Saving an Independent Nation from Foreign Influence - India for Self reliance, India for the World
There is an old adage in geopolitics — a nation that cannot feed, clothe, defend, and digitally connect itself does not truly own its future, regardless of how loudly it celebrates its sovereignty on Independence Day. India, with 1.4 billion citizens and a civilisation that once produced a quarter of the world's GDP, has spent the better part of seven decades after Independence in a strange in-between place — too proud to be a vassal, too dependent to be a leader. Today, that is changing. Slowly, unevenly, but unmistakably, India is rediscovering an ancient truth: that real self-reliance is not isolation, but the strength to engage the world from a position of internal competence. Atmanirbhar Bharat — a self-reliant India — is not a retreat from globalisation . It is the foundation upon which a meaningful globalisation must rest. Why Self-Reliance Matters More for India Than for Anyone Else A small country can afford to depend on others. A nation of 1.4 billion people ...