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India Will Be A Superpower BUT... | Lee Kuan Yew's FULL Predictions (ft. Air India)

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Lee Kuan Yew spent decades watching India, meeting its leaders, studying its economy, and forming one of the most candid assessments of any major world power ever put on record.

He admired India's leaders deeply, but he was equally unflinching about the structural barriers holding India back. This video breaks down LKY's most important observations about India vs China.

CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
2:10 - India Is Not United
5:02 - India's Argumentative Culture
5:39 - The Religious Divide (ft. Indira Gandhi)
7:20 - Talented Indians are Leaving (Brain Drain)
10:20 - India's Constitution & Democracy
12:59 - India's Protectionism & Red Tape
16:25 - India's Infrastructure
17:27 - The Caste System
21:07 - Will India BEAT China?
25:02 - What did Modi think about LKY?

20 Comments

@BordersLess Creator 3 months ago Pinned

LKY Quote (2013): India was never a single homogeneous entity. It was a concept thought up by the British. And despite the best efforts of the British and the Indian nationalists, India as a nation is still more of an aspiration than a reality. To compare the two civilisations, India and China, therefore, is to compare apples with oranges.

CHAPTERS/TIMESTAMPS:
2:10 - India Is Not United
5:02 - India's Argumentative Culture
7:20 - Talented Indians are Leaving (Brain Drain)
10:20 - India's Constitution & Democracy
12:59 - India's Protectionism & Red Tape
17:27 - The Caste System
21:07 - Will India BEAT China?
25:02 - What did Modi think about LKY?

@sarath1245 3 months ago

I wonder a man in Singapore had more ideas about India's structural flaws than 99% of Indian MPs had.

@TMeditator 3 months ago

Every time Lee Kuan Yew talked about India, he sounded like a man watching a Ferrari being used as a bullock cart😂😢

@Skytrast 3 months ago

I deeply admire Lee Kuan Yew, he ran Singapore like how a dad runs his family business as a director.
He was incredibly strict yet loving of his nation and his people, RIP sir.

@LLee0 3 months ago

When I was growing up in Singapore as an elementary school kid 4 or 5 decades ago, our then PM LKY mandated all Singaporean school kid to master two official languages. For Singaporean Chinese, it meant English (Singapore's official language) and Mandarin. At that time, he said: China will one day become an economic superpower. We must all master their language so we can do more business with them in the future... RIP, sir! ❤❤❤

@AA-ug6bp 3 months ago

India’s got superpower potential,
but Lee Kuan Yew says they’re stuck in traffic while China’s riding the bullet train.

@deepsharma1855 3 months ago

One of The most intelligent, knowledgable politician with perfection in execution and future predictions.

@Blue-vidvid 3 months ago

Imagine lee as pm of india

@Andy-d8w 3 months ago

Lee Kuan Yew admired India's democracy but Singapore started off as authoritarian.

@kingsha_dad2666 2 months ago

he knows india more better than indian
what a man ❤

@Poltik 3 months ago

Thanks for making this. As a Indian , always a pleasure to learn from one the greatest leaders of our times. Thanks to him and people of Singapore 😊.

@So_okay_be_it 1 month ago

Lee Kuan Yew knowledge is GOLD. He stated every string that holds India behind, so accurately..

As long as India is in the selfish politicians hands who try to loot country’s resources through feeding and dividing people with fickle ideas to keep them distracted from bigger interests.

LKY has already highlighted all the major loopholes, yet it’s impossible to implement solutions. They are never going to do anything that benefits country.. without filling their pockets sufficient for 100 generations of that politician.