Hot Take: Elections in India

April 18, 2024 - In the latest episode of Asia Society France’s “Hot Take,” Christophe Jaffrelot, research director at CERI-SciencesPo/CNRS and president of the French Political Science Association, delves into India’s elections and its domestic and global impact. Asia Society France’s Rayya Nahas moderates the conversation. (39 min., 15 sec.)
“Hot Take” is Asia Society France’s new series of engaging conversations that provide in-depth insights on a wide range of topics “d’actualité”.
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[@robertroy4270]

I am an Indian Christian. I am a critic of Modi and the Hindutva extremism. However, I feel that this expert has some inherent hatred for India. Everything in India is bad for him which is not the case. Modi is doing a lot of things right like infrastructure development and welfare measures. That is why a lot of people vote for his party. Not simply because of religious extremism. I just hope that those who listen to this do not form an opinion of India based solely on this. India is much more diverse and complex than what has been presented.

[@hemalbhatt4055]

Completely agreed. I am a big critique of BJP but not Modiji.
There are certain decisions and policies which are disaster.
But then there are other initiatives of this government which has lifted india economically and politically

[@libshastra]

You can't say Jafferlot is an academic any more. He's just a racist guy.

[@Godonmars]

This is how the west creates hegemony on the world through the creation of knowledge. We should also have brown folks in India creating knowledge about the west it's history, culture, society, politics and measure them on our values and beliefs. The entireliterature should be written as to how and why the rest of the world should come together to break the dominance of the west or probably it's destruction if world is to become an equitable and just place.

[@at5112opsiarw]

I agree with most things he has said about the present government but his assessment of the UPA governmentt is really foolish at best. Mr Modi could sweep the 2014 elections simply because the UPA was a disaster is many areas-security, infrastructure, fiscal management. Is this chap completely unaware of the the numerous terrorist attacks during that decade? The economic growth was good but it was good across the world during most of that decade. People won't allow you to rule a large country like India if you can't even ensure basic security.

[@PseudoProphet]

He's wrong about the most basic thing.
That is, everything in India is better under Modi than it was under 60 years of Congress same patry same family dictatorship. 😑😑

[@libshastra]

He's racist. He was coddled and mollied by South Asian elites. Now they've been replaced and he's no longer treated as a celebrity Academic in India, he's turned sour and become racist.

[@harshittiwari7424]

O my god....this is the level of intellectuals in the West...best of luck.

[@kpp2941]

Whyte west is upset that they can't put us (ie Indians in India) into reservations like they did in N Amer.
Whyte west can't think beyond replacing others. Since they're unable in this case, they are growing more and more upset.

[@tejesheconomics4072]

😂😂 Modi need prompter… this guys is some propagandist ….Modi once had problem with tele prompter 😂…..He gives speeches in rally without even a single paper

[@sanjaydutta1736]

If I'm Hindu what's wrong with public articulation? Don't preach or lecture us. Nonsense

[@himanshu8276]

The guy is basically lamenting on the fact that Modi does not respect elites & intellectual cabal. Good.
The question people like Jaffrelot should ask themselves is why Indian people dont take him seriously rather than blaming the electorate.

[@harshittiwari7424]

Whatever he saying is his personal opinion..and Indians don't care about his opinion....it is just pure hatred towards India and Hindus.

[@themyself1212]

Just laughing on this conversation 😅😅😅 hope they will get some Indian to understand India 😅😅😅

[@kpp2941]

Whyte West is upset that even after they got r id of 50+ millions of "Indians" in N. Amer, and put the few remaining into reservations, there are still somany Indians left outside and free elsewhere.
We Indians, our very existence in large numbers and our freedom, reminds west every day about what they did to native Indians, and hence theu resent us.
Our existence is their mirror, and they dont like what they see.

[@Akshay-tx1dy]

He is typical french liberal... I remember people of his ideological catagory... And their role in Iranian revolution ... Today what happened to iranian women... This liberal responsible for that...
I never see his liberal value and love of human values wrt the French neocolnialism french action in sahle region....its inhuman... Still he so concentrate on india...

[@emandas5640]

🤣🤣 He is French .

[@malathysethuram6787]

Very biased

[@ytskt]

This guys is doing a good service to India by completely discrediting the India 'analysts' from the West... Keep it up!

[@kemeticlibrary3852]

Thank you for speaking sense 🙏

[@gigachad_6862]

BJP IT cell can't handle this guy😅