In a first-ever podcast appearance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared on Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath’s WTF episode. In a candid conversation, discussing a range of topics from personal story, policy making, governance and tech, Modi empahsised on India’s growth and the transformation it has brought to the youth.
Narrating his incident at Taiwan, despite explaining about tech, their questions were still around if India is a land of black magic and snake charmers. To which Modi replied that his ancestors might have been used to playing with snakes but now it is different. “Our ancestors played with snakes. Today, every child in India plays with a mouse.”
Viksit Bharat 2047
Speaking about India’s technological growth, Modi spoke about UPI, where he highlights how in the last decade, he has brought the technology of the world in one’s pocket. He also spoke about Viksit Bharat 2047, a vision to make India a self-reliant country being a production powerhouse of the world.
He even recalled the time when he faced a setback of having been denied a visa, two decades later, the world has transformed to an extent. “The world now stands in line for India’s visa,” he said.
AI Means Aspirational India
Modi goes on to explain the aspirational part of India by expanding AI as ‘Aspirational India.’
Kamath mentioned about his growing years in his mid teens, used to believe that studying hard, going abroad, doing a PhD and working abroad in Microsoft was “the highlight” and that there was nothing beyond that. However, when we meet the youth today, the conversation is on building in India, and talks on moving abroad have reduced. “This is a big change,” he said.
Modi goes on to explain sternly, “I am openly saying. You’ll regret, if you don’t come back to India. Now is the time for India,” he said. He even says that startups that were once seen as a disaster, are now considered a matter of pride.
He confidently believes in the youth and said that today’s 20-25-year-olds will be in a position to run the country efficiently by 2047.
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