Important to understand 'Why Bharat Matters' because... : EAM Jaishankar

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted the significance of understanding 'Why Bharat Matters' at the Raisina Dialogue 2024, emphasizing India's growing role in the coming decade and century..

Jaishankar also discussed his second book, "The India Way," which explores India's transformation and its deeply rooted cultural heritage shaping its approach to the world.EAM.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, while speaking on his book "Why Bharat Matters", said that whether you're an Indian national or someone living abroad, it is important to understand 'Why Bharat Matters', because it will be bigger in the coming decade and in the century...

While speaking at the Raisina Dialogue 2024, Jaishankar said on Friday, "I wrote the book because I was really convinced it was important to present an argument today why, whether you are a national of this country or whether you are someone living abroad, it's important to understand, why Bharat matters, that we will be bigger in everybody's lives in the coming decade and the coming century."..

He further said that he used the word Bharat in the second book, "Why Bharat Matters" as opposed to "The India Way" because "I'm trying to capture, a kind of transformation that has taken place in our society, in our polity, in our mindset, in our approach to the world."..

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