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Why India loses the narrative war
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Why India loses the narrative war

Vamsi Juluri is a professor of media studies at the University of San Francisco and has spent many years studying one critical thing - why is India so rarely able to get its story out in the Western media with honesty? Why does India keep losing the narrative war? In this conversation with Hindol Sengupta, Juluri talks about, •⁠ ⁠how the tide turned against India in the Western media, •⁠ ⁠why and how woke culture came to define India as an 'oppressor', •⁠ ⁠why India and Israel have been coupled in the narrative, •⁠ ⁠could Indian diplomats get fatally attacked in the West, •⁠ ⁠the impact of Qatari money on the Western narrative, •⁠ ⁠how China manages to escape real scrutiny, •⁠ ⁠and ways in which India could try and fix its narrative. Chapters - 0:00-1:50 Introduction 2:35-11:13 The Indian narrative crisis 12:50-20:53 The Pahalgam attack and the silence of choice 22:47-30:05 Cultural narratives and global reactions 31:24-34:27 When diplomats become targets: the rising risk for Indian diplomats 36:15-39:49 The new face of global Jihad 40:08-47:29 Learning from China’s narrative 47:56-50:13 Why the world still buys Pakistan’s narrative 50:16- 51:07 Conclusion #india #pakistan #china #news #foreignaffairs #currentaffairs #israel #palestine #canada #diplomats #narrative #media #woke #china #qatar
India’s biggest mistake in Op Sindoor and why India must get a megaton bomb
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India’s biggest mistake in Op Sindoor and why India must get a megaton bomb

Bharat Karnad is an emeritus professor in National Security Studies at the Centre for Policy Research, Delhi and a national security expert. He is the author of India's Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Weapons and Indian Security: The Realist Foundations of Strategy and author-editor of Future Imperilled: India's Security in the 1990s and Beyond. He is widely recognised as one of the best security studies (specialising in nuclear warfare) experts in India. In this audio-only podcast interview, Karnad spoke to Hindol Sengupta about, - India's biggest mistake in Operation Sindoor, •⁠ ⁠the gaps in India's nuclear deterrence, •⁠ ⁠the urgent need for a megaton bomb in India to effectively counter China, •⁠ ⁠the need for further nuclear tests to boost India's nuclear deterrence, •⁠ ⁠the lack of a strong strategic culture in India, even among strategists, •⁠ ⁠the need to take Pakistan a lot less seriously, and China, a lot more, •⁠ ⁠and why he thinks the Vedas are a better source for thinking about nuclear deterrence than scholars like Bernard Brodie, Herman Kahn, and Albert Wohlstetter. Chapters - 0:00-1:06 Introduction 1:08-9:40 Strategic blunders in Operation Sindoor 10:09- 19:57 India’s nuclear deterrence and the need for testing 19:59-29:46 China as the primary adversary 29:46-31:44 The call for a Megaton Bomb 32:18-35:31 Strategic culture and nuclear deterrence 35:32-37:38 Understanding adversaries and strategic challenges 37:39-46:25 Cultural reflections on warfare and deterrence 46:27-57:21 The gaps in nuclear deterrence 57:24-1:03:38 The future of India’s nuclear strategy 1:03:39-1:04:33 Conclusion #operationsindoor #india #pakistan #china #nuclear #nuclearweapons #nucleardeterrence #nuclearwar #thermonuclearweapons #megatonbomb #news #interview #foreignaffairs
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