Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India – Power, Democracy, War & Peace | Lex Fridman Podcast #460

Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India. This episode is available in English, Hindi, Russian (and soon other languages). Captions and voice-over audio tracks are provided (for the main episode video on YouTube) in English, Hindi, Russian, and the original mixed-language version, with subtitles available in your preferred language. To listen to the original mixed-language version, please select the Hindi (Latin) audio track. The default is English overdub. To switch between languages on the main episode YouTube video, click: Settings (Gear Icon) … Audio Track … Choose Language.
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*OUTLINE:*
0:00 – In this episode…
3:07 – Introduction
9:19 – Fasting
21:38 – Early life
33:33 – Advice to Young People
39:16 – Journey in the Himalayas
50:45 – Becoming a monk
52:33 – RSS and Hindu nationalism
1:00:17 – Explaining India
1:04:27 – Mahatma Gandhi
1:16:23 – Path to peace in Ukraine
1:19:37 – India and Pakistan
1:25:16 – Cricket and Football
1:29:41 – Donald Trump
1:40:51 – China and Xi Jinping
1:47:56 – Gujarat riots in 2002
2:03:33 – Biggest democracy in the world
2:13:48 – Power
2:18:34 – Hard work
2:21:42 – Srinivasa Ramanujan
2:23:48 – Decision-making process
2:31:35 – AI
2:41:50 – Education
2:52:06 – Learning and focus
2:57:56 – Mantra
2:59:41 – Meditation
3:05:38 – Lex visiting India
3:10:04 – Siddhartha

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