00:00I mean you know in here if you are from the global south or not. It's a, it's a, it's
00:05a emotion.
00:06Means global south is for real. Because it meant something for us, you know. So there is a emotion,
00:14you know, look, I think the definition of global south would be a solid, you know, countries
00:21who have been, who had been colonized. But it's not so much a definition. I mean you know in
00:29here if you are from the global south or not. It's a, it's a, it's a emotion. It's a, it's
00:35a sense of
00:36solidarity. And don't take it as sloganeering or you know some kind of diplomatic clever term. Look,
00:45when COVID happened, the fact that a country like India which was still undergoing its vaccination
00:52was willing to send out vaccines to countries of the global south means global south is for real.
00:59Because it meant something for us, you know. So there is a emotion and, and I would argue
01:07to some degree a culture where global west is concerned. So global south emanates from shared
01:14historical experiences. You could argue we are, we are the victims in a sense of history,
01:21recent history who have combined together. I think global west was probably a more unified term,
01:27very cultural, very political, very strategic, till recently. Now there is a differentiation
01:35in the global west which is why he wants to make it a rectangle. So the, the fact that it's
01:44still there,
01:45I would argue, but less, less cohesive, less tight than before. I have actually a question of the global east,
01:52because I don't think that kind of solidarity or that kind of cohesion really exists where eastern…
02:02Hemisphere.
02:03Yeah. Well, there is no eastern hemisphere in, you know, I mean this is…
02:07Unless you are reading Kishore's book.
02:08But, but I would argue that, you know, many of the countries which are envisaged as global east really
02:17think of themselves much more as strong national players and much less collectively as an east. So I
02:25think it's more, it's less cohesive. West is more differentiated. I think south is very…
02:33South is a vibe. You said south is a vibe. South is a vibe. West is differentiated. East is,
02:38is probably the weakest.
02:40Invented.
02:41Is invented.
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