What Kind of a Superpower Is India Becoming?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

The Ringer

News Commentary, News

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Today’s episode is all about India.You don’t have to believe that demography is pure destiny to appreciate the fact that the future of India is the future of the world. In 2024, today, India is the largest country by population on the planet, having surpassed China two years ago. In 2050, India is still projected to be the largest country in the world. In 2100, when I am 114 years old and this podcast is hosted by my cryo-frozen vat brain, India's projected to be larger than the next two biggest countries combined: China and Nigeria. This spring, nearly one billion Indians are eligible to vote in India's election, and the big winner is almost certain—the highly popular and highly controversial Prime Minister Narendra Modi. What kind of a country is India becoming under Modi? Ravi Agrawal, the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, joins us to discuss. If you have questions, observations, or ideas for future episodes, email us at [email protected]. Host: Derek Thompson Guest: Ravi Agrawal Producer: Devon Baroldi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.0	Today's episode is all about India.
0:41.0	At this very moment, the largest democratic election in the history of the world
0:45.9	is taking place in India. More than 960 million people out of a population of 1.4 billion are eligible to vote over the next
0:56.6	few weeks. The big winner of this election is almost certain. Polls strongly suggest
1:02.0	that the charismatic leader
1:03.6	Prime Minister Norendra Modi and his party B.J.P. will win a third
1:08.6	consecutive term. Modi is a highly controversial figure but an objectively popular one in his own country.
1:16.0	According to a recent Morning Consul poll, 78% of Indians approve of his leadership.
1:22.0	That is by far the highest mark of any leader in the world.
1:26.2	No other president or prime minister in the poll scored above 70. No European leader
1:31.8	scored above 60.
1:33.0	Biden, for what is worth, is bouncing around somewhere in the low 40s.
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