“I wrote the book because…”: S Jaishankar on ‘Why India Matters’

S Jaishankar said his latest book will be big in the coming decade.

New Delhi:

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, while speaking on his book “Why India Matters”, said that whether you are an Indian citizen or someone living abroad, it is important to understand ‘Why India Matters’, as it will become bigger in the times to come. In decade and century.

Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue 2024, Mr Jaishankar on Friday said, “I wrote the book because I was really convinced that it is important to present an argument today that, are you a citizen of this country or are you a person living abroad “It is important to understand why India matters, that we will loom large in everyone’s lives in the coming decade and the coming century.”

He further said that this book is about the state of the world, globalization, technology and digital.

“I think it’s obviously about the state of the world, the long trend of rebalancing, but given the shocks I mentioned, it’s about globalization, the progress of globalization, but also about the shortcomings and problems created by globalization. It’s also about technology and digital and how, again, they make so much promise, but they’ve made us so vulnerable in so many ways,” he said.

Furthermore, he emphasized that his book “Why India Matters” is about why foreign policy matters to everyone.

He said, “It’s about telling people not involved in foreign policy why foreign policy matters to you. Because for many years, certainly in my country… a lot of people said, this is our No problem. Someone is taking care of it.” ,

He added that he travels around the country, “telling people, look, something happened. There was COVID; you heard about it. You saw it on social media, you heard about it on TV, and When it came into your homes, it took over your life. Or we saw energy surges, price rises and food shortages in many parts of the world as a result of the conflict in Ukraine.”

Moving towards his second book, “The India Way”, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar highlighted that his first book was about the way, and the second is about the importance of India in people’s lives.

“The first was about the route, the second was about the importance of India in people’s lives.”

He further said that he used the word India as opposed to “the India way” in the second book “Why India Matters” because “I am trying to capture the kind of change that has happened in our society, in our society.” In politics, in our mentality, in our view of the world.”

Furthermore, he said, “If we look at the thought processes that are driving us today, they are far more authentic. They are far more deeply rooted in our culture, our traditions, our heritage.”

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