00:00When the Brits landed here, India's per capita GDP was already at least 30% lower than that of Britain.
00:09We stood at per capita $500 to $700, they stood at per capita $700 to $1,000.
00:17The last time Indians were actually more prosperous than Europeans was in the 10th century CE or AD.
00:27That was the last time. So that fall does not begin with the arrival of the Dutch or the Portuguese
00:34or the Spaniards or the French.
00:36The fall does not begin there. The fall had begun much earlier but we don't want to admit that.
00:42And the reasons are very interesting. The things that initiated that fall are the exact things that are at the
00:48center of current Indian culture.
00:50If you will admit, truly admit what initiated India's fall, you'll also have to admit that your current cultural paradigms
00:58are all misplaced.
01:00That which you have today is what initiated India's fall 1100 years back.
01:04That also brings us to a threatening observation.
01:08If what initiated India's fall 1100 years back is present even today, what does that mean for India's safety, security,
01:18sovereignty today?
01:18What does that mean? We are still very much in danger.
01:23It was due to internal reasons that we got defeated and enslaved.
01:28And the internal reasons that got us defeated and enslaved are still very much present today.
01:33Which means we, we are not safe.
01:38And the fault is entirely our own.
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