the victims of discrimination campaigns and segregation. i knew . did you, they're accused of seducing hen do girls to marry and convert them a deceit really fee, andrew buelo, lizzie brucely quality, or their said to be planning to slaughter a cow which are sacred to hindus animals. they might just simply be bringing the cows from the livestock market to their farm. them anchorage and mobs would assault them. you or even lynch the film it ves? ashley's when he came to the office of la delicious. in late 2019 india lurched a further step to the nationalist right. some months after modi revoked kashmiris semi autonomous status and his victory in the temple controversy. his

b. j. p dominated parliament passed a bill, offering easier citizenship to religious minorities from 3 countries. with one exception, muslims receded in sheep amendment act. this new law, the citizenship amendment act made religion a condition for obtaining citizenship for the 1st time come a treaty at axia lately. indeed, the new law was the culmination of modi's hardline, hindu nationalist agenda. but it triggered a wave of protests across india, people took to the streets, declaring their support for muslims, and demanding the law be rescinded. the protesters who have gone up against new the i'm not praising focused on, i'm not saying we want to destroy india. i'm not enemies of india is the prime

minister would like to portray them. they are people. that song is the national anthem of india. the standard is the indian flag. and the holy book is the indian constitution in muslim dominated neighborhoods of delhi violence flared in february 22 anti communal. clashes and attacks by hindu mobs on muslims claim the lives of more than 50 people. their hundreds were injured. human rights activists and your work, even politicians from the opposition have found themselves behind bars. it's not been, it's not been easy to stand up and speak against this government, non dom your conky. india can asleep sound late. the human rights violations taking place on its territory are not being criticized yet. at least not on an official level. want to go for the longest time, people wondered what the state would look like. it looks the way it currently dos

it. economy has created there is calamitous joblessness, crisis minorities are being told in so many ways that they can be full indians. this is pretty much what the hell donation looks like ah, with

to the point strong opinions. so we're positions, international perspectives reported and brushes, armed forces have suffered some serious setbacks during their invasion of neighboring you crate. so will they scaled back operations or response in perhaps set to launch a new campaigns. find out on to the point shortly. to the point. and

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